True, the NCAA Tournament began on Tuesday with what many still regard as “play in” games.  However to most, March Madness really commences with the Big Dance Round of 64 Thursday.

Many of the nation’s best sports handicappers have big cards up already. We start with the best of them all. Mr. March is ready to continue the domination with seven Big Dance winners. Get four sides and three totals for Thursday from the greatest handicapper of all time.

GodsTips is 8-1 the last nine wise Guys and has winning days 11-of-14. Now go 7-0 with Thursday NCAA Tournament winners.

An international betting advisory has been issued as the founder of forensic sports handicapping Stevie Vincent has unleashed two Level 5 plays to the gambling public. Get five locks, two are Level 5. The big one is Missouri/Cincinnati as the NCAA Tournament O/U of the Year.

Also the Power of 620 sports services behind every selection, the MasterLockLine has an even bigger card than usual.

The top big play sports service in the world the last four years combined has not stopped winning since relocating to Reno, Nevada. Their Key Play of the Day selections are released a maximum of once a day, sometimes none. Key POD is 35-13 in NCAAB. Michigan State/UCLA side

Castlegate Sports is No. 2 all-time in college and pro basketball combined with a database that goes back to 1983. (Stats are out of 620 services and syndicates monitored, rankings based on total net units won based on one-unit per play). First Round Game of the Year Gonzaga/St. John’s

Bill Tanner is the winningest basketball handicapper in history, college and pro combined. This basketball betting expert out of the basketball crazed state of Indiana has his highest rated Platinum Plays. Without any debate he is the top Big 10 handicapper ever and among the best in the SEC, football and basketball. Four NCAA Tournament Platinum Plays

Staff Purchase Play, this is when we pay a major sports service to release a major play before the sports service itself does. Major radio tout is advertising on 200 plus radio stations, local and network their Upset Special. They are selling it for $499. We have it for pennies on the dollar.

Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation’s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That’s why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else.

Thursday it’s $467 worth of picks for just $16 on the MasterLockLine. Every March Madness 2011 pick against the spread is up on OffshoreInsiders.com

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a winner Wednesday is on Bethune Cookman (+21) to Virginia Tech.

I am not going to act as if I know the ins and outs of the Bethune Cookman basketball program but I can tell you that CJ Reed is a high quality player who was just named the player of the Year in the MEAC and this version of BC has played a few big boys this season so they should be prepared enough.

Virginia Tech is obviously the clear-cut superior team and will win this game but can Seth Greenberg’s team truly be motivated? Teams that get snubbed for the NCAA Tournament can either get angry and turn it up a notch or they can come with little emotion and just go through the motions. After just falling to Duke in the ACC Tournament I can’t help but only believe the latter is going to be a result here against little known Bethune Cookman. It’s just not a spot for Va. Tech to be all that fired up in and bury anybody.

Malcolm Delaney is awesome and should pour in at least 20 points and the Hokies may even build a big early lead thanks to sheer talent alone but playing hard for 40 minutes in the letdown of all letdown spots just seems a bit impossible to me.

Cookman did not have a big signature win and frankly didn’t fare too well against superior competition but they have at least dipped their toes in the sand by playing Akron, Central Florida, Baylor, Arizona and Santa Clara. They did not win any of the games but they did take the NCAA tournament bound Zips to overtime.

This thing is all about the Hokies being a little flat and if I am correct about that the line therefore seems a big too steep.

Top expert pick on this game: Matt Rivers has had 8 of 10 winning days and 2.5 million* of profit in the past week and a half. And today is without a doubt the biggest play that I have ever released, as in ever!

I am releasing an NCAA tournament dog early, as in right now and for good reason, because the movement will only go against you if you don’t play it now, that I can promise you. It is the biggest and most powerful play in my entire arsenal, a 500,000* bomb, and a decent sized dog that is flat out going to win outright, as in take the moneyline as well! I am on complete fire and am knocking out the Crookie here and now with two plays today and one look ahead absolute bomb. 500,000* Tourney early dog that wins outright, plus a 300,000* USC-VCU and a 200,000* Florida Atlantic-Miami. Click now to purchase

The Miami Heat (46-21) are suddenly hot again and will test their mettle against a playoff-caliber opponent from the Western Conference for the fifth time in as many games when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder (43-23) on Wednesday.  The Heat (-6.5) have won their last three games following a season-high five-game losing streak, including the past two in dominant fashion.

Miami is coming off a 110-80 rout of San Antonio on Monday, returning the favor for a 125-95 blowout they were on the losing end of 10 days earlier when they visited the Spurs, who own the NBA’s best record.  The Heat also clobbered Memphis 118-85 last Saturday behind a combined 55 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds from the duo of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.  The Grizzlies currently sit in the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Oklahoma City has the fourth-best record in the West and leads the Northwest Division by 3.5 games over Denver.  The Thunder have won their last four games both straight-up and against the spread with the UNDER cashing in their past three.  They close out a three-game road trip in Miami and have beaten their last three opponents by double digits, all of whom reside in the Eastern Conference.

However, the Heat will provide much tougher competition for Oklahoma City after the team beat up on three teams from the East who have a combined 51 wins between them (Detroit, Cleveland and Washington).  The Thunder lost to Miami at home in the only previous meeting this season 108-103 back on January 30, as Wade, James and Chris Bosh totaled 75 points.

Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with a game-high 33 points against the Heat but made just 7 of 20 shots from the field.  After the game, Durant reportedly called Bosh a “fake tough guy” after the two had some choice words for each other in the first quarter.  Both players picked up technical fouls, adding some more intrigue to the rematch.

The Thunder had won the previous two meetings with Miami both straight-up and against the spread before the “Big Three” was assembled.  The total has gone OVER in seven of the last meetings, and the winner has scored 100 points or more in all seven of those games that went OVER.  The UNDER has cashed in Oklahoma City’s last three games overall though after four straight OVERs.

For more information: It’s a typical March for Center of the Handicapping Universe, going 6-1 the last seven with Wise Guys, the only loser by a half-point. The biggest play thus far goes tonight. It’s the NIT Underdog of the Year. We tell you why one team will have almost no home court advantage and why the players on the chalk won’t have a lot of motivation. The big question is who wins outright. It’s among two Wise Guys and three Majors. Click now to purchase

Just as we in the sports betting community love to see the Cinderella story in every NCAA Tournament, we have to admit that we also revel in seeing the odd choke job, agreed? Here are my picks for the biggest bust teams this year. Keep your money — and your bracket picks – away from them!

Connecticut Huskies

I’m starting to see more and more bettors worry about UConn. At first, the hype machine revved in the Huskies’ favor. After all, they won the Big East Tournament last week and Kemba Walker is playing as well as anyone in the country. However, a closer look suggests Connecticut could be ripe for an upset. It played an exhausting five games in five days last week. How much will that take out of the Huskies and, more specifically, out of Walker? This is not a deep team. No contender is more reliant on its star. These are all ominous signs for UConn as it prepares to battle Bucknell.

Texas Longhorns

Will you find many places other than this sports betting blog picking Texas to fail? Maybe not. But I think sometimes Texas’ reputation outshines its performance. While some of the personnel have changed over, the coach hasn’t, and Rick Barnes’ boys choked in round one last year. In fact, Barnes-coached Texas teams have been bounced in the second round or earlier seven times in his 12 seasons with the Longhorns. Sometimes Texas’ guards force too many shots. If the Longhorns start to panic – say, in a second-round matchup with Arizona – that might happen again.

Wisconsin Badgers

Many signs point to Wisconsin being ousted as a No. 4 seed in the first round. The Badgers lost their last two games entering the tourney. In the most recent defeat, they were one-and-done in the Big Ten tourney after losing 36-33 to Penn State. Worse yet, Wisconsin struggles to defend against three-pointers and potential Cinderella pick Belmont is second in the country in three-pointers. Gulp.

Georgetown Hoyas

Does this one count as a bust? It’s borderline. Arguably, the Hoyas bandwagon emptied long ago, as Chris Wright was lost to injury, and Georgetown wound up an underwhelming No. 6 seed in the Southwest Region. But I put them on the bust list anyways as a warning to any college basketball betting fans who are easily swayed by the high-profile, “brand-name” teams.

Tick…tock…just hours until March Madness betting begins. Can’t wait. Now that we’ve covered all the regions, it’s time to explore some tournament sleepers and potential Cinderella teams.

It’s important to list and distinguish between sleepers and Cinderellas. A sleeper is an under-the-radar team with actual potential to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament. You could actually throw down a sports betting long-shot pick on a sleeper to win it all. A Cinderella is an obscure, low-seeded squad with potential to pull off a huge upset or two. But it’s important to remember that, as much as the Valparaisos and George Masons of the world win our hearts, they never go all the way. Cinderellas are better for game-by-game picks.

SLEEPERS

Purdue Boilermakers

In the Southwest Region, powerhouse Kansas gets all the love from sportsbook bettors. Notre Dame and Louisville also have a decent contingent of supporters who swear by Big East teams. But Purdue has sleeper potential. The Boilermakers knocked off No. 1 Ohio State earlier this year and I love their senior tandem of JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore. Don’t sleep on Purdue.

BYU Cougars

No matter how many good teams across multiple sports BYU fields, it never seems to get taken seriously. Maybe it’s the Mormon thing? I mean, the Mormon thing got BYU’s third-leading scorer, Brandon Davies, booted from the team. Many people are writing the Cougars off as a result – but not this sports betting blog. Jimmer Fredette is so dominant that he could singlehandedly carry BYU to a date with Pittsburgh in the Elite Eight.

Arizona Wildcats

I know they’re caught in the dreaded No. 5 spot, a seed that has been upset a whopping 51.4 per cent of the time. But I still like Arizona for two reasons. One is Derrick Williams. The other is that, aside from Duke, every other contender in the West Region is flawed. I see Arizona reaching the Sweet 16 before bowing out against Duke.

CINDERELLAS

Bucknell Bison

Ooh, this is my favorite Cinderella pick. Everybody’s leaping on the UConn bandwagon, right? Kemba Walker is God! Connecticut is the Big East Tournament champ! The Huskies won five games in five days! That’s why I like Bucknell to do the unthinkable. Connecticut will be exhausted, as will Walker, and the Huskies are nothing if he goes cold. Go for it! Pick Bucknell!

Belmont Bruins

The upstart Bruins went a respectable 30-4 and, while they had the advantage of breezing through the weak Atlantic Sun, they had encouraging showings in non-conference affairs. These guys are great shooters and Wisconsin, a very common bust pick among pundits, has a devil of a time defending the three-ball. Watch out for Belmont.

USC Trojans

USC looks like a solid bet to survive a few rounds. First, it has to get past VCU in the play-in, but that should be no problem. After that, I really like the Trojans to upset Georgetown, which won’t have Chris Wright. USC is peaking just in time for the tourney and has an intriguing offense-defense tandem in Nikola Vukevic and Alex Stephenson.

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free pick Tuesday is on Oklahoma State (-5.5) in the NIT against Harvard.

Reasoning: Tommy Amaker has done a really good job with the Crimson and I do believe that this Harvard team is legitimately good, not just Ivy League good. But with that said they are coming off of the gut wrenching loss against Princeton at the buzzer and now just a few days later have to go to a very different type of an atmosphere in Stillwater in a much minor tournament after having their hopes and dreams crushed the way they were. Can they be successful in this scenario? I just don’t see it happening.

The Cowboys certainly did not have one of their best years but they still finished up at 19-13 after winning three of their last five games including the great effort and one point loss to Kansas in the Big 12 tournament. I do like Travis Ford a lot and for the most part Okie State is always very good at home and it’s not like they are a heartbroken team that can sulk after not making the Big Dance. Obviously the loss to the Jayhawks was tough but they didn’t exactly come into that the Big 12 tournament as an at large team or one that had a real chance to win the conference tournament.

Marshall Moses, Keiton Page and Ray Penn lead a team that has beaten Kansas State and Missouri at home among others and no matter how improved and legit Harvard is they are still not up to snuff when compared to those semi heavyweights.

The emotional loss against the Tigers was beyond stinging for the smarter kids on the floor today and in the end tonight I’ll eat some chalk with Oklahoma State in Stillwater.

Top expert pick on this game: Oklahoma State from Matt Rivers.

For more information: Yup that’s right, I did it again on Monday and with even more ease than with Duke on Sunday. 400,000* Miami absolutely destroyed San Antonio as I believed they would. It’s now an overall 11-4 run and well over a whopping 3 million* of profit after winning for the 8^th day in the last 9. Just digest those numbers and realize that without a shadow of a doubt they get even better today!

Another major 400,000* release is here between Clemson and UAB to go along with a 300,000* Coastal Carolina and Alabama. Oh Nellie, here I go again! Get Matt Rivers entire card exclusively at OffshoreInsiders.com

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Writer Vegas Matty previews the Dallas Mavericks at Portland Trail Blazers.  There are many March Madness picks up, but plenty of opportunities to excel in NBA betting.

The Dallas Mavericks (47-19) probably will not catch San Antonio for the best record in the Western Conference, but they can still capture the #2 seed ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers if they can finish the regular season strong.  The Mavericks (-1) will look to bounce back from a 96-91 home loss to the Lakers last Saturday as they begin a brief two-game road trip by visiting the Portland Trail Blazers (37-29) on Tuesday.

Dallas saw LA inch closer in the standings with a 97-84 home win over Orlando on Monday, cutting the lead for the second spot in the playoff race to a half-game.  Lakers star Kobe Bryant had suffered an ankle injury against the Mavs in their latest meeting, but he played through the pain and scored 16 points on 7 of 19 shooting from the field against the Magic.

Portland would face Dallas if the playoffs started today and wants to move up from the sixth slot by getting hot down the stretch as well.  The Trail Blazers just wrapped up a four-game East Coast road trip with consecutive losses at Charlotte and Atlanta, which was especially disappointing considering they had opened the trip with impressive wins at Orlando and Miami.  They struggled to score in the finale against the Hawks, falling 91-82 as the total went UNDER for the first time in three games.  The UNDER has also cashed in the team’s last three home games.

The Mavericks have not won or lost consecutive games the last six times they have taken the court, but they have had a difficult time covering the spread recently.  They are 1-5 against the line in their last six games overall and have seen the OVER cash four times during that stretch.  However, they have won nine of their last 11 road games and own a 10-5 mark in the first half of back-to-backs this season.

Portland has split the last six home meetings with Dallas after dropping the previous six games in the series there.  The Blazers have also covered the spread in four of the last six meetings overall despite losing both meetings with the Mavs this season straight-up by a combined eight points.  The UNDER is 3-1 in the last four meetings between the teams and 5-2 in the past seven.  The winner has cracked the century mark in scoring three times in the last seven meetings, including a 103-98 Dallas victory back on December 15.

Top expert pick on today’s card: Nobody has ever accused the Canadian Crew of being a hype machine. They are simply about winning. Recently it’s been 23-12 with named plays and 6-3 overall. They’ve never had a losing month.

The UAB Blazers vs. Clemson Tigers game is the NCAA Best Bet Play in Game Ever. Also get Dallas Mavericks at Portland Trail Blazers on NBATV. The Canadian Crew continues to prove nobody exploits situations, mismatches, intangibles, motivational factors and more with the success rate as the Crew. Get some clear cut ones from the Big Dance tonight. It’s all up at OffshoreInsiders.com

It’s time, baby! March Madness betting picks begin this week. Who will make the Final Four? Here’s a region-by-region projection of how I think things will shake out.

EAST REGION

Favorite: Ohio State (+135)

Contenders: North Carolina, Syracuse, Kentucky

Cinderella: Washington

While the East looks like perhaps the toughest quarter in the bracket, I think picking Ohio State to get upset is overthinking things. The Buckeyes had a couple of surprising losses in the regular season, yeah, but they really found their groove down the stretch. Jared Sullinger is on fire and this team can shoot like crazy.

North Carolina is too inconsistent despite Harrison Barnes’ brilliance; Syracuse arguably lacks a true gamebreaker player to give the ball in the dying seconds; I do like Kentucky but its freshman-laden team seems like a better bet for next year. Washington might pull an upset or two.

In the end, I still think the seasoned Buckeyes take the East.

Free pick: Ohio State

SOUTHEAST REGION

Favorite: Pittsburgh +155

Contenders: Florida, Kansas State, BYU, Wisconsin, St. John’s

Cinderella: Belmont

Is the Southeast the most wide-open bracket? I’m not totally convinced. I know Pittsburgh lost two of its final four games but the Panthers came from the vicious Big East and have two outstanding players in Ashton Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker.

Florida’s spotty record against tougher competition makes me pessimistic. I prefer BYU over the second-tier contender group. Jimmer Fredette can carry that team on his own. Wisconsin’s “D” is impressive but it stumbled down the stretch and could be upset by streaking Belmont.

I like Pittsburgh’s combination of experience from a tough conference and elite players.

Free pick: Pittsburgh

SOUTHWEST REGION

Favorite: Kansas +125

Contenders: Notre Dame, Purdue, Louisville

Cinderella: USC

It’s tough to imagine anyone toppling Kansas. The Jayhawks shoot the ball with unbelievable accuracy and have a dominant one-two punch in the Morrises, Marcus and Markieff. Ben Hansbrough-led Notre Dame is viewed as a potential challenger, as is Purdue. The Boilermakers are a sneaky play because they struggled down the stretch but have two seniors built to succeed in the NCAA tournament: JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore.

USC could play Cinderella thanks to an easy opening matchup and a potential upset setup in the round of 32 against Georgetown. But this is still Kansas’ bracket to lose. The Jayhawks are possibly the safest bet to reach the Final Four of any team in the nation, largely because their region isn’t too tough.

Free pick: Kansas

WEST REGION

Favorite: Duke +135

Contenders: San Diego State +385, Texas +465, Connecticut +485

Cinderella: Bucknell

It’s tough to go wrong with picking Duke here. The Blue Devils are the defending national champs and are in peak form having just won the ACC tournament. But they arguably face a tougher road than they did last year.

San Diego State hopes it can push the Blue Devils hard but the Aztecs have never won an NCAA tournament game. That spooks me. I worry they’ll choke under the pressure of being “expected” to make a deep run for the first time ever. Kemba Walker’s dominance could make UConn a popular pick but the Huskies still lack depth after him and could be tired entering the tourney after grinding out five wins in five days in the ACC tournament.

It’s boring to pick yet another No. 1 seed to reach the Final Four, but the seedings are accurate this year. What can I tell ya? No point picking an upset just for the sake of it. Only do it if you believe in it!

Free pick: Duke

For more information: There is no question where professional gamblers will get their 2011 March Madness picks. It’s from the top sports handicappers on the OffshoreInsiders.com Network.

There will likely be claims from scam sites that they have Billy Walters or some professional gamblers picks for the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Nobody does. But Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, the top sports betting site in the world is where the sharp money originates.

Most serious professional gamblers will get Duffy’s picks, then add their own line-shopping and point spread manipulation techniques. But there is no question that the best sports picks are at OffshoreInsiders.com

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has an NBA free pick on the Golden State Warriors (+1) at Sacramento.

Reasoning: I have probably liked this Golden State team a lot more than the average guy and today I’ll take my chances on them as they are the clear cut more talented team on the court.

The road is never easy and I’m not saying that Golden State overall is better than average as the 29-36 record could attest to. But there are some pieces in play with this team and the skill level is fairly high or at least much higher than with the inferior Kings, even at Arco.

Monta Ellis is a baller who can fill it up with the best of them, David Lee is very tough in the middle and Stephen Curry and Dorell Wright are quality young guys that can be very good in any game. The Warriors are on a back-to-back after hosting Minnesota last night and that is never an easy task but when push comes to shove in a near pick-em game Golden State should just be too good.

Sacramento isn’t the worst team ever as they have shown something at times but 15-49 overall is 15-49 overall. Plus the Kings have now dropped six straight games and eight of their last nine. Sac-town is the worst defensive team in the league in my opinion as they have allowed at least 99 points in 18 consecutive games with only two of those contests ending in 99 meaning that they have allowed north of the century mark 16 of their last 18 and I don’t need to tell you how bad that truly is. The Warriors don’t exactly clamp down defensively themselves as the 105 points per game prove but lately they have been a little better than tonight’s opponent in the Kings.

For more information: The roll of a lifetime is here as it’s now seven of eight winning days, an 11-4 run after the monster 500,000* on Duke yesterday by a billion and over 2.7 million* of profit in that time alone. The getting is really, really good right now and will continue, that you can take to the bank. One play only needed on this Monday and it’s another absolute bomb! 400,000* NBA Burial against the number, Spurs-Heat. Please don’t miss out and kick yourself tomorrow, for your sake please don’t. Click now to purchase Rivers entire card.