With the Super Bowl occurring next Sunday, both NASCAR and Major League Baseball on hiatus, and sports betting fans not really warming up to either golf or NHL yet, the NBA pretty much has the weekend all to itself.
The NBA schedulers couldn’t have made NBA basketball betting fans happier than scheduling a huge game on Saturday and a huge game on Sunday.
At least Cowher did Tomlin a favor by filling up the Championship hand of Pittsburgh with “one for the thumb.” Now Tomlin has a fresh hand to build his own legacy, and it could start as soon as February 1st, when the Steelers and Cardinals throw the gauntlet down in Tampa Bay for Super Bowl XLIII.
Handicappers are always looking for those teams that are over or under rated. The last few years Coach K’s team were over rated living off an illusion of past great teams. Last year pro handicappers got rich off playing against the spread when Duke was favored. But this years team is if you can believe it Under Rated.
Certainly you can read a plethora of articles on the advantages or disavantages of betting road teams with NBA picks. In fact, manay an “expert” handicapper has claimed large winning percentages in focusing just on road teams. Just like anything else in the handicapping world, there are some exagerated claims with trends and angles of any types.
The Duke Blue Devils always have plenty of support but their backers haven’t been getting any returns lately.
Since starting the season by covering 8 of their first 12 spreads, the Blue Devils have covered just one of their last five and that should give bettors pause heading into Saturday’s matchup against the Maryland Terrapins.
A great weekend of NBA betting can only be improved by the Top StatFox Power Trends.
We begin with a light Saturday, with just six games. However, two of the games involve playoff contenders with Orlando at Miami and Cleveland at Utah. The Magic have won 10 straight games in the head-to-head series. Cleveland will be looking to extend a 7-2 straight up and 9-0 ATS run vs. the Jazz.
On Sunday evening, the NHL’s best will get together for the league’s annual All-Star game in Montreal.
It’s East vs. West in an entertaining showdown that typically resembles an indoor-soccer game in terms of scoring, as evidenced by the 8-7 final in the 2008 game.
Ok, the eyes of the betting world are focused on Tampa Bay as Super Bowl XLIII is a week away from kick off; the Pittsburgh Steelers are listed as 7-point faves with the Total set at 47.
But while bettors gear up for one of the biggest betting events of the year; this is a great time to also start looking ahead to another big event, March Madness.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were the AFC’s No. 2 seed with a 12-4 record and were the last of the 12 teams in this year’s postseason-field to actually take the playing field. By the time the Steelers were set to host the San Diego Chargers on January 11 at 4:45 ET, here’s the highlights of what had already transpired in this year’s NFL postseason.
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Like most sports betting fans I am eagerly awaiting the day, which should happen very soon, when the BetUS NFL odds makers release all of the props being offered to NFL betting fans.
Right now, the only props on the BetUS online sportsbook wagering board involve the quarterbacks and running backs.
What every sports bettor should know is that betting, like most things in life, is best judged through statistical analysis. There is always some intuition that individuals should follow when picking their teams, as everyday there are exceptions to the rule. But as you’ll see, in the long run, numbers don’t lie.
The Super Bowl favorite is the Pittsburgh Steelers which have been made a -7 point favorite by the odds makers. Pittsburgh has been playing so good lately and coming off a very good win against Baltimore Ravens. This playoffs they are 2-0 against the spread! Also make sure to check out Craig’s earlier article breaking down all the Super Bowl Trends the last 5 years.
Almost as big as the game itself, prop wagers have become synonymous with the Super Bowl and everything that goes with the big game.
The popularity has grown in direct proportion with the oddsmaker’s creativity. What was once an afterthought, or an obligatory task has now become an art form for sports books, as they create hundreds and hundreds of proposition betting options for their clients.
Sportsbook.com members aren’t souring on the aging ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley as the 37-year-old prepares to take to the ring for Saturday night’s fight against WBA Welterweight Champion, the ‘Tijuana Tornado’ Antonio Margarito.
Even against the younger Margarito, bettors are willing to take a chance on Mosley at +300 odds.
The Detroit Pistons will be favorites when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, but bettors should have their eyes firmly on the Total.
The Pistons have gone Under the Total in seven out of their last nine games with one push. For the season, Detroit has gone Under the Total in 25 of 41 games.
And with Detroit’s second leading scorer, Richard Hamilton, coming off the bench now, bettors need to look closely at the point total for this 7 pm ET telecast on ESPN.
