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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: Texas Could Get Bubble Burst Tonight at Kansas State Shaka Smart has done an amazing job since taking over Texas. Especially considering he’s lost arguably his best player in Cameron Ridley and a pretty much bare cupboard left by his predecessor Rick Barnes. That said, the (17-10, 8-6) Longhorns have lost three of… 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

Jeff Allen NCAAB Game Preview: Dayton at Duquense It’s a pretty lackluster card in both the NBA and college hoops on Tuesday but … a game from a conference that Jeff Allen is starting to key on, the A-10, is worth a look as conference leading Dayton (19-3, 9-1) hosts the (15-8, 5-5) Duquesne Dukes…. Read More

Ivy League Basketball isn’t just about Princeton and Penn anymore Through all of the 90’s and for the early part of the 2000’s, two teams dominated the Ivy League with an iron fist and they were Princeton and Penn. In fact these two teams have pretty much dominated the conference since it’s inception in 1933… Read More

Jeff Allen NBA Game Preview: Detroit at Boston Two Eastern Conference teams on the rise lock horns tonight at TD Garden Arena in Boston as the Detroit Pistons meet the Celtics. The 26-23 Pistons have split their L10 games but are in good shape considering seven of their L9 have been on the road. Motown… Read More