Tourney Talk with Brian Edwards, Part IX
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On the weekend of February 12, 2010, I spoke with Brian Edwards of Vegasinsider.com about The 2010 College Basketball season as we head into The 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament. Brian Edwards has been a mainstay as a handicapper with Vegasinsider.com since 2002. He regularly appears on ESPN radio, 1620 The Zone, and even hosts his own show entitled “Power Hours.” 
During our in-depth conversation, we covered a wide range of college basketball topics, and The Big Nasty Athletic Dept. will be releasing installments of “Tourney Talk” segments leading up to The March Madness Tournament.
Brian’s keen sense of sports, developed through years of expert handicapping and ATS (Against The Spread) analysis, has made him one of our favorite handicappers and a great choice to provide expert insight on how The NCAA Tournament will shape up as the smoke begins to clear. Because bracketology will only get you so far.
Big Nasty: Bettors love trends. Give us some interesting trends you’ve picked up on this season that the average bracketologist should be aware of.
Brian Edwards: Since I cashed another ‘over’ ticket on a Villanova game last night, I’ll go with that trend as one that’s been leading me to winners lately. I usually don’t specifically apply an ‘over’ or ‘under’ tag to a team because that can often times depend on who the team is playing. However, with Jay Wright’s team, it always seems to dictate the pace. The Wildcats want to press for 40 minutes and offensively, they’ve got two outstanding guards in Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher who relentlessly attack the basket. And whether or not ‘Nova is trailing late in the second half (at Georgetown recently and vs. UConn last night) or protecting a lead (at West Va. last week), its games tend to turn into foul-fests in the waning minutes. All of these factors have led to a 16-8 record for the ‘over’ when ‘Nova takes the court.
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