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Betting on college basketball games is immensely popular in Las Vegas and the sports books are sharpening their pencils for the coming season.

The sheer number of teams, and games, combined with a long season, makes for unsurpassed opportunities for college basketball bettors.

Despite being 6 foot 2, which was tall in my time, I had a football mentality, so the finesse necessary for basketball was not part of my athletic arsenal. I was a good shooter, as long as no one bothered me, and that was only during free throws, so I usually fouled out after inflicting a bit of damage on the opposition.

Still, I'm a fan of the game, and I marvel at the moves made by today's players.

Betting on college basketball games takes a lot of guts, IMHO, but that form of gambling attracts hordes of fans so with the season opener about a week away I present the "ESPN" conference by conference analysis.

I also dug out this highly sophisticated approach to betting college basketball games that actually can be applied to other sports as well.