What’s the biggest betting event of the year in North America? If you guessed the Super Bowl you’re wrong. While the Super Bowl lays claim to being the largest wagered on single event of the year, March Madness surpasses the Super Bowl for the sports betting public, albeit the tourney stretches over three weeks.
There is still a full month and a bit of college basketball to be played before Selection Sunday, but the talk of “Bubble” teams and tournament seeds is starting to heat up as we are in the most exciting part of the NCAA hoops schedule.
The North Carolina Tar Heels took it on the chin last night from bitter rival Duke. Online Betting sportsbooks had Duke as a -5.5-point favorite, a number they easily covered.
While the Tar Heels won the NCAA basketball championship last season, they lost power forward Tyler Hansbrough to the NBA and have been a shadow of their former selves this season.
UNC is near the bottom of the ACC standings (10th) with a record of 13-11 straight up overall, 2-7 SU in the ACC and a record of 6-15 against the spread.
The Tar Heels got off to a respectable start going 12-4 SU in their first 16 games but have gone 1-7 in their last eight.
North Carolina is now preparing for a game against the intrastate rival North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday.
As mentioned, the ‘Heels have been of struggling as of late straight up, but they have also been an awful play for sports bettors, going 3-11 ATS in their last 14.
In their last 13 games, North Carolina has a record of 3 Overs and 10 Unders.
The Tar Heels are equally unimpressive in their last 11 road games, going 4-7 SU and 3-8 ATS.
However, UNC could be poised to win Saturday as they are 10-3 SU and ATS in their last 13 at North Carolina State.
Another traditional power, like North Carolina, the Connecticut Huskies have fallen on hard times, at least lately.
Ranked No. 12 and 14 respectively in the AP and USA Today preseason polls, UConn has pretty much fallen off the radar.
While the Huskies are 14-9 SU overall, they are only 8-13 ATS.
Connecticut has a Saturday home tilt against the Cincinnati Bearcats on deck.
UConn has been a force at home however, going 16-4 SU and are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
In the last five tilts between the two, the Huskies are 4-1 SU and ATS.
While the UConn Huskies are near the bottom of the Big East standings, the same can’t be said of the No. 4 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 23 Pittsburgh Panthers and the two meet on Friday at the Petersen Events Center.
WVU and Pitt sit third and fifth in the conference respectively.
The Mountaineers have not fared well when visiting Pittsburgh, going 3-9 SU and 4-7-1 ATS.
The Panthers are 17-3 SU in their last 20 home games and are 14-1 SU in their last 15 at Petersen.
We’re a little over a month away from the start of March Madness 2010 so there’s plenty of time to warm up with your college hoops betting.
Good luck this week.
Check out SPORTSBETTING.com for all the NCAA Basketball Betting Lines.
There is still a full month and a bit of college basketball to be played before Selection Sunday, but the talk of “Bubble” teams and tournament seeds is starting to heat up as we are in the most exciting part of the NCAA hoops schedule.
The North Carolina Tar Heels took it on the chin last night from bitter rival Duke. Online Betting sportsbooks had Duke as a -5.5-point favorite, a number they easily covered.
While the Tar Heels won the NCAA basketball championship last season, they lost power forward Tyler Hansbrough to the NBA and have been a shadow of their former selves this season.
UNC is near the bottom of the ACC standings (10th) with a record of 13-11 straight up overall, 2-7 SU in the ACC and a record of 6-15 against the spread.
The Tar Heels got off to a respectable start going 12-4 SU in their first 16 games but have gone 1-7 in their last eight.
North Carolina is now preparing for a game against the intrastate rival North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday.
As mentioned, the ‘Heels have been of struggling as of late straight up, but they have also been an awful play for sports bettors, going 3-11 ATS in their last 14.
In their last 13 games, North Carolina has a record of 3 Overs and 10 Unders.
The Tar Heels are equally unimpressive in their last 11 road games, going 4-7 SU and 3-8 ATS.
However, UNC could be poised to win Saturday as they are 10-3 SU and ATS in their last 13 at North Carolina State.
Another traditional power, like North Carolina, the Connecticut Huskies have fallen on hard times, at least lately.
Ranked No. 12 and 14 respectively in the AP and USA Today preseason polls, UConn has pretty much fallen off the radar.
While the Huskies are 14-9 SU overall, they are only 8-13 ATS.
Connecticut has a Saturday home tilt against the Cincinnati Bearcats on deck.
UConn has been a force at home however, going 16-4 SU and are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
In the last five tilts between the two, the Huskies are 4-1 SU and ATS.
While the UConn Huskies are near the bottom of the Big East standings, the same can’t be said of the No. 4 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 23 Pittsburgh Panthers and the two meet on Friday at the Petersen Events Center.
WVU and Pitt sit third and fifth in the conference respectively.
The Mountaineers have not fared well when visiting Pittsburgh, going 3-9 SU and 4-7-1 ATS.
The Panthers are 17-3 SU in their last 20 home games and are 14-1 SU in their last 15 at Petersen.
We’re a little over a month away from the start of March Madness 2010 so there’s plenty of time to warm up with your college hoops betting.
Good luck this week.
Check out SPORTSBETTING.com for all the NCAA Basketball Betting Lines.
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