NCAAB Final Four Betting Trends and Angles
The College Basketball Picks season has whittled itself down to the Final Four teams when Uconn takes on Michigan State and Villanova looks to upset North Carolina. Both of the #1 seeds come into this weekend of Final NCAAB Picks listed as the favorite. Historically the #1 seeds have been a profitable endeavor as they are 7-3 ATS the last 10 NCAAB Picks.
The Final Four prop wagering options just keep coming, as another wave has been added over the last few days.
The latest group of prop wagers put up by SPORTSBETTING.com includes the head-to-head game matchups. Bettors have been pouring over these options, taking their shots on several of them.
2009 NCAA Tournament Final Four Action
Saturday April 4, 8:47 PM ET
Detroit, MI Ford Field
Villanova is 3-1 ATS in this year’s tournament. They are getting fantastic guard play out of Scottie Reynolds. In this matchup UNC will have the size advantage. Because of this, the perimeter shooting for Villanova must be on.
2009 NCAA Tournament Final Four Action
Saturday April 4, 6:07 PM ET
Detroit, MI Ford Field
Michigan State has won ATS in all 4 tournament games this year. They have played great defense allowing only 61.3 points per contest. However, they haven’t shot over 50% from the field in any of their 4 games.
The NCAA Tournament is down to the Final Four. All four teams have won national championships before and look to cut down the nets again. The Big East is represented well with 2 teams and the Big 10 and ACC are each represented by a team. Great guard play will be on display in Detroit while a few potential Hall of Fame coaches will be patrolling the sideline.
Magic Look To Hand Cavaliers, James, Consecutive Losses
Cleveland at Orlando
The Cleveland Cavaliers (61-14 SU, 45-30 ATS, 32-43 O/U) and the Orlando Magic (55-19 SU, 46-27-1 ATS, 34-40 O/U) will both be gunning for an SU and ATS victory in the BetUS Sportsbook when they square off at Amway Arena at 8 PM ET.
While Basketball Bettors will be going ga-ga over the grand finale of March Madness this weekend, Baseball Bettors will be focusing their attention on the opening day of the MLB season.
But before the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies host the Atlanta Braves to open the 2009 Major League Baseball season Sunday night (8 pm ET, ESPN2), bettors can lock in their pre-season picks for World Series champion and League Championships at betED.com.
MLB betting players know that pitching will take you a long way, but what’s the point if there’s no offense to drive in runs? This is the problem facing San Diego heading into the MLB season, and sportsbook odds are against the Padres in 2009.
In MLB betting, Prince Fielder embodies the Milwaukee Brewers. He’s big, strong, and loveable, and the Milwaukee team, full of young sluggers, gives us the same feeling. But no amount of cuddliness can change the fact that the Brewers will take a step back in 2009. When you subtract CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets from a playoff team’s rotation and replace them with no one, there’s no way you’ll win 90 games again.
Race: Samsung 500 – Texas Motor Speedway
Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Time: 2:16 PM EST (scheduled Green Flag)
TV: 1:30 PM EST on FOX
Preview: After two weeks of short track shakin’ and bakin’, the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit heads to the 1.5-mile quad-oval of Texas Motor Speedway, where speeds routinely top 200 miles per hour on the straights.
BOSTON BRUINS -250 over Ottawa Senators
I was kind of excited about NHL betting on Ottawa for a brief moment there, and a 10-4 SU record over their last 14 games was certainly reason to get wet. But going 2-3 SU in their last five games on the road makes me weary as they head straight for Boston after losing to Florida.
Nuggets To Narrowly Cover Against ATS Struggling Jazz Tonight – Utah at Denver
The Utah Jazz (46-28 SU, 37-37 ATS, 36-37 O/U) had their two-game winning streak snapped in its 125-104 rout at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
Utah failed to cover the spread as a 6-point road underdog while the 229 combined points played well over the 194-point O/U total.
Veteran forward Carlos Boozer scored a team-high 20 points in the loss.
After a slow start to the season Michigan State has come on and might be the hottest team in the Final Four. That being said experts are still not giving the Spartans much respect as they are the longest shot on the board at 5-1. The good news for Michigan State fans is this teams loves the underdog roll and flourishes when everyone tells them they can’t win.
Some playoff teams are still jockeying for position (a.k.a. how can we avoid the Cavaliers or Lakers in the first round?), but for the most part during the final week or so the members of the Association will partake in a macro version of garbagetime.
Baseball fans in Kansas City and Pittsburgh know what we’re talking about here.
Just 2 ½ weeks ago, coach Ed DeChellis and his Penn State team watched the NCAA Tournament Selection Show with disappointment as they were one of the teams left out in the cold.
Apparently though, the Nittany Lions took this snubbing and used it as motivation to make a postseason run of a different kind, in the NIT Tournament.
The Chicago Cubs‘ “curse” has been running strong for just over 100 years now, and fans and bettors alike are anxious to know if this is finally the season they break the jinx. Sportsbook oddsmakers certainly seem to think they have a shot.
At +450, Cubs odds to win the World Series are telling. Chicago rolled up an impressive 97 wins last year, tops in the National League and tied for second in all of baseball.
