Free 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship Pick

Monday's 2011 NCAA Tournament Championship Game concludes the 2010-11 season of college basketball, which for us really just began and March. We've had a successful run considering a) we hadn't bet on a college basketball game this season until the tournament and b) we bet on every single game in the tournament. Even with those two caveats, we've gone 55% during the tourney, proving yet again that we are pretty much awesome at whatever we do, regardless.

We'll try to continue our awesomeness with our championship pick:

Butler +3 1/2 over Connecticut

Given the lack of attractive girls from Butler posting scandalous pictures on the internet, please accept the above photo of Matt Howard bleeding his face off. Please, ladies of Butler, feel free to send along any such photos (scandalous, not bleeding) to stocklemonblog@gmail.com and we will ensure that you get the appropriate attention from our site.

For posterity's sake, here are our records thus far from the 2011 NCAA Tournament March Madness:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Sweet 16: 7-1

Elite Eight: 1-3

Final Four: 2-0

Total: 36-29-1... 55%

Free NCAA Tournament Final Four Picks

It's Final Four time, folks. The culmination of a month-long period in which the nation pretends to still care about the NBA's farm system is this weekend. Here are our Final Four Picks:

Butler -2 1/2 over VCU

UConn +2 over Kentucky

Best of luck and check back Sunday for our Free 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship Pick!

And Then, There Was The Final Four

Just as we had predicted to start the NCAA Basketball season, VCU and Butler will be playing for the National Championship... or not.

Actually, we only correctly picked (against the spread) that Butler would be back. We got beaten by the hook in the UConn game (-2 1/2) and were flat out wrong on the others. So here we are, VCU, Butler, Kentucky and Connecticut. We'll have our picks later this week.

And no, we don't know why the only pictures of hot basketball girls happen to be Asian. Not that we're complaining.

The results:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Sweet 16: 7-1

Elite Eight: 1-3

Total: 34-29-1... 54%

It's Been a Sweet 16, Indeed (7-1 Round)

Our picks rebounded on the way to the Elite Eight, giving us one of our most profitable weekends of NCAA Tourney action, well, all season. And yes, that is Diana Taurasi. Deal with it.

Here are our Elite Eight Picks:

UConn -2 1/2 over Arizona

Butler +4 over Florida

North Carolina +2 over Kentucky

Kansas -10 1/2 over VCU

And a record update:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Sweet 16: 7-1

Total: 33-26-1... 56%

Following a 4-0 March Madness Thursday With Four More Picks

We finally found our groove on Thursday, hitting all four Sweet 16 Picks. Now it's time to build on our 55% mark with four more picks Friday.

North Carolina -4 1/2 over Marquette

VCU +4 over Florida State

Ohio State -5 1/2 over Kentucky

Kansas -10 1/2 over Richmond

And a results update:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Round 4: 4-0

Total: 30-25-1... 55%

And we must say, we aren't getting a lot of complaints that our photo isn't basketball related. Good luck!

As For Tonight's Late Free NCAA Tourney Picks...

...and accompanying basketball babe.

Butler +4 1/2 over Wisconsin

Arizona +9 1/2 over Duke

And for those interested, a rough day of chalk-laying on Thursday knocked us all the way down to .500 range for the tournament.

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 7-9

Total: 26-25-1... 51%

Quick! Thursday Early Game Free NCAA Basketball Picks!

Hustling to get these in on time...

UConn +2 over San Diego State

Florida -2 1/2 over BYU

We'll be back with the other games in a bit.

March Madness: Free 2011 NCAA Tournament Third Round Sunday Picks

Day four (technically day six) of the 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament is here, which is unfortunate because it means that three days of no basketball loom following Sunday's festivities. But we'll worry about that when we get there. For now, let's enjoy one last day before the tournament gets slow and boring and there are no more low seeds remaining. We hope you like chalk!

North Carolina -4 1/2 over Washington

Duke -11 1/2 over Michigan

Ohio State -11 over George Mason

Texas -6 over Arizona

Purdue -9 over VCU

Syracuse -4 1/2 over Marquette

Kansas -8 1/2 over Illinois

Notre Dame -5 over Florida State

That's right, we're playing favorites. All favorites. And the results so far:

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 16-16

Round 3: 5-3

Total: 24-19... 56%

March Madness: Free 2011 NCAA Tournament Third Round Picks

Saturday's picks are in! Let's get right to it:

West Virginia +4 over Kentucky

Florida -5 over UCLA

Richmond -4 over Morehead St.

San Diego State -4 over Temple

Pittsburgh -7 1/2 over Butler

BYU +1 1/2 over Gonzaga

Kansas St. +3 over Wisconsin

UConn -3 1/2 over Cincinnati

The tournament is a crazy time, yet our Free NCAA Basketball Picks have endured to go 54% through the first round(s?). Good luck!

Rounding Out The Second Round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament

We have two more Free NCAA Tournament Picks to dish out to complete our first... er... second round betting action. The picks are:

Ohio State -23 1/2 over Texas-San Antonio

Georgetown -5 1/2 over VCU

We've had some success thus far in the tournament and look forward to even more wins going forward. Here's an update on our record thus far in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.

Round 1: 3-0-1

Round 2: 9-7

Total: 12-7-1... 63%

Stock Lemon, just like Charlie Sheen, is focused on one thing. Duh, winning.

March Madness: Free 2011 NCAA Tournament Second Round Picks

We're not quite sure, but we think we're now entering Round 2 of the tournament, despite playing only four play-in games thus far.

Four play-in games that we posted a 3-0-1 record in, mind you. Want more where that came from? You're in luck: we're betting every single game in the first round--and we're including it all in one convenient post (well, all 30 games minus the two that were decided just hours ago. We'll post those last two tomorrow). Wrap your tiny little brains around that, readers!

Add to that the fact that we are back to posting pictures of scantily-clad and/or body-painted women! Good times at Stock Lemon!

So why waste any more time than we already have? Let's get to it!

Pittsburgh -17 1/2 over UNC-Asheville

Old Dominion -2 over Butler

Wofford +8 1/2 over BYU

Gonzaga +1 1/2 over St. John's

Utah State +2 over Kansas State

Wisconsin -4 1/2 over Belmont

Michigan State -1 1/2 over UCLA

Florida -12 1/2 over UC Santa Barbara

Kentucky -13 1/2 over Princeton

West Virginia -2 1/2 over Clemson

Xavier -2 over Marquette

Indiana State +12 1/2 over Syracuse

Washington -5 over Georgia

North Carolina -17 1/2 over Long Island

Temple -2 1/2 over Penn State

Missouri +1 over Cincinnati

UConn -10 over Bucknell

San Diego State -15 1/2 over Northern Colorado

Duke -23 over Hampton

Michigan +2 over Tennessee

Arizona -5 1/2 over Memphis

Oakland +10 over Texas

Louisville -10 over Morehead State (Why does everybody seem to like Morehead? Oh... right.)

Richmond +3 over Vanderbilt

Kansas -22 over Boston

UNLV -2 over Illinois

Purdue -14 1/2 over St. Peter's

Florida State +1 over Texas A & M

Notre Dame -14 over Akron

George Mason +1 over Villanova

How's that for information overload. We figure it beats the days when we used to post our pick for every game in the NCAA Tournament separated into 32 different posts. My how we've grown.

Have a great tourney day.

Where Should You Fill Out Your Bracket?

March Madness is here, but the big question remains: where should you fill out your 2011 March Madness NCAA Tournament bracket?

There's ESPN, Yahoo, CBS Sports, USA Today, etc., etc.

Basically, there are as many places to fill out your brackets online as there are teams in the tournament. And they, too, keep expanding.

Tougher than picking your 12-5 upset is picking which site(s)--you better fill out more than one--t0 make your picks on.

We know what you're thinking. If only there was a place where we could compare sites and prizes. Yes, if only.

Behold Bankroll Sports' fantastic online database, giving you the scoop on tons of sites and the prizes that each one offers. That oughta clear everything up for you.

Be sure to get those brackets in by Thursday. Even if the "first round" is today, the truth of the matter is that still, nobody cares about four play in games. Except for those with money on them.

Bottom line: put some money on them. We've got your first four picks right here.

Let the March Madness Begin!

March Madness is upon us! The action gets underway today with the new "first round," aka four crappy play-in games.

But four crappy play-in games to bet on.

While you're downloading your official 2011 March Madness NCAA Tournament bracket, the only one on the internet with a convenient-to-print black background and a giant lemon cartoon in the middle, we'll give out some Free NCAA Basketball Picks for the first round of the tourney.

N.C. Asheville -4 over Arkansas-Little Rock

Clemson -4 1/2 over UAB

Texas-San Antonio -3 over Alabama State

VCU +4 1/2 over USC

Good luck and let's enjoy the tournament!

Your 2010 NCAA Tournament Winner is...

After splitting the first two Final Four games, we are determined to finish the 2010 NCAA Basketball season with a bang. So, how will we end April Madness? By dancing with the team who brought us here.

We correctly picked Duke to advance to this point, and we're picking them to win it all.

Duke -7 over Butler

Good luck!

March Madness: Saturday's 2010 March Madness NCAA Tournament Bracket Picks

The picks are in for Saturday's slate of games! We will update with results as well as provide free picks for Sunday when the lines are in.

Now let's build off of our 12-3-1 day!

March Madness: 2010 NCAA Tournament Bracket Against the Spread First Round Results

What a wild day in the 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament and what a wild day for us here at Stock Lemon. After a rough 5-11-1 tournament start, we rebounded today in a big way with an impressive 12-3-1 day, giving us a first round record of 17-13-2 and a tournament record to date of 17-14-2. Our goals are a bit higher overall, but after a disastrous and upset filled first day, we are glad to be back on track.

As you can see by the bracket above, we circled our winners in green and crossed out our losing picks in red. Games that pushed earned a nice little light blue underline. Overall, we were pretty consistent all across the board.

Here's a breakdown of our results so far:

Play-in game: 0-1

First Round Day 1: 5-10-1

First Round Day 2: 12-3-1

Total: 17-14-2

By Region:

Midwest: 4-2-2

West: 5-3

East: 4-4

South: 4-4

Stay tuned for all of our second round picks shortly!

Fun 2010 March Madness Facts

Fact: No 16-seed has ever beaten a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Fact: That won't stop us from betting on the play-in game, which determines who gets the right to continue the above fact. Enough with the fun 2010 March Madness facts, let's kick off March Madness with our first Free NCAA Basketball Pick:

Winthrop -4 over Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Apologies to the Golden Lions faithful, we think Winthrop has the edge.

Good luck and stay tuned for a complete first round bracket full of picks later tonight!

March Madness Warm-Up

If you're like us, you like to warm up to March Madness and the NCAA Tournament with some action on the conference tournaments.

We particularly enjoy the mid-major championships, though there are plenty of good looking lines in the bigger tournies as well. We will get to some of them, but tomorrow we have one Free NCAA Basketball pick and it is the Northeast Conference Championship Game.

Quinnipiac -4 1/2 over Robert Morris

Quinni has not covered yet in their tournament, but so bet it. They are simply the better team, and we aren't about to forget the 12-point win on Robert Morris' home floor only a short time ago. Quinnipiac is our play to get March Madness underway.

Good luck!

Free NCAA Basketball Picks Hitting 100%

We usually post after our picks win, just to gloat, but we didn't get a chance to do so yet with our first Free NCAA Basketball Pick of the year.

Well, in case you missed it, our first Free NCAA Basketball Pick of the year was a winner. So now we're gloating.

Oregon took it to UC Davis, setting the tempo for what we expect to be a very profitable year in college basketball.

As we move forward, we are certainly looking for more plays, but also keep an eye out for additional content and analysis provided by Stock Lemon.

Our First Free NCAA Basketball Pick This Year!

It's time for College basketball folks! We have our first pick this afternoon:

Oregon -15 over UC Davis

We plan on whipping out plenty of Free NCAA Basketball Picks this season, but don't forget to check out the College Basketball Picks over at Doc's Sports.

Good luck!