1/20/2010 5:00 PM EST
By The
Team at SportsInsights.com
Welcome to the
Sports Marketwatch – NCAA Basketball Edition, where SportsInsights gives
sports fans unprecedented insight into the sports marketplace. If you want to
know what is really happening on the sportsbook side, you now have an all-access
pass with Sports Marketwatch!
The staff at SportsInsights.com
speaks directly with the line managers at some of the sports betting industry’s
largest sportsbooks about which games the public is chasing and which ones the
Sharps are pounding. Let's look at what’s in store for the upcoming NCAAB
games.
Sports Marketwatch -
NCAA Basketball Edition
Oklahoma’s Tiny Gallon was huge
for Marketwatch last week, scoring 13 points, while pulling down 18 rebounds, in
the Sooners’ five-point overtime victory against rival Oklahoma State. We
grabbed Oklahoma at +1, notching our 5th win of the
season.
2009-10 NCAA
Basketball Games to Watch: 5-6-1, 45.5%*
*Source: SportsInsights.com
Wake Forest +6 over North
Carolina
After getting hammered by Duke
three days ago in Durham, Wake Forest takes another trip down Interstate 40 for
a showdown with North Carolina in Chapel Hill. This season’s younger and less
experienced version of the Tar Heels have lost three of their last four games,
including a 19-point beat-down by Clemson one week ago.
North Carolina
opened as a 6.5-point favorite at Olympic and the line has shrunk to -6, where
it currently sits at most sportsbooks tracked by SportsInsights. Although the
Tar Heels have struggled recently and sophomore forward Ed Davis (14.7 ppg and
9.8 rpg) may not play, the public is still backing the defending National
Champions, who are garnering 61% of spread wagers, 80% of moneyline bets and 80%
of parlay wagers.
A Steam Move at our #1 ranked sportsbook, ABC (+21.27
units), was triggered on Wake Forest, showing there is value on the Demon
Deacons.
Wake Forest +6
Games to Watch (5-6-1)
Wake Forest +6