Betting lines on the Sweet 16 games
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I'm seeing several sites with us at -2.
That's a heck of a spread if someone could take Louisville getting 2.5 then also take NC St getting 2...you win both bets if either team wins by 1 or NC St wins by 2. Over two and you pay the juice on one bet but that's not a bad risk to double up on both. The NC St -2.5 has to be a misprint, I can't imagine the line already moving that much.
Odd Shark Composite
That's a heck of a spread if someone could take Louisville getting 2.5 then also take NC St getting 2...you win both bets if either team wins by 1 or NC St wins by 2. Over two and you pay the juice on one bet but that's not a bad risk to double up on both. The NC St -2.5 has to be a misprint, I can't imagine the line already moving that much.
Odd Shark Composite
Cue the + teams are the underdog. Here are the current Vegas lines for the sweet 16 and yes Kentucky is a 13 1/2 point favorite over West Virginia and Louisville is a 2 1/2 point favorite over NC State. Kentucky - 13 1/2 and Louisville - 2 1/2.
The rest as of 1 pm Mon:
Wichita St -1 over Notre Dame
Arizona -11 over Xavier
Wisconsin -5 1/2 over No Carolina
Michigan St. -2 over Oklahoma
Gonzaga -8 1/2 over UCLA
Duke -5 over Utah
It's confusing to me. This is what they have on that CBS site I linked
Midwest Region -- Cleveland (Thursday)
No. 3 Wichita State (-1)
No. 1 West Virginia (+13.5)
West Region -- Los Angeles (Thursday)
No. 1 North Carolina (+5)
No. 2 Xavier (+11)
South Region -- Houston (Friday)
No. 2 UCLA (+9.5)
No. 1 Utah (+4.5)
East Region -- Syracuse (Friday)
No. 4 NC State (-2.5)
No. 3 Michigan State (-2)
That sure looks to me like they're saying NC State is the 2 1/2 point favorite to me.
It DOES say that NC State is a favored over Louisville on there. It's either a misprint or the line has moved. Most likely a misprint because that's a 5 point movement which is a lot. Either way currently Louisville is a 2 1/2 point favorite.
ESPN has teamed up Nate Silver for predictive analytics.
Pretty cool, but it means about as much as betting lines.... NOTHING.
The teams still need to play, and win.
Here's the link, for reference: http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/#mens
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This post was edited on 3/24 11:43 AM by OneEarWonder
Pretty cool, but it means about as much as betting lines.... NOTHING.
The teams still need to play, and win.
Here's the link, for reference: http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/march-madness-predictions-2015/#mens
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This post was edited on 3/24 11:43 AM by OneEarWonder
Nope. Both had the same amount of time to prepare for each other. The only difference is UofL had a road game prior to playing NC State in the YUM, and they had a home game prior to visiting UofL.
Look guys, there's no way to even consider sugar coating this one. NC State is a really bad match up for the Cards, and this game is ALL about match ups. Coach Pitino will have to come up with some magic to pull this one off IMO. They have as good or better guards, and I know across the front line they're more talented. Our only saving grace is we have a hall of fame coach leading the program. They have a really good assistant coach in Bobby Lutz, and the head coach is good but he's no Rick Pitino.
Both teams played games 3 days prior to their game against each other on Feb 14th. NC State lost at home to Virginia on Feb 11th and Louisville won at home over Pittsburgh Feb 11th.
Cue Card touch on something. Bobby Lutz who was the head coach at Charlotte used to give up fits when we were in the same conference. I almost say that he was close to being 50-50 against the Cards.
As we all know CRP is 11-1 in Sweet 16 appearances and had the cats on the ropes in last year's tourny to get to 12-0...oh what could have been...I digress.
If we were a 10 pt. dog I be sweating, but we're not and far from it. All that said this one is gonna be tough.
Go Cards!
If we were a 10 pt. dog I be sweating, but we're not and far from it. All that said this one is gonna be tough.
Go Cards!
" Kentucky - 13 1/2 and Louisville - 2 1/2.
The rest as of 1 pm Mon:
Wichita St -1 over Notre Dame
Arizona -11 over Xavier
Wisconsin -5 1/2 over No Carolina
Michigan St. -2 over Oklahoma
Gonzaga -8 1/2 over UCLA
Duke -5 over Utah"
Give me UL -2.5, WVU +13.5, Notre Dame +1, Xavier +11, Wisky -5.5(would take UNC if Meeks was playing), OU +2, Zags -8.5, and Duke -5.
The rest as of 1 pm Mon:
Wichita St -1 over Notre Dame
Arizona -11 over Xavier
Wisconsin -5 1/2 over No Carolina
Michigan St. -2 over Oklahoma
Gonzaga -8 1/2 over UCLA
Duke -5 over Utah"
Give me UL -2.5, WVU +13.5, Notre Dame +1, Xavier +11, Wisky -5.5(would take UNC if Meeks was playing), OU +2, Zags -8.5, and Duke -5.
