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March Madness 2013

NCAA Tournament title game: Louisville opens as 3.5-point favorites vs. Michigan; total listed at 137

April 7, 2013

College basketball’s best offense (Michigan) will take on the nation’s best defense (Louisville) in the NCAA Tournament championship game on Monday, a title-game matchup that looks as appealing as any in recent memory.

Louisville opened as a 3.5-point favorite and is now listed at -4. The total is set at 137.5.

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NCAA Tourney: Has betting exclusively on ‘unders’ in Final Four games been a profitable approach?

April 6, 2013

Are totals inflated during the Final weekend of the NCAA Tournament?

In this edition of the mailbag, a reader suggests that there might be a trend with betting unders in the Final Four. However, while unders have come in more frequently than overs, this is hardly an angle worth betting blindly.

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March Madness 2013

William Hill releases NCAA Tournament final lines; Louisville would be 5-point favorites vs. Michigan

April 4, 2013

Both Louisville and Michigan are favored in the Final Four this week, and if the two teams meet in the championship game, the Cardinals would be listed as 5-point favorites to cut down the nets.

Read on to see point spreads for all four possible title-game matchups.

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A way-too-early 2013-14 college basketball Top 25 using oddsmakers’ futures odds as a guide

April 3, 2013

The Greek released their initial 2013-14 college hoops futures odds a couple days ago, and we agreed with some and disagreed on others.

So, with that, here’s our way-too-early 2013-14 college basketball Top 25 for the upcoming season.

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March Madness 2013

Would you have been better off rolling money lines instead of taking Final Four futures odds?

April 2, 2013

Before the 2013 NCAA Tournament began, we advised that it might be better to opt against taking futures odds and instead use the rolling money line calculator to scrape out a little more value. “This way,” we wrote, “you can easily see how an early-round upset would affect the overall payout.”

How did that strategy play out? Read on to find out.

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MLB Opening Day: Here’s a final look at World Series futures odds (with comparison to opening numbers)

April 1, 2013

First pitch is at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Quickly, here’s a final look at 2013 MLB futures odds, courtesy of the LVH SuperBook in Las Vegas. Plenty of lines moved significantly from when these were first posted—way back in October.

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March Madness 2013

Baylor, Griner come up short: Did Louisville just pull off biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history?

March 31, 2013

As the final horn sounded, Brittney Griner slapped two hands against the floor, Kim Mulkey unsuccessfully tried to rip off her jacket, and somewhere, a wise bettor with a hunch pounded his chest and celebrated the unlikeliest victory in college basketball history.

Louisville 82, Baylor 81.

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Letdown Alert? After epic 27-game winning streak ends, now could be the time to fade the Miami Heat

March 28, 2013

If there’s ever a time to fade a team as talented as the Miami Heat, it could be now.

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Reader Request: As Opening Day draws closer, here’s one final MLB regular season win totals update

March 27, 2013

We received a tweet on Tuesday from Joe Peta, an author/baseball fan who wanted us to provide an updated list of MLB regular season win totals at the LVH SuperBook in Las Vegas.

With Opening Day less than a week away, here’s one final look at each team’s regular-season expectations.

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March Madness 2013

Pitino’s Finest Hour: In Sweet 16 matchups, Louisville coach is undefeated (and usually blows teams out)

March 27, 2013

They say the best coaches shine the brightest when given extra amounts of time to prepare for an opponent, and Rick Pitino is perhaps the best college basketball coach ever in the Sweet 16.

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