Advanced Level Basketball Gambling

If you are reading this article, you are probably aware at this point in your wagering career that successful sports betting is less about the sport and more about the numbers involved. As we take a look at some tips for those who consider themselves advanced basketball bettors, keep that general rule in mind.

Forget the Big Guys

The most important rule for advanced basketball betting is to leave the majors behind. We are not just talking about the National Basketball Association here, either. You also want to scratch college teams in the top rankings off your list as well.

The reason for this is fairly simple. The NBA has a handful of teams with great programs and a lot of money, who tend to win game in and game out. The books make betting on these teams poor value. It's fun if you are just getting into basketball betting, but if you are serious it's time to leave the bigs behind.

You need to leave the best teams out of your handicapping when betting college basketball, too. Again, the schools with the best programs tend to be consistent year in and year out, reflected in their records and in the lines. The big money for advanced basketball betting is in the mid and low major conferences, where knowledge beats heart every time.

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Basketball Odds -Kidd Re-ups With Mavericks

After losing to the Hornets in the first round of the 2008 playoffs, Avery Johnson was fired, and Rick Carlisle was hired as the new head coach for the Dallas Mavericks. After getting off to a rocky start at 2-7, the Mavericks eventually found themselves with the sixth spot in the western conference playoff bracket for 2009. This was after going 50-32 (ninth consecutive 50+-win season) and about three to four weeks earlier, weren't even sure if they were going to make the eighth and final spot. But a run of 5-1 in their last six regular season games got them to a game over the Hornets for sixth place. Dirk Nowitzki also entered the postseason with a streak of twenty-five consecutive games of scoring 20 or more points, which was ended in the first game of the quarterfinals series verses the arch-rival, San Antonio Spurs.

The Mavericks surprised many people by winning Game 1, 105-97 in San Antonio. The Spurs would come back to win Game 2 though, by twenty-one points, as the series shifted to Dallas, as the two teams had both won a game. Dallas, who had only lost one game at home after the All-Star Break, won both Games 3 and 4 at home, by twenty-one and nine points, 88-67, and 99-90. San Antonio was just trying to win Game 5 to extend the series, but they couldn't do it as the Mavericks eventually took over and won by thirteen, 106-93, clinching the series, as they would get out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2006 playoffs when they advanced all the way to the Finals.

Point guard Jason Kidd has re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks for three-years at over $25 million reports ESPN.

The Mavs are listed at +1800 to win the Western Conference next season.

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Basketball Betting For Sports Betting Beginners

There is a lot of money to be made wagering on basketball, whether or college or pro, but in order to stand a chance of breaking even you have to know what you are doing first.

Basketball Bets

Like basketball bet scores are typically very high because of the scoring system. This means that betting the spread in basketball is the most popular way to wager.

On a spread bet, the person placing the wager wins if their team "covers" the spread. This means that the team either wins by the number of points specified, or loses by less than the number of points specified. Here's a look.

San Antonio Spurs -8
New York Knicks +8

Betting on the Spurs to cover the spread means that they have to win by more than eight points to collect. If they win by exactly 8 points, it is a "push". Your bet will be returned, but you will not win any extra money. If the Spurs win by only 7 points, they win the game but fail to cover the spread. In that case, you lose the money you wagered and those who bet on the Knicks collect.

Betting on point spreads can be a little bit tricky, so those new to sports betting might favor the money line instead. This is a bet on a team to win the game outright, and it does not matter how many points they win by.

In a money line bet, more money must be placed on the favorite team. As an example, in order to win $100 on a favorite, you would have to bet $120. On the other hand, if you wanted to bet on the underdog, you stand to win more money. For every $100 you bet on an underdog, you could win $130. Let's take a look at how this would appear on "the books":

San Antonio Spurs -120
New York Knicks +130

The favorite is always indicated by a minus sign, whether betting the spread or the line.

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Basketball:Kiwis finish on a high

The Junior Tall Blacks ended their under-19 world championships campaign on a high note, seeing off a physical challenge from Angola to claim 13th place at the 16-team event.

The battling victory was a solid finish to a campaign that captain Dion Prewster felt exceeded many people's expectations, but ultimately fell short of matching the team's own hopes.

Having shown they were a match for some of the tournament's big guns, the defeat to Kazakhstan that stopped the Kiwis from progressing beyond first-round pool play still rankles - and probably will do for some time.

"It's safe to say that we have surprised and got the respect of a few other countries," Prewster said.

"At least that shows our hard work hasn't gone to waste. But not making it into the 12 was tough to swallow. It is heartbreaking because we know we can compete with a lot of those teams. But we did it to ourselves.

"This was our first time [at a world championships]. At least we know next time, with the next group of guys coming through, that we can compete. We just have to be mentally tougher and execute at the end."

Coach Kenny McFadden hoped his side had made a strong enough case for FIBA to consider granting a second spot to the region.

Having finished ahead of two of the three Asian nations and proved themselves a cut above the African nations, they've made a strong case.

"If they allow us to do this on a regular basis you will see New Zealand basketball make huge strides."

The impressive Loe, in particular, is sure to have plenty of offers on the table from US college Basketball but there was a more immediate reward for the 2.11m centre and teammates, Brook Ruscoe and Prewster, who have been named in a 20-strong senior Tall Blacks trial squad.

Basketball-Rasheed Wallace To Beantown?

With a number of free agents signing with new teams, it seems as if the Boston Celtics will be adding a talented but volatile forward.

ESPN is reporting that Rasheed Wallace is on the verge of signing with the Celtics, who are currently listed at +600 to take next season’s NBA title.

Basketball||Up next For the Sparks:Sunday vs.Phoenix

Sparks forward Candace Parker will play an undetermined number of minutes off the bench tonight, after last year's most valuable player missed training camp and the first eight games of the season while on maternity leave. Doctors cleared her to fully practice since Tuesday.

"I had circled that date as a return in my head as a goal of mine," Parker said. "It feels good, I'll be able to dress and be back. I had a solid week of practice." The Sparks are 3-0 at home, and have won two of their last three games despite the absence of center Lisa Leslie, who sprained her right knee June 19 against Phoenix and isn't expecting to return until July 22 against Seattle. It remains unclear whether Mercury guard Diana Taurasi, second in the league at 21.2 points a game, will play. The league hasn't ruled on any disciplinary action, and Taurasi, cited for drunk driving Thursday night, declined to say whether she's playing. The Mercury averages a league-leading 90.6 points a game.

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Rutgers women's Basketball Team Booked Again For Jimmy V Classic

The Rutgers women's basketball team will take part in the Jimmy V Women's Basketball Classic for a fourth straight year.


The Scarlet Knights will host Florida on Dec. 7 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said the late Jim Valvano, the former North Carolina State coach for whom the tournament is named, was a dear friend and her team is excited to be chosen to play again.

The event raises money for the V Foundation, which funds cancer research.