College Basketball
Betting Strategy
by Tom Wilkinson
Where do we start when looking
to develop a college basketball betting strategy? The
first place I begin is with line value. With college basketball
you are much more likely to get a mistake by the linemaker
than with other sports, simply for the fact that there
are so many games. The other factor that goes into weak
lines in college basketball is the so-called garbage teams.
What I mean by garbage teams is those teams in conferences
that most people know very little about. Teams in the
Southern Conference, the Horizon League, the Missouri
Valley, and other similar no-name conferences are just
not that well known to most people, including the linemaker.
It is just difficult to see any of those teams on television
and without watching them; it is a little bit harder to
get a good idea of how the teams play, thereby the weaker
numbers.
The best place to start when looking
for line value with your college basketball betting strategy
is with power ratings. It is extremely difficult to handicap
college basketball without having an idea of what the
line should be. There are many sets of power ratings for
college basketball, perhaps more so than any other sport.
You can sometimes find some interesting differences of
opinion in regards to what the line should be on many
college basketball games. This gives the informed bettor
an edge, because he has a good idea of what the line should
be. I don’t think any of us can be totally informed
on every college basketball team, there are just too many
of them. It is, however, possible to be fairly well informed
on a certain number of teams. This can refer to a certain
conference or a certain geographical area. I would recommend
the conference, because the same teams will be playing
each other throughout the season. If you can watch, listen,
and read about a certain conference then chances are you
will have a good feel for the games and a better idea
of what the line should be on the games. That is the first
place to start when developing a college basketball betting
strategy. Find a conference that you want to follow, get
as much information as you can about the teams, and get
ready to pounce on the lines you see that are weak.
You have to remember that college
basketball betting can be very intoxicating. There are
a huge number of games to bet on, more so than any other
sport by far. This gives you a great opportunity because
you can find weak lines, but it also presents a danger
if you don’t show discipline in your betting. The
best advice I can give you for a college basketball betting
strategy is to limit your focus to a certain conference
or perhaps two conferences. If you can do that and keep
up to date on what is happening with each team, your chances
of finding good plays are pretty high. Hopefully you can
find a conference that will give you a good chance to
have a successful college basketball betting strategy
this season.
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