Every March, I get an email from Scott, a longtime subscriber, and it always makes me smile:
The Steve Makinen Conference Tournament Trends are my favorite articles of the year and why I remain a subscriber. It’s the most fun I have betting all year. Please pass along my thanks and appreciation.
Thanks (again), Scott. Message delivered.
Truth is, I look forward to Scott’s annual note almost as much as I look forward to Steve’s conference tournament trends.
👉 You can find Steve’s trends here.
Steve breaks them into three parts:
• Week 1 tournaments ✅
• Week 2 mid-majors (March 9)
• Power conferences (March 10)
We also incorporate those trends — along with Steve’s power ratings — into Adam Burke’s conference tournament previews.
Adam has cranked out previews for the eight conferences tipping off over the next two days.
Today
Atlantic Sun
Ohio Valley
NEC
Big South
Summit League
Thursday
👉 Check the Conference Tournament Hub for everything we publish over the next two weeks.
Meanwhile, Greg “Hoops” Peterson has his Best Bets for Wednesday’s college basketball card posted on VSiN.com, covering both conference tournament games and the remaining regular-season matchups as teams jockey for seeding.
Later this morning on our college basketball page:
• Adam and Tyler Shoemaker will post their top plays
• Josh Appelbaum will break down the early line movement
And if you’ve been following The Angle system from Luke DiVasta:
The Angle had a tough night, going 0-2 Tuesday night and dropping to 40-16 overall since late January.
If any games qualify today, Luke will post them here.
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Quick Hits
MLB: I hope you caught the entertaining and enlightening MLB Futures Draft show on Tuesday. A collection of baseball experts selected their favorite preseason bets across win totals, division winners, pennants and World Series longshots. 👉 Watch the replay and get a recap of the picks.
Golf: Wes Reynolds has picks for the Arnold Palmer Invitational and joins Matt Brown and Kelley Bydlon on the Long Shots podcast. 👉 Watch / Listen.
Tennis: On the Beating The Book podcast, Gill Alexander is joined by Drew Dinsick of NBC Sports Edge and VSiN’s Zach Cohen to offer their analysis and top plays on the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. 👉 Watch / Listen. Zach has posted his preview of tennis’ fifth major, which starts today. You can find the latest plays from Zach and Gill on our tennis picks page.
NBA: Zach Cohen‘s Best Bets and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report will hit around mid-morning on our NBA page.
NHL: Jonathan Davis will post his picks later this morning.
