This Season's Top NCAA Basketball Betting Teams

The men’s college basketball season heads into the second full weekend of February and the team at the top of the list in both national polls is the West Coast Conference’s Gonzaga Bulldogs. With Thursday’s 90-60 romp over Loyola Marymount as heavy 17-point road favorites, the Bulldogs have now extended their straight-up winning streak to 25 games as the only undefeated team in the country. They might be tested this Sunday in a road game against No. 20 St. Mary’s, but the Bulldogs already beat the Gaels by 23 points as five-point home favorites on Jan. 12.

What makes this incredible run all the more impressive is the fact that when you look at Covers.com's current college basketball statistics for closing betting lines, Gonzaga is also at the top of that list with a 17-4-1 record this season against the spread. Heading into Sunday’s WCC showdown against St. Mary’s, the Bulldogs have gone 10-2-1 ATS in conference play.

Another top-ranked team in the national polls that also ranks high on the list at Covers is the ACC’s No. 4 Louisville Cardinals boasting a 15-6-1 record ATS to go along with a SU record of 19-5. Louisville will be looking to bounce back from a lopsided 71-55 loss to Virginia as a 6.5-point road underdog after covering ATS in its previous six games. The Cardinals return to action this Saturday at home against Miami.

The Big East’s Creighton Bluejays are sitting at No. 23 in both national polls with a SU 20-4 record in their first 24 games and they are also one of the top betting teams in the nation at 15-7 ATS. Bettors need to be a bit leery of going with the Bluejays in upcoming road games against DePaul this Saturday and Seton Hall next week after they failed to cover in three of their last five outings.

If you are looking for a pair of hot betting teams heading into this weekend’s games, then you might want to take a closer look at the ACC’s Syracuse Orange and the SEC’s Florida Gators. Both teams are riding five-game winning streaks ATS into this Saturday’s contests. Both teams have also been solid bets on the closing total line lately. The total has gone OVER in Syracuse's last seven outings and it has stayed UNDER in five of the No. 17 Gators’ last seven games.

Are Bettors in for One Big PUSH in Super Bowl LI?

The 2016 NFL season is down to its last game and it should be a good one with the New England Patriots listed as three-point favorites against the Atlanta Falcons at BetAnySports in Super Bowl LI this Sunday night at NRG Stadium in Houston. The total line for this game is currently set at 58 points after opening at 58.5 points following the conference championship games.

Every possible angle of this matchup has already been covered at length over the past two weeks leading up to Sunday's big game and the word 'hype' does not even begin to describe the media circus surrounding the biggest single one-game extravaganza of the year. When it comes to betting on the Super Bowl, billions of dollars are at stake all over the globe from the five bucks you plopped down on the local office pool to the six-figure high-roller's bets that have been placed at some of Las Vegas's biggest sportsbooks. To say there is quite a bit of money flying around on this game is a major understatement, but all my handicapping efforts point to a possible PUSH on the three-point spread. I have the Patriots adding a fifth Super Bowl title to the resume, but it will not be easy in a thrilling 31-28 victory that goes right down to the final gun.

For my complete preview and my "best bet" pick for Super Bowl LI, please check out the link below at SportsBettingStats.com.

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Super Bowl LI Free Quarterback Prop Picks

New England facing off against Atlanta as a three-point favorite in Super Bowl LI may be main story line at NRG Stadium this Sunday, but biggest sub plot in this winner-take-all battle for this season's NFL title is the head-to-head battle between the Patriots' Tom Brady and the Falcons' Matt Ryan as the front men for each team at quarterback.

Brady has already shined on the NFL's biggest stage with four previous Super Bowl rings to show for his effort, but Ryan took the league by storm this season as the clear choice for MVP. Their play on the field in this Sunday's Super Bowl is sure to go a long way towards determining the eventual outcome of this game.

One of the best things about betting on a Super Bowl is the grocery list of individual prop bets covering every possible aspect of this game both on and off the field. I decided to zero in on a few player props at the quarterback position to come up with a pair of winning prop picks in conjunction with each of these gunslingers' performance in Super Bowl LI.

To check out all my free Super Bowl quarterback prop picks in a recent piece I did for Doc's Sports, please go to the link below.

LINK: 2017 Super Bowl Quarterback Props Odds and Expert Betting Picks

Packers and Falcons Look to Air it Out in NFC Title Game

Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan combined for 9,372 passing yards and 78 touchdown throws in the NFL regular season and this Sunday at the Georgia Dome they will each be looking to add to those impressive totals when Green Bay faces Atlanta in the NFC Championship. BetAnySports Sportsbook has the Falcons listed as five-point favorites at home, but the betting line that most sports bettors are talking about is a total set at 60.

That line still may not be high enough for two teams that have not scored fewer than 30 points in their last 11 games combined. Rodgers threw for a combined 717 yards and six scores in Green Bay's two playoff victories against the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys, while Ryan racked up 338 yards and three touchdown throws in Atlanta's lopsided 36-20 win against Seattle in the Divisional Round.

As part of my ongoing NFL coverage for SportsBettingStats.com, please check out the link below for my complete breakdown of this matchup along with my free "best bet" pick for the game.

LINK: GREEN BAY PACKERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS POINT SPREAD - PICK TO BET ATS

NBA 'Most Valuable Player' Betting Odds

The NBA regular season has reached the halfway point on an 82-game schedule and most of the top online sportsbooks including BetAnySports have recently updated their NBA futures odds to win this year's MVP award. Golden State teammate's Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have combined to win the last three MVP Trophies when Durant was still playing for Oklahoma City. Cleveland's Lebron James has been named the league's top player four times in his storied career, but all three of these NBA superstars are a bit further down the futures list when it come to being named this season's MVP.

I have dug deep into all the players on the updated MVP futures list at BetAnySports to come up with my top-valued pick based on the current betting odds. Please checkout the link below at SportsBook.net for my complete breakdown of one of the most heavily bet futures in the NBA.

LINK: Betting on the updated NBA futures odds for league MVP

Steelers at Chiefs Free NFL Divisional Playoff Pick

An expected ice storm in the Kansas City area this weekend as pushed back the start of this Sunday's AFC Divisional Round matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs to 8:20 p.m. (ET) at Arrowhead Stadium. The top Oddsmakers at BetAnySports have the Chiefs currently listed as 1.5-point home favorites and the betting line for the total has been set at 45.

Pittsburgh comes into this game with the longest current straight-up winning streak in the NFL at eight games and it has been a financial boon to bettors during this run at 6-1-1 against the spread. The Steelers also have one of the most deadly trio of playmakers in the league with Ben Roethlisberger throwing the ball to Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell breaking off huge chunks of yardage running the ball. The Chiefs are coming off a bye with home field advantage on their side as the No. 2 seed in the conference. If weather remains a factor on Sunday night this would also tip the scales in their favor in the absence of a fast track.

Both of these teams have a veteran head coach with a pretty high level of success in the postseason at the helm and they also have a defense that is ranked in the top third of the league in points allowed. When you continue to break things down, it is easy to see why the betting spread for this contest has remained so tight.

I am still not sure which team will come away with the straight-up win on Sunday night, but I am confident in the best way to cash in a winning ticket on a well-time bet at BetAnySports online sportsbook. Please check out the link below at SportsBettingStats.com for my complete game preview and free pick.

LINK: PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BETTING ODDS - FREE NFL PLAYOFF PICK

Seahawks at Falcons Free NFL Divisional Playoff Pick

The Divisional Round of this season's NFL playoffs gets underway this Saturday afternoon at the Georgia Dome in a NFC matchup between the 11-5-1 Seattle Seahawks and the 11-5 Atlanta Falcons. The Seahawks advanced to this round by beating Detroit 26-6 last weekend in the Wild Card Round as eight-point home favorites, while the Falcons enjoyed the week off as the No. 2 seed in the conference. Atlanta is currently listed as a five-point home favorite for Saturday's contest and the betting line for the total at BetAnySports has been set at 51.5 points. These two teams met in the regular season back in mid-October with the Seahawks coming away with a tight 26-24 victory as 6.5-point home favorites. The total line in this game went OVER 45.5 points.

The big story line for this Saturday's matchup is Seattle's shutdown defense going up against the most potent scoring attack in the league, so something has got to give. Whichever one of these units has the better day should dictate the actual outcome, but either way I have this game staying close for all four quarters. For my complete game preview and free pick at SportsBettingStats.com please check out the link below.

LINK: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ATLANTA FALCONS BETTING ODDS - FREE NFL PLAYOFF PICK