Bookmaking difficulites this time of year and betting advantages

Brock Landers · Mar 2, 2004

What do you all think, they have to come up with lines on these conference tournament games and take into effect that

1)The game is usually on a neutral court
2)the matchups aren't known much in advance, less than 24 hours in most cases
3)Different motivation for each team involved (see Arizona in last years Pac-10 Tourney)

I persoanlly think these next 2 weeks are the best 2 of the year for sports betting, in some ways better than the NCAA tournament, becasue of the sheer volume of games throughout the day, total mismatches within conference tourneys and the amount of opportunites throughout the day to make plays.

It doesn't get much better than the next few weeks!!

[This message was edited by Brock Landers on March 02, 2004 at 12:23 PM.]

Brock Landers · Mar 2, 2004

Here is a good place to look to get updated pairings and seeds and times...ETC

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/feature/story?page=champweek04

LEYKIS101 · Mar 2, 2004

You're 100% correct Brock. In my opinion the player has the advantage the first 2 rounds of the NCAA and NIT tourneys - then the books tighten the screws so to speak.

The conference tourneys, at least from what I remember, the dog covers almost 2/3rds of the games. The dog is more hungry, trying to get in the tourney, than the uninspired favorite who pretty much as tourney seeding wrapped up.