Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 03-04-2010
#2 West Virginia vs #1 Duke Wagering
Saturday, 8:45 pm Eastern – CBS
The only number one seed left in the NCAA wagering tournament takes the court on Saturday night as Duke plays second seed West Virginia in the late game of the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Duke is no stranger to the Final Four as this will be their 15th all-time appearance and 11th under head coach Mike Krzyzewski but their first since 2004. This will be West Virginia’s first appearance in the Final Four since 1959. Duke is a 2.5 point wagering lines favorite with a total of 131 at SBG Global.
This will be the third time that Duke and West Virginia have met in the NCAA Tournament. Duke won 70-63 in the second round of the 1989 tournament while West Virginia won 73-67 in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
West Virginia has the best player in this game in Da’Sean Butler and he always seems to hit the key shots. In a game that is expected to be close the best player on the court oftentimes is the difference, and in this college basketball wagering game between Duke and West Virginia that player is Butler. West Virginia plays excellent defense as they allowed just 63.1 points per game this season.
The Blue Devils are led by Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith. The key player for Duke is Scheyer. He led the team with 104 3-pointers and an average of 18.2 points this season. Scheyer has seen it all at Duke, as in his freshmen year the Blue Devils lost in the first round. ”It didn’t start off the best,” Scheyer said, ”We’ve grown and gone a step farther each of our years, and winning some more games as we went along. It says a lot for our group to get to this point, but we really want to finish it off.”
Take a look at the Final Four wagering stats for Saturday’s game. The Mountaineers are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 NCAA Tournament games as an underdog. The Mountaineers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 vs. the ACC. The Blue Devils are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 NCAA Tournament games. The Blue Devils are 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 vs. the Big East.
The Under is 7-1 in the Mountaineers last 8 overall. The Under is 4-1 in the Blue Devils last 5 NCAA Tournament games. The Under is 9-4 in the Blue Devils last 13 vs. the Big East.
Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 25-03-2010
#6 Tennessee vs #2 Ohio State Wagering
Friday, 7:05 pm Eastern – CBS
The Midwest Region of the 2010 NCAA Tournament was supposed to be all about top-ranked Kansas. That is not the case anymore as the Jayhawks are out so now it sets up for #2 seed Ohio State. The Buckeyes will have to get past Tennessee on Friday in Sweet Sixteen wagering action. The Volunteers know how to win big games as they beat Kansas and Kentucky earlier this college basketball wagering season. Ohio State is a 4.5 point wagering lines favorite with a total of 134 at SBG Global.
The Buckeyes have the best player in this game and one of the best in the nation in Evan Turner. He does everything well and is the reason the Buckeyes should advance. Ohio State relies heavily on their starters so they must stay out of foul trouble. William Buford, Jon Diebler and David Lighty average between 12.8 and 14.4 points per game and each has scored at least 16 points in a tournament game. Lighty is the most experienced starter but he missed 26 games last college basketball wagering lines season after breaking his left foot. "Everybody forgets Dave Lighty didn’t play last year," Ohio State head coach Thad Matta said. "Getting him into the fold was such a key."
Tennessee has some players who can impact a game including Scotty Hopson, J.P. Prince and Wayne Chism. Prince has led the team in the tournament with 16.5 points per game. He is shooting 66.7 percent from the field. "His shooting percentage is good because he gets a lot of stuff around the basket,” head coach Bruce Pearl said, "He doesn’t take many 3s, but he’s made just enough in big situations you don’t go, ‘Oh!’ every time he shoots it. … He makes good decisions.”
The Volunteers are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 non-conference games. The Volunteers are 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 vs. the Big Ten. The Buckeyes are 4-11 ATS in their last 15 NCAA Tournament games. The Buckeyes are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 non-conference games. The Under is 6-1-1 in the Volunteers last 8 neutral site games. The Under is 8-3 in the Volunteers last 11 non-conference games. The Under is 21-8-1 in the Volunteers last 30 overall. The Over is 6-1 in the Buckeyes last 7 NCAA Tournament games as a favorite.
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Filed Under (Sports) by steve on 19-03-2010
Sports bettors and online sportsbooks went toe-to-toe all day Thursday, as the first games of the 2010 NCAA wagering tournament tipped off.
Bracket busting and bankroll busting started early, as the upsets started early. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (sixth-seeded in the South) were toppled by the 11-seed Old Dominion Monarchs. The Monarchs 51-50 squeaker was a solid win for the online sportsbooks. The Fighting Irish, who were 3-point favorites, were one of the heaviest wagered on teams heading into round one. SPORTSBETTING.com reported 81% of all the volume on this matchup was on the favorite.
There was nothing unlucky about the number 13 for Murray State. The 13th-seeded Racers pulled off another big upset, toppling the No.4 Vanderbilt Commodores, 66-65 thanks to a buzzer beater by forward Danero Thomas — the Racers were 2.5-point wagering lines ‘dogs, scoring another solid win for the sportsbooks.
How much did Georgetown hurt? For me, bad, as I had them going to the Elite Eight, so that dog of a game they played basically killed my Midwest Region bracket. Ohio laid the boots to the #3-seed Hoyas pretty much right from the start. The 14-point underdog Bobcats won straight up 97-83, delivering another blow to the sports wagering public, who had backed Georgetown with 75% of the volume on that matchup.
