“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making.
We’re heading to the Final Four for college basketball, and I’m back with a few wagers for the next round of March Madness hoops. Let’s dive into my picks.
I’ll be the fool to step in front of the Duke train here.
If you look at the composite of KenPom, Torvik and Haslam, that grades the game out as a pick ’em. Duke has lost three times all season. Houston has lost just four times, with three of those losses coming in OT. We’ve got the top-ranked offense in Duke against the top-ranked defense in Houston, according to KenPom.
The Cougars have bodies like Joseph Tugler and J’Wan Roberts to make life miserable on the interior and deny Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel…