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NCAA betting insanely huge this week

If any one player epitomizes what the NCAA Tournament means to bettors and the sports books, it’s Mamadou Ndiaye, a 7-foot-6-inch, 300-pound mountain of a man for UC Irvine.

Kentucky’s expected coronation only increases madness

Las Vegas is the place to be this week and next week if you bet college basketball. It’s not all about next week, either. Many of the fans at the Thomas & Mack Center, MGM Grand Garden and Orleans Arena showed up with betting tickets.

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Champs opening season at Oaklawn Park

Eclipse Award winners American Pharoah and Untapable make their season debuts Saturday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. San Diego State

The Rebels are 6-point underdogs when they face San Diego State in a Mountain West Tournament quarterfinal game at the Thomas & Mack tonight.

RJ Picks: UNLV vs. UNR

UNLV opens the Mountain West Tournament against UNR today at the Thomas & Mack. Tip is at 2:30 p.m.

 
Six ways to bring sanity to your March Madness picks

You would have to be crazy to think you can master the betting process for the NCAA’s annual college basketball tournament. That’s part of why it’s called March Madness.

Retiring Gordon still a popular bet among NASCAR fans

It’s unusual for sports to pop up out of nowhere and become a regular staple on the Las Vegas odds boards, but NASCAR has created its own niche with the betting public, and that all occurred when a young kid from Vallejo, Calif., named Jeff Gordon won the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.

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