I don’t know if Bruce Pearl is the riddle or the mystery or the enigma. He might be all three. He is everything good and bad about college basketball, as charming as he is conniving, as likable as he is shady.
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At least one Las Vegas sports bettor is in perfect position to lock in a healthy five-figure profit on the Final Four. And one of his futures tickets could end up cashing for $300,000.
La Lumiere (Indiana) held the Gaels without a field goal for the final 5:34 to pull out a 74-69 double-overtime victory Thursday in the quarterfinals of the GEICO Nationals in New York City.
Chris Beard has never ventured far from the work, work, work approach that guided his career on its winding path through obscure, overlooked coaching jobs.
The Bulldogs will make history Friday when they become the first Nevada girls basketball team to play in the GEICO Nationals in New York City.
Handicapper Doug Fitz went 11-6 ATS and hit his two best bets to win the Review-Journal’s Madness Challenge contest. Handicapper Kelly Stewart finished one point back in second place.
Final Four team and player props and NCAA championship odds and lines on possible title game matchups.
UNLV will play in the 2020 Maui Invitational, making its first return to the prestigious early season tournament since 2015.