Should you be a fan of basketball and had nothing better to do than sit at residence, watch games, and handicap point spreads then Monday was made for you. There was a smorgasbord of hoops to option from either the entire slate of NBA action or even the quadruple-header of NCAA action on ESPN. I choose to focus on the college games, as through the years NCAA hoops has been a lot nicer in my experience than the skilled ranks.
We discovered several useful lessons on Monday, Jan.16, 2011 when attacking these point spreads. Lesson Number one: If you like a side and the quantity is correct pull the trigger immediately. This lesson was discovered in my initial selection of the day using the Villanova-UCONN game. Realizing this game would be tight and that every half point would be valuable, I suggested to drag the trigger on UCONN the night time prior to when the line was at UCONN (minus 1.five pts). I got extremely fortunate by doing so, as a
Kemba Walker floater in the lane with only two seconds remaining in the game sealed up the two point victory for UCONN. Nonetheless, not every UCONN supporter was as fortunate. In case you waited before day of the game to pull the trigger on UCONN you have stuck with the Huskies at (minus 2 points or even worse minus 2.5 pts). If you have stuck with the latter quantity with UCONN and took the loss, you can take enjoyment within the reality that a great deal of the sports-books got " middled" about the game. That merely means that alot of the early action came in on UCONN at (minus 1.five pts), but by game-time when the line had jumped as much as UCONN at (minus 2.five pts) the action then arrived on Villanova. Thus causing both sides to win and also the sports-books losing all the way around.
Lesson # 2: Baylor is officially on my listing of teams to never rely on once again! Following striking the UCONN game, I had suggested taking Missouri at (minus five.5 pts) over Kansas State. Whilst, there were a couple of nervous moments during the game, Mizzou for probably the most aspect cruised to a 16-point victory. Good 2-0 to start the day! The third game about the docket, was Syracuse at Pittsburgh. I listed Pitt as my selection at (minus four.five pts), and this game had to be bet the night before to obtain the best amount. Should you waited until the day of the overall game to bet Pitt (at its new number of minus 6 points or even as high as minus 6.five pts) you were still fortunate to win but you absolutely played with fire. When it was announced the evening just before that Syracuse's leading scorer Kris Joseph wasn't even generating the trip due to a head injury typical sense must have said to get the early amount on Pitt. Since once everyone got word of the news you knew the line was only going to go skyward. Should you waited until the day of the game to pull the trigger on this game, and Syracuse guard Dion Waiters hits that meaningless 3-pointer in the buzzer you only win by 5 points and you were a massive fat loser. Whereas should you got the early number of (minus 4.five pts) you would've cared less if he earned it or not. So following Pitt's 8-point victory, I had been now up to 3-0 on the day staring at the final game of the evening to really make it a excellent 4-0 on the day.
This is exactly where I now refer back to lesson # 2 that was discovered on the day. For some reason I suggested Baylor at (plus four.5 pts) against Kansas. That would be a total whitewash as Kansas pounced on the Bears early and frequently en route to a 20-point road victory. I finished 3-1 at the time, which gets the job performed, but I truly was coveting a excellent day. On to another crop of games, for Tuesday, Jan.18, 2011.
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