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The National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball (NCAA😎 is divided into 3 divisions, namely: NCAAB Division I; NCAAB Division II; and NCAAB Division III. For NCAAB Division I, 64 college basketball teams within the United States compete in a single elimination tournament. Selection of participating teams will be based either by appointment of the NCAA special selection committee or through automatic bids for 34 teams brought about by wins in their respective conferences.

Currently, NCAAB uses what it calls the "pod system" to cut down the number of teams that are eligible to compete. Four regions make up the tournament with 16 teams each. A "pod system" is a crossover game plan, wherein number 1 gets to play number 16, and number 15 gets to play number 2, until each regional tournament brings out the best team from the bunch that can competently play against the best of other regions. The best of each regions will then have an automatic spot in the Final Four, the national semi-finals of the NCAAB Division I.

NCAAB Division I is held every spring, during the month of March, thus coining the term "March Madness." The phrase was said to be originally used as a conjunction by Brent Musburger, way back in 1982 at a CBS Sports NCAA coverage. It became an oft-used phrase for both the Illinois High School Association and NCAA, later on arousing a legal battle regarding who really owns it during the succeeding years. As a form of compromise, the court granted both organizations the right to use the phrase, which they refer to as the "dual-use trademark," for their own purposes.

Since the NCAAB’s foundation in year 1939, it has established its rock-solid name through its remarkable legacy in the collegiate basketball history. It has undergone a great deal of expansion, as manifested by a great boom in number of participants and the establishment of Divisions II and III. From previous eight-team competition in 1939, the number amazingly grew to 64 teams in the later years. Although the league is considered amateur, expert fanatics (especially those from professional basketball) happen to be fond of watching the games, be it live or on air.

The vitality of television in the success of NCAAB Division I is truly undeniable. Looking back, NCAAB’s first television broadcast was in 1952, though the first broadcast of the championship game was aired in 1954. Currently, three television stations broadcast NCAAB games, specifically: CBS, TNN, and ESPN. All three are entitled to broadcast all games, but the opening or the play-in game is exclusive for the last two stations.

As expansion leagues, the NCAAB Divisions II and III, on the other hand, aren’t that different from the first division. The only distinction Division II has with Division I is that instead of four teams competing in the semi-finals, it has eight teams. The teams that survived the regional play will then meet in what they call the "Elite Eight." Division III, for its part, is the same as the first albeit on a smaller scale. This tournament is hosted by Old Dominion Athletic conference and held at Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

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The Texas Longhorns’ two-week stay at No. 1 will likely end no matter what they do Saturday against UConn after losing early this week to Kansas State, but the Horns probably won’t drop farther than No. 4 if they can beat the Huskies on Saturday afternoon – make your college basketball bet at Bodog on this game.

Connecticut (12-6, 7-9 ATS) is of course still without head coach Jim Calhoun, who is on an indefinite leave of absence for medical reasons. But the Huskies ended a three-game losing streak in their first game without Calhoun by beating St. John’s on Wednesday. UConn made 56.9 percent of its shots against St. John's, 65.4 percent in the second half, to shake out of its offensive slump. Jerome Dyson leads the Huskies in scoring at 18.8 ppg and is also averaging 4.9 rebounds per game and 5.1 assists per game.

When making your college basketball bet at Bodog, know that the numbers don’t really add up for a win for the Huskies as UConn is 1-6 all-time against the nation’s No. 1 team and 0-4 against ranked opponents this season. Texas is the first No. 1 team (other than UConn itself) to ever play at Gampel Pavilion, however. Connecticut hasn’t lost a non-conference game there since 2001. These two teams have met five times previously – UConn leads 3-2 – but not since the 2003 Sweet 16.

Texas (17-1, 7-7 ATS), despite Monday’s loss, is still off to its best start in 63 years. Against Kansas State, UT had season lows in points (62), first-half points (26) and free-throw percentage (.409). But Manhattan is one of the nation’s toughest places to play. Star forward Damion James will be up for national player of the year honors and is averaging 19.2 points and 11.9 rebounds in the past nine games. He was held to 9 and 7, respectively, on Monday. UT also has a lot more depth than UConn does but is 0-4 ATS on the road.

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How far has the Pac-10 – the conference that has had six NCAA Tournament bids each of the past three years – fallen in 2009-10? It’s very possible that the Atlantic 10 will have three times as many teams headed to the Big Dance as the Pac-10 and that the little West Coast Conference will have double the amount of teams in the NCAA Tournament.

That’s because the Pac-10 is looking like a one-bid league as its conference tournament begins Wednesday in Los Angeles – bet on the tournament all week with Bodog’s college basketball odds. No BCS conference (Big Ten, Big East, SEC, Big 12, ACC, Pac-10) has failed to send more than one team to the NCAA Tournament since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985. But the Pac-10 has no ranked teams heading into the conference tournament and hasn’t had a Top 25 team in weeks. Plus its members are a lousy 2-13 against Top 25 non-conference teams this season.

Of course the torch bearer for the Pac-10 used to be UCLA, which made the Big Dance in each of the previous five season and reached at least the Final Four from the 2006 tournament through the 2008 event. But Ben Howland’s team has fallen apart this year to the tune of a 13-17 record entering the Pac-10 Tournament. Thus barring a miracle championship run in this event (UCLA is 13/2 to do that at Bodog) and then two wins in the NCAAs, the Bruins will have just their third losing season in the past 62. Just so you know, the Bruins’ season high of consecutive wins is three, and that came back in December.

The Bodog favorite at 8/5 in the Pac-10 tourney is regular-season champ Cal, which is probably going to get an at-large bid if it doesn’t win this. But that’s far from a sure thing, as the Bears haven’t beaten a ranked team or even one in the Top 50 of the RPI. Cal does have Pac-10 Player of the Year Jerome Randle (18.7 ppg, 4.5 apg) and enters having won seven of eight games.

Washington is Bodog’s second-favorite this week at 2/1 despite being the No. 3 seed, and it has won four games in a row. The Huskies have a stellar player of their own in Quincy Pondexter, who finished second in the conference in scoring at 20.2 ppg and set a Pac-10 record when he was named the league’s player of the week Monday for the fifth time this season. UW should handle Oregon State on Thursday to set up a semifinal vs. No. 2 Arizona State. Those two split two meetings this year, both winning fairly handily at home. ASU enters having won seven of eight.

And finally there’s Arizona, which has the nation’s longest consecutive NCAA bid streak at 25. But only a Pac-10 Tournament title will extend that. Arizona did beat Cal, the likely semifinal opponent, once in two tries this year.

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$2.5 billion is likely to be bet on this year's NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates.

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The NCAA Tournament Bracket has been subjected to a ton of surprises this year. Are there more upsets on the way this week? Here are your Sweet 16 East picks.

First, No. 2 West Virginia takes on No. 11 Washington. The Mountaineers have cruised so far, winning by 27 and nine points in their opening two games. The Huskies, of course, looked very impressive when they crushed New Mexico in the second round. West Virginia looks like it’s on a mission, though. Bet on the Mountaineers.

No. 1 Kentucky can’t let its guard down for even a moment against Cornell, which is no ordinary 12-seed. The Big Red beat Temple and Wisconsin convincingly, and the fact that Cornell played in the Ivy League should bother no one now. Still, the Wildcats have been one of the country’s best from wire-to-wire. Go with Kentucky.

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2010 NCAA Final Four – Mike Krzyzewski and team will head back to the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Duke will play West Virginia in the Final Four next weekend. Michigan State will face Butler University.

March Madness 2010 is coming to a close, the NCAA National Championship game will be held Monday, April 5, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The final two will be decided on Black Saturday, April 3.

Each Final Four team is the regional champion from the East, South, Midwest or West regions of the tournament. The teams go from the four separate sites of their regional rounds to a common venue for the Final Four, a team must win four consecutive games to qualify for the Final Four. The four teams are matched against each other on the last Saturday of the tournament. The two winners emerge to play in the national championship game the next Monday evening. Until 1982, the two losers played in a consolation game on Monday just prior to the championship game.

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Was a great game, butler and the 7 and a half was the bet. congrats to duke

The NCAA has reached a mammoth new television deal with CBS and Turner Sports, with the big news being that the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament will indeed expand in 2011 – but only by three teams to 68 instead of the rumored 96-team field. Bodog will have 2010-11 NCAA basketball futures odds soon.

Obviously this should mean that there will now be four play-in games instead of one, and it probably lessens the chance of a No. 16 ever upsetting a No. 1 seed because of the quick turnarounds those No. 16s would have to make after playing the Tuesday before the Big Dance starts two days later. I am guessing this also means that all four No. 1 seeds would thus play on the first Friday of the tournament to give the play-in winners an extra day to prepare.

This new deal, which is worth $10.8 billion over 14 years, will have to be approved by the Division I Board of Directors, which is considered a formality. It will also affect where you watch the games, because starting next season the first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games will be televised on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV (what’s that?) – thus every game will be shown live on some network for the first time in the history of the tournament. CBS and the Turner networks will split coverage of the Sweet 16 games, and CBS will televise the region finals and Final Four. Beginning in 2016, coverage of the region finals will be split by CBS and Turner, with the Final Four and the national championship game alternating every year between CBS and TBS.

That’s quite a coup for cable station TBS in getting the national title game as part of the package. CBS Sports has broadcast the entire NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship since 1982. This year’s championship game between underdog Butler and champion Duke generated the CBS’ highest viewership in 13 years. NCAA March Madness on Demand will continue to be launched from NCAA-com and CBSSports-com. Turner has also secured the rights for any Time Warner digital property. It's fairly shocking that ESPN didn't win this bid or at least a part of it.

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Twenty-three days from their first fall practice, another college football coach is leaving a Tennessee school.

This time its Vanderbilt Commodores football coach Bobby Johnson, who decided to retire Wednesday just two years after finally getting his Commodores a bowl victory.

"I've decided to retire, not resign," Johnson said. "It's a tough decision with which my wife, Catherine, and I struggled. This is a personal decision."

Johnson has been coaching Vanderbilt for eight years. As a program more focussed on academics than athletics, making the program somewhat respectable has not been easy. 2008 was the first time Vandy had a winning season (7-6 overall) since 1982, finishing with a win over Boston College in the Music City Bowl.

Unfortunately, his squad regressed last year, posting a 2-10 record. Johnson, who turned 60 this year, leaves just seven weeks before the Commodores' first game.

"This is quite a shock to us," said assistant coach Robbie Caldwell, who will be taking over as interim head coach.

This is a move that could affect the SEC schedule. Despite their overall struggles Johnson fielded a competitive football team last year, looking competitive versus No. 23 South Carolina, No. 11 Georgia Tech and Tennessee.

Just two years removed from the Big 12 championship, the Missouri Tigers will be hungry to earn their third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth with another season amongst the best in their division. According to the Associated Press, that shouldn't be too difficult a task. In the AP preseason polls, the Missouri Tigers are ranked 15th in the nation and third in the Big 12.

After finishing the 2009-10 season with a 10-6 record, the Tigers will battle for position in a tough conference with stiff competition from Kansas, Kansas State and Baylor. After falling in the first round of the Big 12 tournament in 2010, head coach Mike Anderson's will look to guide his team back to the top of the pile in his fifth year with the club.

The Tigers will be happy to return third-year swingman Kim English after he led the squad in scoring with 14.0 points per game as a sophomore. In addition to his increased role on offense, English will play a leadership role with incoming freshmen Phil Pressey, Ricky Kreklow and Kadeem Green.

One of the biggest areas coach Anderson will turn to for support is the small forward position where No. 1-ranked junior college transfer Ricardo Ratliffe joins the squad after two years at Central Florida Community College. The addition of Ratliffe and the three freshman will help ease the burden of the departures of J.T. Tiller and Zaire Taylor who each chipped in more than eight points per game for the team in 2009-10.

The Tigers might not be locks for the Big 12 tournament, but no matter which way you slice it they appear to at least be a Top 25 team in the nation. If the team can get some impressive results from transfer Ratliffe and see English put together an even better junior season, you never how far they could make it this spring.

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Potentially crushing news for the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils as freshman point guard sensation Kyrie Irving could miss the rest of the season with a toe injury.

Thanks in large part to Irving running the show, Duke has mostly dominated opponents in starting 9-0 in defense of its national championship. Irving sat out Wednesday’s 83-48 win over Bradley with what at first was thought was a minor toe injury. But after the game, Coach Mike Krzyzewski called Irving's injury "a serious one" that is being evaluated by doctors both at Duke and nationally. He said the team hopes to learn more about his status in the next week to 10 days.

"It is serious and whatever final decision is made, it's going to be based on what's in his best interests in his career, not to save him for any period of time or whatever," Krzyzewski said. "But he could be out for a long time."

Asked if Irving will be out the rest of the year, Krzyzewski said: "He could be, he could be."

Irving, who is third nationally among freshmen in scoring, averaging 17.4 points, injured his right toe in a win over Butler last Saturday. He apparently didn't break a bone in his toe, but the injury involves ligaments. Irving has been named ACC rookie of the week three times. He is in the Top 10 in six ACC statistical categories (scoring, assists, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, steals and assist-to-turnover ratio). Andre Dawkins will start in his place and he was awesome against Bradley with 28 points and no turnovers but also no assists.

Duke has three relatively easy non-conference games remaining before its ACC opener with Miami (Fla.). The Blue Devils’ first true road game isn’t until Jan. 12 at Florida State. Even if Irving is done for the season, Duke is still a national title favorite. But the Devils now aren’t as invincible as they have appeared so far this season.

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Duke always has somebody waiting in the wings to be the next best thing. They can rebound from one player's injury. As a fan of ACC basketball, I've seen it time and time again. Mike K. is a great coach anyway, his teams usually adjust to whatever is thrown at them, and succeed.