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JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: GEORGE WASHINGTON at MONMOUTH The second round of the NIT reconvenes tonight with an interesting battle between Georgie Washington (24-10) out of the A-10 taking on Monmouth (28-7) out of the MAAC. The Colonials have had an up and down year, playing great on occasion and inexplicably bad at other times…. Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: PITTSBURGH vs. WISCONSIN Friday’s feature spotlight preview features two middle seeds out of the power conferences, each program having major history in the Big Dance. No.10 seed  Pittsburgh (21-11, 9-9) has had a non-descript year that has put long-time HC Jamie Dixon on the hot seat. Dixon has been rumored to… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: USC vs. PROVIDENCE The No.8 vs. No.9 games are the closes seeds, generally have the stickies lines and are usually ultra-competitive. Tonight’s USC vs. Providence matchup figures to be all that and more as these two bubble beaters meet in Raleigh. The (21-12, 9-9) Trojans stumbled down the stretch to go… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: LONG BEACH STATE at WASHINGTON Tournament action gets into full swing today with the NCAA “don’t call me a Play-In Game” First Round, NIT, CIT and CBI tournaments all playing tonight. One of the more intriguing matchups off the Tuesday card comes from the NIT where the Long Beach State 49ers… Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: WEST VIRGINIA vs. OKLAHOMA Two of the top teams in the country and very possibly two Final Four teams square off tonight in Big 12 quarterfinal action in Kansas City as (25-7, 13-5) West Virginia takes on (25-6, 12-6) Oklahoma in what figures to be the feature game of the night…. Read More

JEFF ALLEN GAME PREVIEW: FLORIDA STATE vs. VIRGINIA TECH Power conference tournaments are now in full swing and we have an interesting matchup in the final second-round game of the ACC tournament as No.11 seeded Florida State takes on the No.6 seeded Virginia Tech Hokies. Both teams are on rolls with the (19-12, 8-10) Seminoles… Read More

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