Behind the Lines: NCAA Tournament Day One
Posted by rtmsf on March 18th, 2009
This edition of Behind the Lines is emanating from Las Vegas. The Obsessed With Sports crew will be enjoying the first weekend of the tournament from the sports betting capital of the world.
Thursday, March 19th
The 8 versus 9 games are very close, as they should be.
Behind The Line: Take a look at the over on this one–it’s at about 127. Butler has consistently been going over numbers in this area while LSU scores a lot more than other Horizon League teams.
Behind The Line: Both teams have been very good as far as covering as of late. They are a combined 14-6 in their last 20 games. In this case, the spread might play a more minimal role.
Gonzaga is no stranger to being a double digit favorite.
Behind The Line: Gonzaga is 7-6 this season when they have been favored by double digits.
Connecticut is also familiar with large spreads.
Behind The Line: UConn is a misleading 3-7 when they are double digit favorites. I say this because a number of their non-conference games didn’t even have lines because they weer favored by so much. Also playing a large role is the competition in the Big East, against whom the Huskies were still favored by more than 10.
According to Bodog the longest shots to win the whole shebang are Binghamton, Morehead State, Morgan State, Radford, Robert Morris and Chattanooga at 1750:1, respectively.
More from Vegas as the week progresses!
