Byting NCAA Tournament Insight & Open Entry

March Madness begins today without our beloved Wolfpack for the first time in five years. But, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have reasons to pay attention and throw some support behind Dayton (Archie Miller), Buffalo (Julius Hodge) and, of course, whichever team is playing UNC-CHeats. So, you have a choice — (a) do you completely withdraw from the entire tournament experience? or (b) Do you allow yourself the opportunity to enjoy it a little bit more without the pressure of the Pack?

For those of you who have decided to participate and emotionally vest into March Madness…then this entry is for you! GOOD LUCK!

Statistical Nuggets


Do you love statistics? Will, ESPN has 68 betting nuggets that you will enjoy.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the exact same number of bets had been placed on Kansas and Michigan State to win the national championship at Station Casinos’ sportsbooks.

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At the Westgate SuperBook:

Top 5 teams by money wagered to win the NCAA tournament prior to the bracket being released:

1. Kansas
2. Michigan State
3. Kentucky
4. Virginia
5. Oklahoma

To no one’s surprise, Kansas is the favorite to cut down the nets, followed by North Carolina, Michigan State and Virginia. It’s interesting to note that Oregon, a 1-seed, has worse odds than 2-seeds Oklahoma and Villanova, as well as 4-seed Kentucky. Simply put, despite being a trendy top seed, Oregon is not considered a serious title contender; neither is 2-seed Xavier.

Also, the oddsmakers are much higher on the Kentucky than both Silver and our Bracket Simulator. This likely means that the Kentucky line is inflated. The books know that the Wildcats are a popular public team so they can list them as a top contender, which elicits lots of action, despite the fact that they are unlikely to win it all.

If you’re looking for a Cinderella, it might be West Virginia. The Mountaineers have largely flown under the radar but they boast the 8th best title odds overall. Other sleepers include Texas A&M and Purdue.

Predicting the First Round Upsets


I liked these picks as I had the same ones in some of my brackets.

Over-rated! Clap Clap clapclapclap


Four over-rated teams highlighted here. Of the four teams listed in this article, it’s hard to imagine that any of them have the upside of Maryland. If the Terps click, they are as good as anyone in the country; their under-performane relative to their talent this year is a bit baffling. Of course, one of the teams in the article won’t be a surprise to anyone.

#7 vs #10 personified through Archie Miller’s Dayton Flyers


Did you know that choosing the 7-seed over the #10 seed has been the most profitable seed in the Round of 64 going 25-18 against the spread in recent years?

In Friday’s first game, 7-seed Dayton opened as a 1-point underdog at Pinnacle against 10-seed Syracuse. It’s always surprising to see a higher seed open as a ‘dog, but this line was perplexing for several reasons. For starters, it’s been extremely profitable to back the 7-seed in the first round of the tournament.

You would expect that bettors would leap at the opportunity to take the higher-seeded team as an underdog, but clearly bettors are being influenced by the name recognition of Syracuse. At the time of publication, Dayton was receiving just 40% of spread bets yet they had moved from +1 to -1 at Pinnacle. This reverse line movement is an excellent indicator that sharp money has been pounding the Flyers.

For anybody that’s unfamiliar with our service, the icon shown on the line graph (in the article) indicates that a steam move was triggered on this game. On Monday morning at 10:46 AM eastern, there was a steam move triggered on Dayton (PK) at Pinnacle. The Pinnacle NCAAB steam move has gone 241-203 ATS (54.28%) this season and has historically been one of our top performing bet signals. This gives us further evidence that sharp money is on the Flyers in this matchup.

Dayton is offering value to bettors, and could be an excellent pick for people looking to create a contrarian bracket.

Raleigh Regional


If you the tournament so much that you were going to spend some time at PNC Arena this weekend and try to cleanse your eyes from the abominations that you saw all season, then here is your schedule:

(Un)Verified


What happened to all that money that UNC fan boy, Bradley Bethel, brought in for his atrocious ‘movie’ designed to defend The Flagship? I may just have found out!! Last Sunday, William Hill’s Nevada sportsbook took a $55,000 bet on North Carolina to win the tournament at 5-1 odds!! Is the mystery solved?

How to pick your upsets


Looking for an edge as to how to choose some of those first round upsets? Look no further than the experts who are putting together the betting lines! In at least six games in this year’s first round, the lower seeded team is favored to win by the oddsmakers in Las Vegas.

Sweet 16 Futures

Action Plan


Looking for a plan for your brackets? (Or some other action on the games?) This article gives you some angles to consider. This link will take you to Thursday’s betting guide.

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  • #101425
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    March Madness begins today without our beloved Wolfpack for the first time in five years. But, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have reasons to pay at
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    #101426
    VaWolf82
    Keymaster

    The one thing that I hate is the talking heads discussing how there brackets are doing. I couldn’t possibly care less about their predictions. Why can’t we talk about the games?

    #101427
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    I heard Kenny Smith on the Rich Eisen show. Smith talked about the importance of guard play in the tourney, and Eisen asked him which kid in the tournament had the best next level ability. The first name Smith mentioned was Cat – even though State didn’t make it to the tourney. He’s very high on Cat’s potential. That’s pretty cool – even if it is from a Heel.

    The fun starts around 3 minutes in.

    Kenny Smith hips the world to Cat

    #101428
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    Yale.

    #101429
    john of sparta
    Participant

    just saw this on ESPN:
    C.L. Brown
    ESPN Staff Writer

    Wilson basketball in PNC Arena: Marcus Paige has made 18 of 33 career 3-pointers. That includes 3 of 6 against Florida Gulf Coast. Paige has long maintained there was something about the feel and weight of a Wilson ball that favors his shooting. NC State uses Wilson for their home games.

    #101431
    choppack1
    Participant

    I love watching Wichita state play D. They box out, defend the rim, and play great help d…offensively, it’s not as pretty bit they play fast and drive the ball.

    We shall see what the second half brings. Arizona is no slouch defensively either and York can get hot in a hurry.

    And 6 hours of sleep again tonight.

    #101432
    Whiteshoes67
    Participant

    Shocks take dominate Zone and had an off shooting night from 3. Won’t be surprised if they get to the Elite 8. They may lose to the Canes, but I could see them facing off against KU, and wouldn’t Kansas fans just love it

    #101438
    NCSU84
    Participant

    As I watched the highlights of UNC (no interest in watching the actual game), I thought to myself ‘What about the bogus classes?’ ‘Where are we with the NCAA investigation?’ I guess all is forgotten and swept under the rug. Of course, we all knew this would happen during tournament time, but it remains to be seen what happens in the months ahead – especially if they win it all. Unfortunately, I think we know the answer to that as well.

    #101439
    Mike
    Participant

    All the talk of the ‘Cuse getting a gift of a bid – they are sure looking worthy right now. Lot of time left (10 minutes) but up 15 on Dayton.

    Bittersweet – really want Archie to do well, but also for the few who think Archie is the 2nd coming – please stop if he cant even get past a bad Cuse team.

    #101440
    Texpack
    Participant

    All the talk of the ‘Cuse getting a gift of a bid – they are sure looking worthy right now. Lot of time left (10 minutes) but up 15 on Dayton.

    Bittersweet – really want Archie to do well, but also for the few who think Archie is the 2nd coming – please stop if he cant even get past a bad Cuse team.

    Hard to believe that the savior in waiting of our program is getting his a** handed to him by a coach that is so stupid that he normally only goes 2-3 deep off of his bench.

    #101441
    66pack
    Participant

    Jay Bilas on mike & mike today and shared some opinions on various topics but only caught him discussing the status of college bb coaching and his example was VCU and Smart.He believes that successful mid-major coaches have no reason to move to an unsuccessful schools of a major conference ie.-NCSU. State has a history of hiring mid majors with mixed results. We need an AD who can find a Smart before he becomes a successful VCU coach as the VCU AD did. The mid major AD’s seem to be able to find good coaches and this tourney has many examples.

    #101442
    Alpha Wolf
    Keymaster

    Did Bilas mention NC State specifically?

    #101443
    Rick
    Keymaster

    All the talk of the ‘Cuse getting a gift of a bid – they are sure looking worthy right now. Lot of time left (10 minutes) but up 15 on Dayton.

    Bittersweet – really want Archie to do well, but also for the few who think Archie is the 2nd coming – please stop if he cant even get past a bad Cuse team.

    Hard to believe that the savior in waiting of our program is getting his a** handed to him by a coach that is so stupid that he normally only goes 2-3 deep off of his bench.

    Its too bad Arch can’t coach his way into a losing record and 13th place. He would be celebrated.

    #101444
    Texpack
    Participant

    All the talk of the ‘Cuse getting a gift of a bid – they are sure looking worthy right now. Lot of time left (10 minutes) but up 15 on Dayton.

    Bittersweet – really want Archie to do well, but also for the few who think Archie is the 2nd coming – please stop if he cant even get past a bad Cuse team.

    Hard to believe that the savior in waiting of our program is getting his a** handed to him by a coach that is so stupid that he normally only goes 2-3 deep off of his bench.

    Its too bad Arch can’t coach his way into a losing record and 13th place. He would be celebrated by such as you.

    Chill Rick. Merely pointing out the ironies in the situation. Nothing to celebrate about this season other than it being over.

    #101445
    Pack78
    Participant

    #15 MTSU just knocked out #2 Sparty 90-81…is this the first time that a #2 has lost the first game?

    #101446
    VaWolf82
    Keymaster

    At lease UVA found someone to take out their nemesis. B

    #101447
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    Thoughts for the Day:

    I don’t recall call anyone “celebrating” Gott. Some people are in his corner, some on the fence, some not. But celebrating, not so much.

    The Miller boys took it on the chin, badly.

    Hawaii and Middle Tenn. – make FTs win games. Both were clutch down the stretch. Impressive. A lot of brackets busted with Sparty going home.

    ‘Cuse in the Sweet 16? Madness!

    #101448
    redisgood
    Participant

    Very happy for JaQawn. The Wolfpack are assured of having 3 guards in the round of 32. Pulling hard for MTSU, not so much for Butler and UConn.

    #101449
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Boy’s, ya gotta remind yourselves that Ricky has his own way of regurgitating other’s written thoughts.

    How is it a coach, like Izzo, can’t teach a fundamental like pivot foot?

    LMAO. (But killed most of my brackets, so it ain’the THAT funny.)

    #101450
    VaWolf82
    Keymaster

    I saw on yahoo.sports that 99.999% of the brackets were busted after day 1 with the Yale and A-LR upsets. Mich St’s loss ruined what was left.

    #101451
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    ^ And I had Yale AND Little Rock!

    #101452
    Heelh8r
    Participant

    Ricky just mad his bracket busted with Dayton and Zona going all the way and meeting in the championship

    #101453
    Texpack
    Participant

    I thought Wiscy had a better cut man than Pitt. I guess I was right.

    #101454
    Texpack
    Participant

    Very happy for JaQawn. The Wolfpack are assured of having 3 guards in the round of 32. Pulling hard for MTSU, not so much for Butler and UConn.

    CJ Williams playing for SFA as well.

    #101455
    Texpack
    Participant

    Huggy Bear just isn’t the same without the velour jogging suits

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