Once the NIT field and the NCAA Tournament field are set, there are still two postseason tournaments that are going to be left to set. Our CIT Bracketology is interesting as always, as the teams from the non-BCS conferences are going to fight it out in this, the fifth annual CollegeInsider.com Tournament! Don’t miss the our 2013 CIT Bracketology, which will be updated every night from now through Selection Sunday!

Ever wonder how the CIT works? Teams can turn down bids to this tournament, as it is a significantly lesser tournament, and it doesn’t have a tremendous prize at the end like a trip to the Final Four or Madison Square Garden as the NCAA Tournament and the CIT have. The CIT matches up teams from all over the course from the smaller conferences against each other in the old NIT style, basically trying to keep matchups relatively regional. The matchups aren’t set until the previous round of games is complete, and no one is formally “ranked.” There are 32 teams in this field, each of which had to finish above .500 for the season, and the selection process has to be incredibly tough. There are always a ton of moving parts to consider for the College Insider Tournament Bracketology, but we’re here to sort it all out, as we go conference by conference to pick the 32 teams that will be a part of this tournament!

Don’t see your favorite team listed here in the CIT? Check out our NIT Bracketology or our CBI Bracketology instead. Also note that teams that are ineligible for the postseason are not included.

Teams that have already accepted bids to the CIT in bold.

America East – Hartford Hawks, Boston Terriers
We’re starting to believe that America East is now finished in the CIT. We now know that Vermont is going to be playing in the CBI, which is going to leave just these two here in the CIT. Hartford really was a surprising entry, knowing that there were so many other teams, even out of America East, which would have been deserving of bids here to the postseason.

Atlantic 10 – Richmond Spiders
We have confidence that there will be at least one team out of the A-10 that makes it to the CIT, but we aren’t sure whether it will be Richmond that decides to come and play in this tourney or not. The Spiders went out in the A-10 tourney in terrible fashion, getting bounced out after getting hit with three technical fouls in the final five seconds of the game.

Atlantic Sun
The Atlantic Sun has sort of cleared itself out at this point. Florida Gulf Coast is dancing. Mercer is going to the NIT. No one else had a winning record. This is fairly cut and dry at this point.

Big Sky – North Dakota Fighting Sioux, Weber State Wildcats
It makes more sense for Weber State to be in the CBI than the CIT, but we aren’t sure that the field of 16 is going to have room for the Wildcats. There’s no way that the CIT would turn down a chance to bring back a Weber State team that won 26 games and fell just short of going to the NCAA Tournament. The Fighting Sioux only finished right at .500 this year, but they have still been linked to the possibility of hosting a game here in the CIT. We’ll find out Sunday whether they get the nod or not.

Big South – Gardner Webb Bulldogs
Gardner Webb has already accepted its bid into the CIT after posting a solid year in the crazy Big South, the conference that gave us Liberty as a 15-20 team that made the NCAA Tournament. High Point really seems to want to play in this tournament, but we aren’t so sure that it is going to happen that way. The Panthers lost their leading scorer, John Brown to a foot injury, and the fact that he can’t play might ultimately be a harm to them. This is a CIT bubble team if there ever were such a thing.

Big West – UC Irvine Anteaters
The Anteaters made it all the way to the Big West Final before losing to Hawaii. We really were wondering whether any of these teams from this conference were going to accept bids to the second season or not outside of Pacific, the NCAA Tournament reps, but alas, here comes UCI in what might be the first of many teams accepting bids to this tournament.

Colonial
There were two surprising announcements that were made over the weekend. George Mason was going to be accepting a bid into the CBI or the CIT to host a game (likely the CBI), while Delaware, a team that seemed interested in the CBI all along, has announced that it won’t be accepting a postseason bid. That probably leaves the CAA without a team in the CIT.

Conference USA – East Carolina Pirates, Tulane Green Wave
Conference USA decided to partake in the CIT after all. East Carolina and Tulane both accepted bids to the CIT on Friday. We’re a bit surprised to not hear anything about Houston or UTEP, and we have a feeling that both teams are going to be left out when push comes to shove. Tulsa is a team that we know is likely headed to the CBI.

Great West Conference – Chicago State Cougars
Chicago State finished the regular season as the lowest rated team in the Great West. They had won just eight games through March 8th, four of which came against non-Division I schools. However, the Cougars knocked off Houston Baptist on the final day of the regular season and turned around and won the Great West Tournament. They’ll certainly be one and done in the CIT, but they have the league’s automatic bid to this tournament.

Horizon League – Wisconsin Green Bay Phoenix, Youngstown State Penguins, Illinois Chicago Flames, Detroit Titans
Right now, it seems pretty cut and dry what’s going to happen here in the Horizon League. Green Bay, Ilinois Chicago and Youngstown State have all accepted bids to the CIT, and Wright State and Detroit might be stuck doing the same either here or in the CBI. The difference is that the latter two are at least waiting to see if they get the call from the NIT Selection Committee come Sunday. Wright State has been linked to the CBI. Detroit really hasn’t had much in the way of links anywhere at this point, so we’re going to assume that it will be in the CIT.

Ivy League
We had projected Princeton as a CIT team for quite some time, but that has gone by the boards. The Tigers have declared that they won’t be playing in the postseason this year, shutting the Ivy League totally out of the second season, outside of Harvard in the NCAA Tournament.

Metro Atlantic – Canisius Golden Griffins, Fairfield Stags, Rider Broncs, Loyola Maryland Greyhounds
Six teams finished above .500 this year in the Metro Atlantic, and all six are going to be playing in the postseason. All of the teams in the MAAC now know what their postseason destinations are going to be. Iona won the league title and will be dancing for the second straight season, while Niagara will drop into the NIT as the regular season champs. The others have all already accepted bids to the CIT, which will leave the CBI looking for other teams in the Northeast to put in its tournament.

MAC – Kent State Golden Flashes
The Golden Flashes gave Akron a run in the MAC Semifinals, but it wasn’t enough. They’re on the line now in the CIT after accepting a bid on Saturday to the tourney. Western Michigan is a different story. The Broncos could elect to come here, but it is sounding more and more like Kent State will be the only MAC team playing in the lower tournaments. Western Michigan is a possibility, and Ohio is a team that we have lined up in the CBI right now. Based upon all of what we’re reading though, the MAC is only a one-bid league to the CIT.

MEAC
We feel bad about blowing the MEAC up in the postseason, but after the first two rounds of tournament play, it’s tough to justify anything right now. Norfolk State has officially dropped into the NIT, while UNC Central was knocked off by North Carolina A&T. The Eagles are hoping to get the phone call on Sunday, but we doubt that the phone is ever actually going to ring.

Missouri Valley – Evansville Purple Aces, Bradley Braves
The Missouri Valley is going to be interesting to break down over the course of the last day of the regular season. It really seems as though Illinois State, Northern Iowa, Indiana State, Bradley, and Evansville should all find postseason homes to go with Wichita State and Creighton in the NCAA Tournament. Northern Iowa is a projected CBI team, while Bradley has accepted a bid here to the CIT already. Evansville is holding out hope for the NIT but probably won’t get the call. And what about Illinois State? We just haven’t heard much from the Redbirds at this point. They could be in the CBI, or they could just be left home all together in a move that would be shocking.

Mountain West
We’re leaving Wyoming in our CBI field, though at 19-13 with all 13 losses (including the conference tournament) coming in conference play, we’re not all that sure that the Cowboys truly deserve that distinction either. Air Force will make the NIT cut, and both Fresno State and Nevada are terrible and won’t finish anywhere near .500.

Northeast – Wagner Seahawks
First we had them out. Now, with the news that both are hearing from the CIT, we are going to put both Wagner and Bryant back in the the postseason. These teams both had great years, and they are worthy of being here in the postseason, but there are a lot of teams that could say the same. Still, these Northeast based teams have a good history of being in the CIT and the CBI, and we think that this is another perfect example of two teams that might not be quite as deserving getting in over teams that are more deserving. Wagner is the CIT team on the list right now. Bryant has reportedly accepted a bid to the CBI.

Ohio Valley – Tennessee State Tigers, Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
The Ohio Valley is going to be left determining largely how the rest of the CBI and CIT are going to fall into place. If you listen to reports, Murray State and Eastern Kentucky are both headed to the CBI. We already know that Tennessee State, a team that won just a ton of home games this year, has accepted a bid to the CIT. SEMO wasn’t great this year at 17-16, but it has been linked to the CIT as well. If the Redhawks get in, it would be a huge shock, knowing that a more deserving team is likely going to be sent home instead.

Patriot League – Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Lehigh and Lafayette are going to be tough sells if they are left out of the postseason all together. The Mountain Hawks won a ton of games this year, while the Leopards made it all the way to the Patriot League final. We can’t justify both playing in the postseason yet, but if these projected ACC/SEC/Big Ten teams we have in the CBI don’t end up coming, Lafayette will find its way into the postseason.

Southern – Elon Phoenix
Elon has officially taken a spot in the CBI after a good season in the SoCon. It’ll be a bit of a disappointing postseason tournament bid, but playing in the second season is good enough for these guys this year. Charleston is probably going to be in the CBI when push comes to shove, and it makes sense to leave a SoCon team in the other postseason tourney. The Phoenix fit the bill if they’re willing to play.

Southland
When Northwestern State won the Southland Tournament on Saturday, that really ended any chance of the Southland having any teams in the CBI or the CIT. Stephen F. Austin will drop into the NIT. Northwestern State will dance.

SWAC
The SWAC is a nightmare this year. Texas Southern and Arkansas Pine Bluff are ineligible, and Southern is dancing. The next best team? 15-19 Prairie View A&M. At least the Panthers made it to the SWAC Final… but then again, someone had to do it along with Southern.

Summit League – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, Oakland Golden Grizzlies
And here’s where there are some issues for the Summit League followers. Oral Roberts and Oakland clearly weren’t as good as North Dakota State and Western Illinois were this year. The Bison really have been quiet in terms of bids to these secondary tournaments, and they could find themselves sitting on the sidelines as a result. Oakland has already accepted a bid to the CIT, and Oral Roberts is expected to be right behind. With Western Illinois rumored to be going to the CBI, there has to be a place for NDSU… we just don’t know where that spot is if it isn’t the NIT.

Sun Belt – Florida International Golden Panthers
With Utah State bowing out of the CIT and the CBI, we’re going to slot Florida International into the field. We just don’t see a way that the team that beat Middle Tennessee State, as good of a win as most of these have on their resume at this level, would be left out.

West Coast – Santa Clara Broncos
The Broncos have been rumored to send Santa Clara to the CIT, and it makes a heck of a lot of sense. This is a team that has a good history of playing in these third-tier tourneys, and the CIT would love to have another West Coast team to mix in with some of the teams from the WAC that are inevitably going to be here. The problem is that there aren’t many of those West Coast teams, and the travel expenses might start to get out of control. The Broncos should still be okay to be in the CIT, but they might reconsider come Sunday if they want to be play in this tournament or not.

WAC – Denver Pioneers
Both Denver and Utah State crashed out of the WAC Tournament far too early, and they are both going to pay the price as a result. Both could have put together NIT resumes, but after these bad losses this is the best that either would do. Last year, Denver turned down a bid to the CIT and the CBI. This year, we know that it is Utah State is that turning down the bid.

Online Sportsbooks are coming out NCAA Tournament props each and every day. Check out some of the NCAA Tournament prop picks that are currently on the board, and be sure to check back to this page for the rest of the march towards the NCAA Tournament, as we analyze some of the college basketball betting lines for the teams that are going to get in, or be left out of the NCAA Tournament.

Prop List Updated As Of 3/17/13
All Props Listed Courtesy of 5Dimes Sportsbook

Boise State Makes NCAA Tournament -210
Boise State Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament +160

We’re a bit surprised to see the Broncos favored by this much to get into the NCAA Tournament, knowing that they are one of the last few teams into the dance according to Joe Lunardi. Still, we think that playing in the Mountain West will be enough to get the boys from Boise into the dance.

Middle Tennessee State Makes NCAA Tournament +100
Middle Tennessee State Doesn’t Make NCAA Touranment -140

The Blue Raiders went 28-5 and lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament. However, they have an RPI of 29, the 11th best non-conference SOS in the nation, and at least 28 wins with fewer than six losses. Know how many teams have ever missed out on the tournament with those credentials? Zero. We have to think there’s better than a 50/50 shot that the Blue Raiders are headed to Dayton.

Ole Miss Makes NCAA Tournament -265
Ole Miss Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament +185

It’s going to be really tough to keep the Rebels out, even if they get beaten by Florida by 40 today. They are the one team in the SEC that really took care of the business that they needed to tend to in order to get into the dance. It’d be tough to imagine that a team that finishes the season 25-9 in the SEC would even have a shot of missing the dance. The SEC was weak this year. It wasn’t that weak.

La Salle Makes NCAA Tournament -170
La Salle Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament +130

The Explorers are the last team that Joe Lunardi has in his bracket, and many have this team as either the last or next to last team in the field. La Salle can send a thank you card out to the rest of the teams in the A-10. The power of this conference are going to get the Explorers in, though at this price, we’d probably have to pass. You don’t want to be laying -170 on a team that is the last squad in the dance.

Virginia Makes NCAA Tournament +220
Virginia Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -300

Do we think that Virginia is going to get into the dance? We do not. However, this is a nice price on the Cavaliers. If they don’t get in, they’ll have the best BPI in the nation amongst teams that are in the NIT in all likelihood. A lot of their losses came early in the season when they were fighting injuries. There are some good wins, and even a few great ones, but that really doesn’t make up for it all as we see it. UVA will be close, and perhaps it will be the first team out. We still think that it is worth the risk at this price.

Maryland Makes the NCAA Tournament +170
Maryland Doesn’t Make the NCAA Tournament -230

The Terps were probably just a few points away from dancing. They couldn’t quite figure out how to kill off the lead that North Carolina had in the last few minutes of the semifinals of the ACC Tournament, and as a result, they are going to be stuck as one of the high seeds in the NIT. We don’t see any way that Maryland is getting in, and we would be laying the -230.

Tennessee Makes NCAA Tournament -120
Tennessee Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -120

The Volunteers might be the team looking forward to the SEC Championship Game the most. If Ole Miss wins that game, it’s going to be tougher to justify putting the Vols in the dance, as the SEC really doesn’t deserve four teams. If Florida wins though, the victory over the Gators looks that much stronger, and perhaps Tennessee gets the nod. It’s a vintage tossup between the Vols, Blue Raiders, and Explorers, two of the three of which will get in. We wouldn’t want any part of this prop bet.

Southern Miss Makes NCAA Tournament +250
Southern Miss Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -350

We have seen the Selection Committee make some wild picks for the dance in the past, but this one would be to bizarre. The Golden Eagles literally don’t have a single win against a good team this year; winless against the RPI Top 50. You’re not going to get into the dance, even with this crazy field, without one great victory to fall back on.

Kentucky Makes NCAA Tournament +350
Kentucky Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -530

It’s easy to suggest that there is at least a one in four shot of the Wildcats getting into the NCAA Tournament, just based upon name recognition alone. However, unless F Nerlens Noel is going to pull a Willis Reed and get back on the court, the sad facts aren’t avoidable. UK is 4-4 in its last eight games, and the last of those games was a crushing defeat at the hands of a Vandy team that finished the season below .500. If UK gets in, it’s name and name alone that gets it there.

Massachusetts Makes NCAA Tournament +350
Massachusetts Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -530

There’s just no chance here whatsoever. The Minutemen aren’t even going to sniff the NCAA Tournament after losing to VCU and turning the ball over 22 times on Saturday.

Alabama Makes NCAA Tournament +450
Alabama Doesn’t Make NCAA Tournament -750

At least there’s some intrigue here. Alabama doesn’t have much in the way of even decent wins, but it doesn’t have a bad loss either. Losing to Florida by 10 in the SEC Semifinals wasn’t the end of the world, but that was a game that the Tide really needed to win. We think that this might be one of the last teams being considered to get into the field. Alabama won’t likely get in, but we could see it showing up on the line at least one out of five times. It might be worth a lottery ticket play.

There are 16 teams that are going to be in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament, and most of the teams are going to have the opportunity to come from some of the biggest conferences in America. We know that a lot of these teams are ultimately going to turn down the chance to play here in the CBI, because it doesn’t pay for them to travel to games, and they don’t want to pay for the right to be in home games, but we have to make the assumption that all of the teams are going to ultimately be play until proven otherwise. Check out our CBI Bracketology for 2013!

Don’t see your favorite team listed here in the CBI? Check out our NIT Bracketology or our CIT Bracketology instead. Also note that teams that are ineligible for the postseason are not included.

Before we begin, we must note that this is a very fluid situation and will remain so for the rest of the week until the bracket is finally set. Some teams are starting to accept bids to the secondary tournaments, and others are showing some interest as well. We’re going to be keeping this page up to date so you can tell where all of your favorite teams are going to be headed this year for the postseason.

Western Teams
The definition of a “West Bracket” really has been blown up by the fact that there really don’t seem to be all that many teams from the West Coast that are willing to be in the CBI. The Oregon State Beavers have turned down a trip to the CBI reportedly, and that finally opens up the spot for the North Dakota State Bison that we have so badly been trying to slot in for the last few days. The Utah Utes are also expected to play after their great run in the Pac-12 Tournament. The other “West” teams are going to be the Texas Longhorns and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Both teams have the resources to be able to travel the longer distance without it hurting them, and both seem to be quite excited to get into this field to give it a shot at taking home some hardware this year.

East Coast Teams
From this point down the bracket though, a ton has changed overnight in the CBI. In the Northeast, about the only teams that are going to be playing are the Bryant Bulldogs and the George Mason Patriots. George Mason will supposedly be hosting, while Bryant has reportedly accepted a bid to this tournament. This would likely be the first round matchup if that were to be the case. The Vermont Catamounts have also accepted a bid into the CBI, which is going to make things a bit dicey for a matchup. We have to think that there is another team from the Northeast that is going to be coming into this bracket, but for now, we’re going to shift the Purdue Boilermakers here instead.

Midwest Teams (1)
There really are eight teams from the Midwest that have drawn some interest from the CBI, and we are going to break those teams into two sets of brackets. The Charleston Cougars are going to have to travel a bit farther than most teams in the CBI if this is how things play out, but the SoCon reps have been linked to this tournament without many others being in the Southeast. The Summit League’s Western Illinois Leathernecks could be a team to watch if they get into the CBI as we expect. The Murray State Racers have gone back and forth as to whether or not they are going to accept a bid to the CBI or the CIT. We think they will, and we’ll put them in this bracket. The Wright State Raiders have been a team that we have consistently kept in the CBI for quite some time, and the runners up in the Horizon League are deserving of the spot.

Midwest Teams (2)
The Southern teams that you are used to seeing in this spot are largely deciding not to play in the CBI according to various reports. The SEC teams are all probably going to be turning down bids to play in the CBI, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets announced that they won’t be playing in the postseason either. So, here are some more Midwest teams that could be in the field of 16. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the big name team here, knowing that the Children of the Corn had a respectable year in the Big Ten and might want to keep playing. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels appear as though they are going to come up just short of the NIT and will be a good fit here as a potential host in the CBI. The Ohio Bobcats are probably just short of the NIT as well, and they would join a team like the Northern Iowa Panthers, who went from a team that would perhaps be an NCAA Tournament contender to one that totally fell out of the dance and the NIT in a span of just a few weeks.

NASCAR betting fans, start your engines! We’ve got another year on tap for all of the best auto racing, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re going to have your NASCAR TV listings for every single race from green flag at Daytona all the way through the checkered flag at Homestead. Be sure to keep this page bookmarked, as we will be updating this page every week to tell you where you can see all of the great NASCAR TV coverage for all of the festivities involving the race weekends for all of the races this season!

NASCAR TV Schedule This Week: Las Vegas Motor Speedway Races On TV
Saturday, March 16th, 2:00 p.m. ET: Nationwide – Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 (ESPN2)
Sunday, March 17th, 1:15 p.m. ET: Sprint Cup – Food City 500 (FOX)

Nationwide Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 On TV – Only in NASCAR could you ultimately see Jeff Foxworthy’s name as a title sponsor… Alas, here we are at Bristol, and this is the 30th annual running of the Grit Chips 300. It should be an interesting race for sure, as some of the drivers that perhaps haven’t been around for quite as much time on the Nationwide circuit try their hand at the first short track race of the year. Kyle Busch is going to be the prohibitive favorite for the Saturday race at Bristol, knowing that he has had such a great start to the season on the Sprint Cup. Brad Keselowski already has last year’s Food City 500 title, and he would love to be able to sweep the races here at Bristol this season. Kevin Harvick figures to take the jump down to the Nationwide Series race this week as well. Brian Vickers has been a short track expert, and not only is he going to run for Nationwide this weekend, but he will try to qualify for his first Sprint Cup race of the year as well. Elliott Sadler is last year’s winner of this race. Richard Childress Racing has won the Jeff Foxworthys Grit Chips 300 five times since 2002, including last year with Sadler.

Sprint Cup Food City 500 On TV – If you like short tracks (and who doesn’t?), this is the race for you. There is always a ton of action here at Bristol, and we have seen drivers come back from multiple laps down to ultimately go on and win this race or place quite high as a result. This is the first run of the year on a short track, and the racing should be tight in these new Gen6 cars. It will be interesting to see how these new designs react to the high banks and the constant turns. Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski have historically been awesome on the short tracks, as the two of them have had gobs of success at this track through the years. Others like Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have raced well over the course of the first few weeks of the year. Other short track drivers like Brian Vickers could be amongst those to be on the lookout for as well. Vickers finished in the Top 5 in both of the races last year at Bristol.

NASCAR On TV Next Week: Auto Club 400 (Auto Club Speedway, Fontana)

Complete List Of Current 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Odds Can Be Found Below

Any time the PGA Tour heads to Pebble Beach, you know that it is going to be a big weekend on the links. In one of the more fun events of the year, the top golfers and some of the more notable amateurs in the world will take on the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am odds and try to become the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner!

After his remarkable performance last week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the man that is clearly the favorite to win this week once again is Phil Mickelson (Current Pebble Beach Pro Am Odds: 6 to 1 @ SportBet / 100% Bonus if you click here). Lefty came out of the blocks firing a 60 last week in Phoenix, and he never looked back, ultimately shooting a whopping -28 to get the job done and claim his first tournament victory of 2013. This was the second time that Mickelson came out this year and fired a ridiculously low score, as he put up three rounds in the 60s in his first tourney of the year as well. It certainly looks like this is a man on a mission right now, and there is no doubt that Mickelson is going to have the goods to win anywhere he goes until further notice.

2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Picks & Info
2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Dates: Thursday, February 7th – Sunday, February 10th, 2013
2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Location: Pebble Beach Shore Course on Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach, CA
2013 Odds To Win The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Favorite: Phil Mickelson (+600)
Defending AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Champion: Phil Mickelson
2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am TV Coverage – Network: Golf Channel, CBS

A man that has played incredibly good golf this year but hasn’t gotten that elusive victory quite yet is Brandt Snedeker (Odds To Win Pebble Beach Pro Am: 12.50 to 1 @ SportBet / 100% Bonus if you click here). Snedeker was the runner up last week behind Mickelson, shooting a -24. It was nothing to be ashamed of, nor was the fact that he ended up at -10 in the Farmers Insurance Open a week prior to that. There hasn’t been a tournament this year that Snedeker has entered that he hasn’t finished with at least a -10, and he has a whopping 12 rounds of golf out of his last 13 that have been in the 60s or better. Scores figure to be relatively low this week at Pebble Beach, and that has to play right into the hands of Snedeker, as he goes in search of his first win of the year after two second place finishes and a third place finish already this season.

List Of Past AT&T Pro Am (Pebble Beach) Winners (Since 2000)
2012 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Phil Mickelson
2011 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: DA Points
2010 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Dustin Johnson
2009 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Dustin Johnson
2008 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Steve Lowery
2007 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Phil Mickelson
2006 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Arron Oberholser
2005 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Phil Mickelson
2004 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Vijay Singh
2003 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Davis Love III
2002 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Matt Gogel
2001 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Davis Love III
2000 AT&T National Pebble Beach Pro Am Winner: Tiger Woods

In 2010 and 2009, Dustin Johnson (Current Pebble Beach Pro Am Odds: 8.50 to 1 @ SportBet / 100% Bonus if you click here) was the winner of this event. We’re wary of backing Johnson at this point in an event, knowing that he has had back to back terrible starts, including the fact that he withdrew from the Sony Open in Hawaii four weeks ago. However, the history here at Pebble Beach is undeniable for the youngster out of South Carolina. Johnson already has two wins here on this course, and he has a history of really playing well in California in general. Remember that Johnson did start out the year as well winning at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, and he could very well challenge for his second title this weekend at Pebble Beach, too.

He’s never won an event in his PGA Tour career, but we’re willing to take a stab this week on Charlie Wi (Odds To Win 2013 Pebble Beach Pro Am: 75 to 1 @ SportBet / 100% Bonus if you click here). We know that this is nothing more than a gut shot play here on the Korean-born golfer, as he has never won before playing with the big boys. However, he has really carded some respectable results thus far in 2013, not the least of which was the fact that he shot a 63 in the second round last week in Phoenix. Wi doesn’t have a Top 20 finish yet this year, but he does have a pair of finishes in the 30s, and that should serve him well this week. The time is coming when Wi is going to win his first PGA Tour event, and Pebble Beach has been the home of a lot of upset results in the past. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack, but Wi’s needle is definitely shining a bit brighter to us than most are.

Current 2013 AT&T National Pebble Beach Odds @ SportBet Sportsbook) (as of 2/5/13):
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Phil Mickelson 6 to 1
Dustin Johnson 8.50 to 1
Brandt Snedeker 12.50 to 1
Lee Westwood 16.50 to 1
Nick Watney 22 to 1
Padraig Harrington 26 to 1
Hunter Mahan 27 to 1
Jim Furyk 30 to 1
Webb Simpson 30 to 1
Robert Garrigus 32 to 1
Jason Day 36 to 1
Ryan Palmer 40 to 1
Aaron Baddeley 45 to 1
Brendon De Jonge 48 to 1
Jimmy Walker 48 to 1
Brian Gay 50 to 1
Tim Clark 50 to 1
Bryce Molder 65 to 1
Steve Marino 65 to 1
Brian Harman 70 to 1
John Mallinger 70 to 1
Charlie Wi 75 to 1
Harris English 75 to 1
Josh Teater 75 to 1
Matt Every 75 to 1
Vijay Singh 75 to 1
Kevin Na 80 to 1
Chris Kirk 90 to 1
Pat Perez 90 to 1
Fredrik Jacobson 95 to 1
Geoff Ogilvy 95 to 1
James Hahn 95 to 1
Seung Yul Noh 95 to 1
Ben Kohles 100 to 1
Billy Horschel 110 to 1
DA Points 115 to 1
Rafael Cabrera Bello 115 to 1
Sean O’Hair 115 to 1
Kevin Stadley 125 to 1
Rory Sabbatini 125 to 1
Kevin Streelman 135 to 1
Retief Goosen 135 to 1
Tom Gillis 135 to 1
Cameron Tringale 145 to 1
Casey Wittenberg 145 to 1
JB Holmes 145 to 1
Luke Guthrie 145 to 1
Tommy Gainey 145 to 1
Camilo Villegas 155 to 1
Bob Estes 165 to 1
Charley Hoffman 165 to 1
Patrick Cantlay 165 to 1
Kevin Chappell 175 to 1
Nicholas Thompson 185 to 1
Roberto Castro 185 to 1
Ricky Barnes 195 to 1
Brian Stuard 235 to 1
Jason Kokrak 235 to 1
Johnson Wagner 245 to 1
Matt Jones 245 to 1
Russell Knox 245 to 1
Scott Langley 245 to 1
Vaughn Taylor 265 to 1
Brian Davis 285 to 1
Davis Love III 285 to 1
Jerry Kelly 285 to 1
Ken Duke 285 to 1
Richard H. Lee 285 to 1
Rod Pampling 285 to 1
Jeff Maggert 295 to 1
Nathan Green 295 to 1
Steven Bowditch 295 to 1
Tag Ridings 295 to 1
William McGirt 295 to 1
Heath Slocum 315 to 1
Anders Romero 325 to 1
John Daly 325 to 1
Luke List 325 to 1
Nick O’Hern 335 to 1
Brendon Todd 345 to 1
Dicky Pride 345 to 1
Ted Potter Jr. 345 to 1
Chris Stroud 385 to 1
David Lingmerth 385 to 1
Greg Owen 385 to 1
Jordan Spieth 385 to 1
Matt Bettencourt 385 to 1
Robert Karlsson 385 to 1
Daniel Summerhays 415 to 1
Billy Mayfair 485 to 1
Brad Fritsch 485 to 1
Charlie Beljan 485 to 1
Erik Compton 485 to 1
Gary Christian 485 to 1
JJ Henry 485 to 1
James Driscoll 485 to 1
Jason Bohn 485 to 1
Joe Ogilvie 485 to 1
John Merrick 485 to 1
Justin Hicks 485 to 1
Kris Blanks 485 to 1
Mike Weir 485 to 1
Stuart Appleby 485 to 1
Alexandre Rocha 495 to 1
Alistair Presnell 495 to 1
Bobby Gates 495 to 1
Chez Reavie 495 to 1
Bill Lunde 585 to 1
Billy Andrade 585 to 1
Cameron Percy 585 to 1
DJ Trahan 585 to 1
David Duval 585 to 1
Joe Durant 585 to 1
Kelly Kraft 585 to 1
Lee Janzen 585 to 1
Morgan Hoffmann 585 to 1
Patrick Reed 585 to 1
Arjun Atwal 615 to 1
Scott Gardiner 645 to 1
Justin Bolli 655 to 1
Robert Streb 655 to 1
Tim Petrovic 685 to 1
Chris DiMarco 785 to 1
Darron Stiles 785 to 1
Peter Tomasulo 785 to 1
Doug LaBelle II 950 to 1
Lee Williams 950 to 1
Aaron Watkins 1,000 to 1
Andres Gonzalez 1,000 to 1
Bret Nutt 1,000 to 1
David Berganio Jr 1,000 to 1
Derek Ernst 1,000 to 1
Donald Constable 1,000 to 1
DH Lee 1,000 to 1
Eric Meierdierks 1,000 to 1
Fabian Gomez 1,000 to 1
Henrik Norlander 1,000 to 1
Jeff Gove 1,000 to 1
Jim Herman 1,000 to 1
Jin Park 1,000 to 1
Kevin Sutherland 1,000 to 1
Michael Bradley 1,000 to 1
Michael Letzig 1,000 to 1
Mitch Lowe 1,000 to 1
Neal Lancaster 1,000 to 1
Paul Haley II 1,000 to 1
Sam Saunders 1,000 to 1
Scott Brown 1,000 to 1
Scott McCarron 1,000 to 1
Shawn Stefani 1,000 to 1
Si Woo Kim 1,000 to 1
Steve Flesch 1,000 to 1
Steve LeBrun 1,000 to 1
Troy Kelly 1,000 to 1

The story for the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Lakers was supposed to be one of redemption and success. The team brought in arguably the most talented center in the league in Dwight Howard, and also added a future Hall of Fame point guard in Steve Nash, who is still chasing that illustrious first NBA title. Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Jordan Hill… It was all supposed to come together for a title in Tinseltown. However, as of February 3rd, the Lakers are just 21-26. They’re five games below .500 and are four games out of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Bet Revolution has posted some great Los Angeles Lakers odds, including what their fate is going to be for the rest of the 2012-2013 season. Check it out!

Obviously, these NBA odds are showing just how bad of shape that the men in purple and gold really are. They went from a team that was once upon a time nearly the odds on favorite to win the Western Conference to a team that is -220 to miss the playoffs! Even if they do get in, the insinuation is there that -600 or so says that LA doesn’t get past the first round of the postseason. Getting in as one of the bottom seeds likely sets up a showdown with the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, or Los Angeles Clippers, all of which have played significantly better ball than the Lakers have this year.

So what’s the problem for the Lakers? Kobe is doing his scoring for sure. He is putting up 27.9 points, 5.4 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game, and he is knocking down a healthy 46.6 percent of his shots from the field. Over the course of the last several games, Bryant has proven that he can put the ball in his hands and get the job done as a distributor as well, something that Nash just hasn’t done this season. Granted, the numbers for Nash do look reasonable at 11.7 points and 7.7 assists per game, but the numbers just don’t tell the whole story of how he is really playing on the court, especially on the defensive end where he is truly a liability at this point in his career.

The numbers too, don’t suggest terrible things about D-12. It’s not like we didn’t know that he couldn’t shoot free throws before, though his 49.6 shooting percent from the charity stripe is just pathetic. However, what more could the Lakers ask for? Howard is averaging 16.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game. The numbers just don’t show what he has really done on the court though, as he hasn’t come up with the big baskets when need be, and he clearly has gotten into it over and over again with Bryant, the undisputed leader of the team.

F Pau Gasol has basically been benched at this point by D’Antoni. He just doesn’t fit the high octane system, and F Earl Clark has replaced Gasol in the fold. Of course, with Howard out of the lineup injured, Gasol is playing the center position, where he is probably better served to play in D’Antoni’s system, just as F Amare Stoudemire did for years in Phoenix. The proof is in the pudding though, and the trade rumors have gotten to Gasol. He needs to be moved and moved for some younger pieces to the puzzle. The problem is that the market just isn’t entirely there for him, and trading Gasol will come at a discounted price for sure.

Now add into there that F Antawn Jamison has been spot, Hill is out for the year injured, and the rest of the bench features stiffs like Darius Morris, Steve Blake, and Chris Duhon, all of which are just terrible, and the equation just isn’t good for the Lakers.

We do ultimately think that they are going to get into the playoffs, as some of the teams that are holding onto spots right now just aren’t all that great. However, there is a clear divide between the Lake Show and the great teams in the Western Conference, and there is no doubt whatsoever that this team probably isn’t getting out of the first round of the playoffs, if it gets there at all.

This year more than most, the odds to win the MVP award are going to be tight in the NBA. There are a number of candidates that could ultimately go on to win the award, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re taking a look at some of the top contenders right now and where they currently stand in the chase for the most illustrious individual honor in the NBA.

The new favorite to win the MVP award this year is Kevin Durant (Current NBA MVP Odds: 1 to 1.40 at BetDSI Sportsbook). Durant is the league’s leading scorer at 29.6 points per game this year, a solid point ahead of the field. He is a fantastic shooter that is likely to win the NBA’s scoring title once again, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he is going to win the MVP award. Durant has won the scoring title before, but he has never been the league’s MVP. However, with G Russell Westbrook hanging around as really his only helper on his own team, the writers might give Durant the benefit of the doubt this year now that G James Harden is gone.

It still goes without saying though, that LeBron James (Odds To Win 2012-13 NBA MVP Award: 1.20 to 1 at BetDSI Sportsbook) is capable of winning the MVP award this year. It’s not new news for LeBron to be a contender for the MVP, knowing that he has been the MVP three times already in his career. James is still the leader of the Miami Heat, and there isn’t a player in the league that is more dynamic than he is. King James is averaging 26.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game, and he is playing almost 39 minutes per game as well. If this were purely a statistical competition, James would be the winner of the MVP award just about every year. We think that LBJ clearly has the best price of all of the MVP contenders this year.

Aside from these two men, there really isn’t a lot to back in terms of MVP candidates this year. This is the first time in quite some time that we don’t think that Kobe Bryant is truly a contender for the award, though he is still listed at 30 to 1 to take the honor. Instead, the only other legit contender right now is the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (NBA MVP Lines: 10 to 1 at BetDSI Sportsbook). Melo is second in the league in scoring at 28.5 pooints per game, and he is really putting the Knicks on his back and carrying them to the Atlantic Division title in all likelihood. Every time that New York plays a big game, it seems like Anthony is the man right in the thick of it all. We would like to see Anthony put together some more double-doubles, knowing that he is only averaging 6.2 boards per game, but we know that he has done a great job as a clutch performer this year. If there were ever a season that Melo was going to win the MVP award, this would be the year for that to happen.

NBA MVP Odds @ Diamond Sportsbook (as of 2/3/13):
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Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks) 10 to 1
Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers) 20 to 1
Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) 1 to 1.40
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) 30 to 1
LeBron James (Miami Heat) 1.20 to 1
Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) 50 to 1
Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) 50 to 1