NCAA Hoops Betting – 2010 College Basketball Betting

With a little less than a month before Selection Sunday and March Madness, teams, fans and the sports betting public are starting to fixate on the big tournament, “bubble” teams, etc.
As it stands, the Kansas Jayhawks are the No. 1 college basketball team in the land and the odds-on favorite at online betting sportsbooks to take the NCAA Championship Tournament at +150.

Colorado vs. Kansas:
The Jayhawks see action this weekend with a home game against conference rival Colorado.
Kansas has dominated the Colorado Buffaloes going 19-1 straight up in their last 20 games against them. But they are only 2-5 ATS in their last seven meetings with Colorado.
Over/Under bettors take note: The last nine times these two teams have hooked up, they have produced only 1 Over while racking up 8 Unders.
The Jayhawks have lost three straight, against the spread, the last three times they have hosted the Buffaloes.
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Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt:
This Saturday’s sked is light on head to head Top 25 matchups and the lone game that features two ranked teams doing battle features the No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats and the No. 19 Vanderbilt Commodores.
It is a key matchup not only because the two are ranked but because they sit 1-2 in the SEC East standings — Kentucky has a 10-1 conference record while Vandy is 8-2.
The Wildcats have struggled in their last nine overall games against the Commodores, dropping six of nine straight up, and they are a dismal 2-6 straight up in their last eight visits to Vanderbilt (including a four-game losing streak).
Ohio State vs. Michigan State:
A Big Ten battle between the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans goes Sunday.
Ohio State is still smarting from a 60-57 loss to the No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers on Wednesday night; the Buckeyes failed to cover as 4-point faves.
The game takes place in East Lansing, and the Buckeyes have struggled in their last 15 games there, with a record of 4-11 SU.
However, Ohio State’s last eight road games against the Spartans have produced a record of 6-2 ATS.
The push to March Madness is beginning, so hang on and enjoy the ride.
Have a good weekend.
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NCAA Basketball Betting – 2010 NCAA Hoops Betting

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 (10^th) 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.

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Betting NCAA Basketball Lines - NCAA Basketball betting

If you want to be successful in betting NCAA basketball lines, you need to look at more than just team records. This is particularly true when betting NCAA basketball lines during March Madness. When tournament time rolls around much of what the teams did during the regular season may be irrelevant. For example, a team from a minor conference may have been the odds on favorite during the regular season in most of its games, but enters the tournament as an underdog against a powerful opponent. This means you’ll want to carefully examine how the team did during the season when it was not the favorite.

On the other hand, when betting NCAA basketball lines it is important to look at the record each teams has “against the spread” (ATS). A powerful team may be highly favored in a tournament game, but has it been consistent in beating the point spread in similar situations during the regular season? If it hasn’t, you may want to reconsider betting on the team, or at least limit the amount you bet. After all, betting NCAA basketball lines is all about winning your bets, so you want to always consider all of the factors.

Another thing to consider when betting NCAA basketball sportsbook lines is how a team does when it has home court advantage. Does it beat the spread more often at home than on the road, or is it the other way around? This may even come into play during tournament time when most games are played on neutral courts. If a Texas team is in the final four and it is being played in San Antonio then there is essentially a home court advantage. So know all of the facts and bet to win.

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Canada To Play Argentina For Bronze At world U-19 Basketball BettingTournament

Canada will play Argentina for bronze at the world under-19 women's basketball Betting championships after a lopsided 82-51 loss to the United States in Saturday's semifinals.

Kayla Alexander of Milton, Ont., scored 12 points to top the Canadians, who were coming off an upset win over Australia to earn their first appearance in the semifinals.

The two-time defending champion Americans broke the game open early with a 27-0 run, and the Canadians never recovered. Adding to the team's troubles, starting forward Natalie Achonwa of Guelph, Ont., left the game early on with a hip injury.

"I think we just didn't respond to that offensive quality," said Canadian coach Rich Chambers. "We still have a chance for a medal. So we hope we can take this experience to (Sunday)."

Nicole Larke of Calgary hit a three-pointer for the game's first points, but the Americans held Canada (4-4) off the scoreboard for the next 13 minutes to take a 27-3 lead, and led 50-18 at halftime.

The U.S. (7-1) had 19 steals.

Spain defeated Argentina 67-49 in Saturday's other semifinal. Canada will face the Argentines for bronze on Sunday.

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Hornets-Bobcats Dealing - NCAA Basketball Betting

Citing the AP, NBA.com is reporting that the Charlotte Bobcats are about to trade Emeka Okafor to the New Orleans Hornets for Tyson Chandler.

The Charlotte Bobcats are listed at +240 to win the Eastern Conference next season while the New Orleans Hornets are listed at +1800 to do the same in the West

However, the Hornets also take on the last five years of an escalating, six-year, $72 million contract.

"We have a long-term option for us now at the center position and one we feel we can grow with," Bower said. "We looked at that as an asset, the fact that Emeka is under contract. ... It shows we are interested in improving and we are interested in competing in the Western Conference and we are willing to pay the price."

The Bobcats, meanwhile, unloaded that longer long-term commitment. Chandler would make $12.7 million in a player option in 2010-11, the final season of his deal.

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Basketball betting is easy. If you're a basketball fan, and were asked which of two teams in pretty much any NBA basketball game was going to win, you'd be able to come up with a pretty good answer, and back it up with some reasons about that teams previous form that season, their star players, any injuries, refereeing bias, whether or not it's a home game or an away game.. and probably a whole host of other factors.

You would probably be right on most counts, and you'd probably win some of your basketball bets. But, do you think you'd win 97% of the time, over hundreds of bets? In order to be able to achieve that high a success rate, there's a little extra secret sauce that needs to be taken into consideration when placing your bets on SPORTSBETTING.COM.

When getting started with basketball betting, and deciding which team to place a bet on, here's a couple of the most vital statistics which you need to take into account:

• Wins for each team. How many wins have they each recorded in the current season so far, and the last season. This gives a very strong indicator of how well the team is performing as a whole, and how well they're doing compared to teams of a similar ability in the same league.
  
• It's also worth looking at the win-rates of their opponents, especially the ones which they beat. If the team is trashing opponents who have a terrible win rate, it's not such a big deal, but if they defeated the undefeated, it says a lot about their current skills.

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College Basketball | Kelvin Sampson's appeal is rejected by NCAA

The NCAA is finished with the latest Kelvin Sampson saga.

The NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the former Indiana coach, who was given five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers.

The NCAA said its infractions committee upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the storied program and led to Sampson's departure after 1 ½ seasons. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson, 53, has used his only appeal, and the case is closed.

Sampson, an assistant coach for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks, is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013.

The NCAA ruled Sampson ignored signed compliance agreements with Indiana, ignored the recruiting restrictions he was already under from a similar case at Oklahoma and deliberately lied to infractions-committee members.

In his appeal, Sampson — a former Washington State coach — claimed the penalty was too harsh, the NCAA misinterpreted evidence and that the infractions committee was biased against him.

The NCAA rejected each claim, saying "it found no basis on which to conclude that the findings of violations were contrary to the evidence."

Sampson's publicist, Chris Capo, said Sampson "will not be making any comment on the recent NCAA ruling."

A Bucks spokesman said "Sampson declined comment on the report."

Sampson defended himself in September in a statement made through his former publicist, Matt Kramer.

Basketball-Hayden and Sparks cruise past Monarchs

Vanessa Hayden had 12 points and eight rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Sparks over the Sacramento Monarchs, 67-47, at Staples Center.

Tina Thompson had 12 points, Betty Lennox added 10 points and eight boards and Marie Ferdinand-Harris had 10 points for the Sparks, who snapped a four-game losing streak.



Nicole Powell had 13 points and was the only played in double-figures for the Monarchs, who have dropped their past three Basketball games.

The Sparks held a 22-point lead at the half and were never threatened for the rest of the game.

Sunday No Day Of Rest In NBA Final

The L.A. Lakers opened the NBA championship series, guns blazing, with a 100-75 win over the Orlando Magic in yesterday’s Game 1–the Lakers were favored by 6-points.

Going into Sunday’s Game 2, the Lakers are favored by 6.5-points and the Total is set at 202.

In the Lakers’ last 19 Sunday home games, they are 11-8 ATS and a perfect 19-0 SU and are -300 on the Money line.

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NBA Conference Finals Odds: Cleveland Cavaliers at Orlando Magic

The Cleveland Cavaliers entered the NBA postseason as one of the favorites to win it all. So far the Cavs, winners of 66 regular-season games and their first eight straight in the playoffs, certainly haven't looked superior to the Orlando Magic.

They can't stop Dwight Howard inside. They can't contain Orlando's outside shooters. They're not giving LeBron James enough support. And they trail 2-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Orlando is relishing the underdog role in its first conference finals appearance since 1995. They won 99-89 on Sunday night in Game 3, which included a flagrant foul on Anthony Johnson for his elbow to Mo Williams' face in the second quarter. James has been doing his part.

The league's MVP is averaging 41.7 points in the series. But there have been extended periods when it's LeBron and only LeBron vs. the Magic. Can the 1.5-point underdog Cavs tie up the series?

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NBA East Final: TGIF

The Orlando Magic will play the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final tonight listed as 8.5-point road ‘dogs with the Total set at 188.5.

In Orlando’s last 11 games against Cleveland on a Friday, it is 6-4-1 against the spread.

The Magic are listed at +230 to represent the East in the NBA championship final.

Houston Rockets Flying Low

The Houston Rockets were able to pull off a victory over the L.A. Lakers on Sunday 99-87 on Sunday, covering at +7.5 but will they be able to do it twice?

The Rockets head to the STAPLES Center listed at +11.5 with the Total set at 199 and in the last 20 when underdogs of more than 8-points, are 4-12 on the Over/Under and 10-5-1 ATS.

NBA Playoffs Odds: Magic vs. Cavaliers

After sitting around for the second time in these playoffs, the series-sweeping Cleveland Cavaliers, who broomed Detroit and Atlanta into early summer vacations, are expecting a much stiffer challenge from the Orlando Magic.

Orlando won both of their matchups at home against Cleveland during the regular season, including a 116-87 thrashing on April 3.

Cleveland has lost just once since that mauling by the Magic, and that setback came in overtime in the April 15 season finale against Philadelphia.

For the opener tonight, Stan Van Gundy will return rookie guard Courtney Lee to the starting lineup, replacing J.J. Redick.

The Magic, averaging 96.1 points in the postseason, shot 54 percent in the April 3 win over Cleveland, making 13 of 27 three-pointers.

In three games against Orlando this year, LeBron James averaged 30.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 7.0 assists.

The Cavs enter tonight's matchup as 9-point home favorites. Get your NBA play off odds.

Raw Is War Next Monday

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is known for weaving real life events into its storylines but you have to wonder how chairman Vince McMahon will work this latest drama in.

The Denver Nuggets are set to play Game 4 of the Western Conference against the visiting L.A. Lakers at the Pepsi Center on Monday, May 25, 2009, the same night as the WWE’s Monday Night Raw.

“McMahon blamed Kroenke [Sports, which owns the Pepsi Center] for not believing [the Nuggets] would be good enough to still be playing in mid-May,” reports the AP.

The Nuggets are 3-point faves in Prospective Game 4 betting.

Sports Bettors Like Lakers vs. Denver

The Lakers are getting the action when it comes to the overall series betting on their next round vs. Denver, and bettors are also expecting them to win and cover in their first game of the series, on May 19th.

L.A. is a 6.5-point favorite in that series opening game, with 73 percent of the early betting action coming in on the L.A. side.

The Lakers are a -265 favorite for the series, with a little over 75 percent of all series wagering on this matchup coming in on Kobe Bryant and his mates.

It all gets going on Tuesday. You can check out all the NBA playoff lines.

Rockets Flying “Under” The Radar

Down 3-2, the Houston Rockets can either prolong their playoff series with the L.A. Lakers or they can start making plans for the offseason.

The Rockets go into Game 6 listed as 9-point home underdogs and in the last 20 games when listed as an underdog of more than 8-points, they are 6-13-1 on the Over/Under.

Tonight’s Total is set at 197.

Cleveland Sweeps The Hawks:Sports Bettors Rejoice

By Brian Kerr

They didn’t cover the pointspread in Game 4 of their playoff series vs. the Atlanta Hawks, but they also didn’t cost their backers any money. The Cleveland Cavaliers pushed as 10-point favorites for sports bettors in their 84-74 win. The victory made it four straight games and a clean sweep for Lebron James and the NBA future

odd favorites to win the Championship.

The sports betting world has been betting the Cavs heavily for their entire playoff run in 2009, and bettors have been getting a nice payoff by putting their money on Cleveland. Led by the league MVP James, they have covered the pointspread in each of their games before the final one vs. Atlanta.

That made it eight straight pointspread covers in the playoffs so far, as they swept both the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks.

The NBA odds and lines on the Cavaliers keep going higher, but the big odds haven’t scared away sports bettors.

Online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com reported 83% of all the sports betting volume wagered on Game 4 was on Cleveland. It was the sixth time this playoff year that over 80% of all the sports betting action on a Cleveland game was on the Cavaliers side.

Now the play off basketball odds on this team will be even higher when bettors look to put some money on them for future odds betting. They were already favored to win it al, and the betting action was tilted considerably in their direction, but with the dominating performance in the first two series, it is going to mean sports bettors have to pay a higher price if they want to keep betting on Cleveland.

Also, the Lebron James prop bets have been hitting as well. SPORTSBETTING.com has “Live Betting” and on these games, Lebron, as you would expect, is a favorite for the sports betting group wagering on the “Live Betting” platform. This has become a very popular betting option for online sportsbooks, as bettors like to make additional wagers after the games have already started. They can bet on hundreds of different options throughout a typical NBA playoff game. NBA playoff betting has been up over last year according to many online sportsbooks. This can be attributed to the great matchups, plus options like “Live Betting” at SPORTSBETTING.com contribute as well.

Now Cleveland will wait to see who they play next. The playoff odds for the series and for Game 1 will be posted as soon as the other Eastern Conference series is over.

The next series should be a great one, both for fans and for the sports betting world. You know the bettors

will continue to put their betting action down on Lebron James.

Good luck with all your bets.

Brian Kerr has been writing about sports betting for over 15 years. A diehard Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, 76ers and Flyers fan, he is one of the top sports betting writers in the industry.

Orlando’s Lee Ready To Weave Magic

Orlando Magic two-guard Courtney Lee is sufficiently healed from a fractured sinus and will see action in Game 3 of the playoff series between his team and the Boston Celtics–the Magic are a 4.5-point home fave and the Total is set at 189.

Citing Orlando head coach Stan Van Gundy, ESPN reports that Lee won’t start however as J.J. Redick will get the honor.

Also, as mentioned, Lee will wear a Rip Hamilton-like mask.

URU – Osimani and Uruguay with a lot of expectations for FIBA Americas Championship

PONCE (2009 FIBA Americas Championship) – Uruguayan point guard Martin Osimani talked about the expectations for the Uruguayan National Team for the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship (World Qualifier) that will be played in Mexico from August 26 until September 6.

After winning the second title in a row with Bigua, the guard of the Uruguayan national team was signed by Atléticos de San Germán in Puerto Rico where he averages 10.13 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists in his first eight games.

Osimani, who made his debut with the junior national team in 1998, talked about the expectations after a good FIBA Americas Championship in 2007 but he is also worried about the current situation in Mexico.

"Everybody is waiting to see what happens with the swine flu. We are nervous but in Uruguay there are a lot people wanting to start the preparation because there are a lot of expectations after the 2007 tournament where we had a good showing."



Uruguay finished second in Group A of the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship with a 3-1 record. Their only loss was against Argentina and defeated Puerto Rico, Mexico y Panama. Then in the second round they lost to Canada, Venezuela, USA and Brazil to finish eighth and out of the Olympics.

"We were short because of injuries and this year we will look to extend the team so we son't be tired at the end of the championship", said the guard, explaining one of the factors for their bad performance in the second round.

Uruguay has seen the development of players like Leandro García Morales, Esteban Batista, Gustavo Barrera, Jayson Granger in the last couple of years and is expected that they make an immediate impact in the national team for international competitions. Also veterans like Nicolas Mazzarino might join the team.

"This is what everybody is waiting for to see what we can do better. We are waiting for Nicolas Mazzarino to see if he comes back after he retired but we know that the new players are having great seasons abroad and we have a lot of expectations to improve."

Part of the development of these players has been the Uruguayan League where Osimani, Leandro García Morales, Esteban Batista, among other have played.

"The level has improved, also the level of the imports has improved a lot and the players who play overseas are present. They have to improve the organization to be an elite league but it has improved and been worked a lot."

Bigua had their best season in history, winning their second straight title in Uruguay but at the international level they won the South American Championship for Clubs and played in the Final Four of the FIBA Americas League.

Osimani, who played in the United States in Utah and Duquesne University, is concentrated to have a great season with San German which is the one with the most tradition with 14 championships.