Hurley's Tournament Triple Crown Goes 2-1 Monday!
William & Mary/Old Dominion (Under 117.5) 53-60 WON
Fairfield (+7.5) Siena 65-72 WON
Gonzaga (-4.5) St. Mary's 62-81

Private Line Cashes In Too!
North Texas (+1) Denver 63-56 WON!
Blue Ribbon Goes 2-0; Cashline Splits At 1-1

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL REPORT:
THE 'MADNESS' ROLLS ON WITH
POWER CONFERENCES JOINING IN ON
THE MINI-TOURNEY FUN-N-GAMES
PLUS WE PUT THE RE-WIND BUTTON
ON SOME BIG WEEKEND WINNERS & LOSERS

Here's a hint that this thing called 'March Madness' is in full swing:

This past weekend we heard the words 'bubble teams', 'bracketology' and 'quality wins' spoken in record amounts ... and we admit that's even with turning the volume down on our flat-screen TV for some of the College Basketball action!

It's full steam ahead for the College Hoop world this week with conference tournaments (yes, the famed mini-tournies) ...

HANDICAPPING NOTEBOOK

CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK BEGINS WITH PREVIEWS
OF BIG EAST, A10, BIG 12, AND CUSA

by Mathew Hurley, Managing Editor

We have A LOT to get to today, so we're going to jump in very quickly.

Just like last week, we've gathered up regular season totals in our favorite college basketball indicator stat for everyone playing in their conference tournaments. That stat: two-point defense. Hopefully you're a regular by now, so we don't have to go in-depth with the explanation. In short for you newcomers, nothing equates to quality in this sport better than two-point defense. The top teams guard the basket. The pretenders don't. When you're trying to handicap neutral court playoff style games, you need to be able to tell the top teams from the pretenders!

Two conferences begin their action today, with the Big East and Atlantic 10 taking the floor. The Big East is running split sessions today and tonight at Madison Square Garden. That Atlantic 10 is playing its opening round games at campus sites tonight, with the winner's advancing to Atlantic City for the round of eight and beyond.

Two other conferences begin their tournaments early Wednesday with daytime tips. We wanted ...

WHO'S LEADING THE WAY ON DERBY ROAD?
Plus A Recap Of The Gotham Stakes

In something of a humbling surprise, the weekend's Triple Crown preps proved to be more meaningful than expected -- more meaningful, anyway, than I had expected. Awesome Act gave a very encouraging performance in winning the Gotham, and although Alphie's Bet didn't proclaim himself to be a Derby contender while winning the Sham, he did confirm, if confirmation were needed,the talent of Caracortado.

Awesome Act didn't quite perform up to the standards implied by his name, but he came close, especially for March. If in this his seasonal debut, Awesome Act had only duplicated ...