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JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: WESTERN MICHIGAN at NORTHERN ILLINOIS Monday starts Week II of college basketball conference tournament play and World Champion Handicapper will preview a game out of one of his “Go To” conferences during the year, The MAC. Tonight, the (13-18) Western Michigan Broncos visit the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois to face… Read More

JEFF ALLEN: WHEN IN DOUBT … TAKE THE DOG Let’s make that, in early conference tournament play … TAKE THE DOG. You read about and heard on sports radio ad nauseam how this is the most wide open college basketball season in memory and that there are probably 30 teams that could make the Final… Read More

JEFF ALLEN: DOES BUTLER RATE A LOOK IN TONIGHT’S BIG EAST FEATURE VS. SETON HALL ??? With conference tournaments already in progress, the power conferences look to improve their resumes and tournament seeds in the final week of their regular seasons. Tonight we feature a Big East game with major conference and Big Dance implications… Read More

JEFF ALLEN’s CONTENDERS and PRETENDERS: MICHIGAN STATE Another week goes by and team after team ranked in the Top Five of the AP College Basketball Top 25 gets beat in what seems to be on an almost daily basis. Ranked and unranked teams seem to be having their way with these “heavyweights and in fact,… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: CORNELL at PENN It’s a pretty nondescript Friday card in both the NBA and college hoops so we’ll take a look at an Ivy League game, a conference that we’ve enjoyed a lot of success playing in this year. With four games to play, Yale leads Princeton by a half game… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: VILLANOVA at XAVIER The two heavyweights out of the Big East square off tonight as the (24-3, 13-1) Villanova Wildcats travel to the Queen City of Cincinnati to face the (24-3, 12-3) Xavier Musketeers. This is a huge revenge spot for the Muskies who were throttled 95-64 in Philly back on… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: MIAMI at ATLANTA On the first main card of the NBA’s second half, we take a look at two of the first half’s underachievers, the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. The 29-24 Heat and 31-24 Hawks are firmly entrenched as the No.4-5 seeds in the Eastern Conference at this point but… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: DUKE AT NORTH CAROLINA One of the classic rivalries in college basketball renews tonight in Chapel Hill as the (19-6, 8-4) Duke Blue Devils face the (21-4, 10-2) North Carolina Tar Heels. Duke has won four straight games since a brief skid that saw the Dukies drop out of the AP… Read More

Jeff Allen Game Preview: Wisconsin Milwaukee at Wisconsin Green Bay   Not much marquee value on tonight’s holiday card but there are still several interesting conference matchups that includes a local rivalry out of the Horizon League where (16-10, 7-6) Wisconsin Milwaukee takes a couple of hour bus ride to face (15-11, 7-6) Wisconsin Green… Read More

Jeff Allen Game Preview: Hofstra at William and Mary   World Champion Handicapper Jeff Allen is on a 12-4 run college basketball focusing primarily on the smaller schools and staying away from the power conferences. Tonight, Allen takes a look at an important tilt from the Colonial with 16-8 (8-4) Hofstra traveling to Williamsburg, Virginia… Read More