Betting the Top NCAA Tournament Seeds
Written March 17, 2009 by Marc Lawrence
Every year when the NCAA’s postseason basketball tournament starts it marks the beginning of the most exciting time for sports enthusiasts. How exciting is it that sixty-five teams step onto the court in a format of just one loss and your season has come to an end. It’s a great way to determine which team should be crowned the national champion. If you want to bet on the games, check out Sports Interaction where you can get a 20% signup bonus if you tell them BetFirms sent you!
Marc Lawrence is going to help you soak up the action with this look at the top seeds for the 2009 NCAA tournament. Here are some general tips for readers whether they are filling out their NCAA tournament brackets or doing some college basketball betting to finish out the year.
No. 1 seeds carry weight in the first two rounds against teams off an upset win. The top seeds do a good job of exposing opponents who are probably just happy to have pulled off one win that they were not expected to. The stats speak for themselves as top seeds are 33-2 SU and 24-11 ATS in the first two rounds. Even more telling is that if No. 1 seeds are favorites of 8.5 points or less against an opponent off a SU win as an underdog they are a perfect 10-0 SU & ATS in their last 10 attempts.
No. 1 seeds off back-to-back SU and ATS wins don’t do well during the first two rounds. If the top seed is coming off two straight wins and covers then they do not tend to do well in the first two rounds of the tournament. Even though No. 1’s are 24-3 SU, they are just 11-16 ATS in this situation. If the opponent is also coming into the game off a win then the ATS mark drops to 5-14. Remember that it’s easy to bet at Sports Interaction this March with deposit options including using your checking account!
They you have it. Two time-tested methods to help beat the college basketball spreads during the first couple rounds of the tournament if you are going to be making NCAA basketball picks on the top seeds. Of course if you need some additional help then take a look at the premium packages offered by expert Marc Lawrence.
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