Filed Under (Odds Alerts) by Stan on 19-03-2010
#9 Florida State vs #8 Gonzaga Wagering
Friday, 7:10 pm Eastern – CBS
One of the best games today in the NCAA wagering Tournament should be the evening contest in the West Region as 9th seeded Florida State takes on 8th seeded Gonzaga. It is a matchup of the high scoring Bulldogs against the tough defense of the Seminoles. Gonzaga scores over 77 points per game while Florida State allows just over 60 points per contest. The Seminoles are #1 in the country in field goal percentage defense at 37.4 percent. "They’re a phenomenal defensive team," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said, "that [37.4] figure just jumps out at you." Florida State is a 1.5 point college basketball odds favorite with a total of 132 at SBG Global.
Florida State is led by ACC Defensive Player of the Year Chris Singleton while Gonzaga has West Coast Conference Player of the Year Matt Bouldin. Both teams come into this game off a loss. The Seminoles lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament to NC State while Gonzaga was beaten by St. Mary’s in the WCC title game.
Wake Forest has gotten the action on the college basketball odds board but it is a mystery as to why. Gonzaga has the experience, some talented players and an excellent head coach. Bouldin is their leading scorer and he is supported by WCC Newcomer of the Year Elias Harris.
Florida State wins with defense. They are a big team that is tough to score against. The problem for Florida State has been offense as they have scored fewer than 60 points in seven games. They also turn the ball over a lot and that is a problem. If the game is close the Seminoles could be in trouble since they are a very poor free throw shooting team.
Florida State has not been a good team vs the NCAA basketball odds recently. The Seminoles are just 8-20 ATS in their last 28 games overall.
Florida State has gone under the total in 19 of their last 26 neutral site games. Gonzaga is a team that goes over the total. 12 of their last 15 non-conference games have gone over. In the NCAA Tourney, 16 of their last 21 games have gone over.
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Filed Under (Odds Alerts) by Stan on 09-03-2010
Wright State vs Butler NCAA Basketball Wagering
The Butler Bulldogs will try and help some of the bubble teams as they face Wright State on Tuesday in the Horizon League Championship. The 12th ranked Bulldogs are going to make the NCAA Tournament regardless of whether they win on Tuesday or not. If Wright State can pull off the upset though, it would take away an at-large bid from one of the bubble teams. The Raiders have their work cut out for them as Butler has won 19 straight games including both matchups against Wright State this college basketball wagering season. Butler is listed as a 7.5 -point wagering odds favorite at SBG Global with a total of 122. Watch all the sports wagering odds action live at 9pm ET on ESPN.
Wright State took out Detroit 69-50 on Saturday to reach the title game of the Horizon League while Butler beat Milwaukee 68-59 to reach the Championship. The Horizon League would love to send two teams to the NCAA Tournament but that will only happen if Wright State wins on Tuesday. The Raiders have 20 wins but they will be playing in the NIT unless they upset the Bulldogs.
Butler was not that sharp on Saturday but they still got past Milwaukee. "We weren’t as crisp as we want to be, but they had a lot to do with that," Butler coach Brad Stevens said. "I don’t know if there’s any real rhyme or reason to that, but our guys stayed the course." Butler is 1-4 in title games since 2003 and last year they were beaten by Cleveland State. This year’s Butler team does not want a repeat of what happened in the college basketball wagering title game a year ago and that makes Wright State’s job even tougher since the Bulldogs will not be overlooking them on Tuesday.
Wright State has done well in neutral site games this season as they are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games. They also do well on Tuesday’s as they are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 Tuesday games. The Raiders are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings against Butler.
Butler has gotten so much respect that they have not been covering the spread very often lately. They are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games overall. They are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 neutral site games and they are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Tuesday games.
The Under is 4-0 in the Bulldogs last 4 overall but the Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings between the two teams.
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Filed Under (Odds Alerts) by Stan on 08-02-2010
What was supposed to be the biggest game of the Big 12 season has lost a little luster as Texas has lost four of their last six NCAA basketball wagering games since rising to #1 in the country. Kansas was the college basketball wagering preseason #1 and they have taken over the top spot in the polls again. Their 22nd win of the year didn’t come easy on Saturday as they struggled to get past Nebraska 75-64. They may have been looking ahead a little bit to this game on Monday. Kansas is 2 point wagering odds favorite at SBG Global with total of 153. Watch all the NCAA basketball wagering live on ESPN at 9:00pm ET.
Kansas was able to survive against Nebraska thanks to Marcus Morris who scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. In the last eight games he has scored at least 13 points and pulled down at least seven rebounds. “I just tried to put myself in the best position to score. I feel like we came out really strong, then we started to let up. I was just trying to go hard. The other team isn’t looking for me,” Morris said, “They’re looking for Cole (Aldrich) because he’s such an effective player. They’re falling asleep, (while) I’m trying to get around them and get the rebounds.”
There is no question that Kansas was looking to Monday’s big game against Texas. “I expect it to be a hostile place with a good crowd. They’re still a top 10 team. We’re going to go down there and it’s going to be a dog fight. There is no way we can let Texas get offensive rebounds, or we will not come out the victor.” Morris said, “Everybody has to go to the glass and every rebound is going to be tough. The strongest man is going to get it. This is a big game, but we never look past any opponent.”
Texas is coming off an 80-71 loss at Oklahoma on Saturday. The Longhorns are reeling but they are at home and they should come out with a great performance on Monday. One of the main problems for Texas has been abysmal free throw shooting. They were 10 of 27 in the loss to Oklahoma.
Kansas has not done well recently on the road vs. the college basketball odds. The Jayhawks are 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 road games. Texas has played well on Monday’s but that is about the only positive trend they have for this game. The Longhorns are 23-9 ATS in their last 32 Monday games. The Longhorns are 6-21-1 ATS in their last 28 vs. the Big 12. The Longhorns are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 home games.
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