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Handicapping NCAA Basketball

College basketball handicapping is a bit more difficult than the NBA. This is because in college, there are more upsets than in the pros. The youth of collegiate players and an underdevelopment of talent lead to some weaker teams beating better teams. This does not mean that you should not bet on the sport. On the contrary, some of the best betting opportunities out there involve the NCAA hardcourt. You just need to do a bit more research when learning how to pick winners. This is mainly due to the fact that there are so many more teams in the NCAA than there are in the NBA. Even the March Madness tournament has double the teams in it than the entire NBA does, and this represents only the best teams that have qualified to make the postseason.

Basketball is a game of numbers. Things like points made per game, free throw percentages, rebounds per game (both offensive and defensive), and assists per game are all important things to look at. These things take quite a while to analyze, especially when there are hundreds of more games per season in the NCAA than there are in the NBA. With so many games, the sports books are bound to overlook a few each week and make some costly mistakes. If you are able to spot these mistakes, you can make a killing with your college basketball handicapping.

The first step in finding these mistakes is to analyze statistics. This can be a painful process if you don’t like to work with numbers. In this case, consider a college basketball handicapping service. These pros will do the research for you and let you decide which opportunities best suit you. There is usually a small fee associated with a professional handicapper, but the increase you will see in your winning wagers will definitely offset this.

If you are a numbers person, you will want to look at the salient facts that will separate winners from losers. A team’s average points per game, how well they are rebounding, the team’s shooting percentages, and their free throw percentages (especially when playing physical teams) are all very important things to consider. The easiest way to track all this data is to create a spreadsheet program and track the teams you want to bet on and against. Each season, you will need to start a new spreadsheet due to the fact that there is such a high turnover rate in college basketball. Unlike the NFL, there is no minimum year that you can go into the pros with, so even standout freshmen can declare for the NBA draft. This shouldn’t be too big of a difficulty, though. Once you have the spreadsheet made up, you can reuse the template for it and start fresh with new numbers. Make sure that you are doing this for teams in the same conference since these teams will face each other more often, thus allowing you better time management skills.