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February
Saturday’s Sports: Approaching Madness
02/26/2011
March is almost here, and with a busy Saturday in college basketball, here’s a look at some of the NCAAB match-ups.
- In early betting activity, the Big East match-up between Georgetown and Syracuse is currently seeing the heaviest betting activity of the day. Both teams are in the top 20, with Georgetown currently #11 in the AP Poll, and Syracuse #17. Georgetown is a very slight favorite at home at -1 to -1.5, but betting is slightly heavier on Syracuse. SportsInsights’ team will keep an eye on this game for line movement and other marketplace indicators.
- Another game seeing a decent level of activity, with very lopsided betting percentages, is the Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs. Youngstown State match-up. These are not very good teams, but bettors are taking the favored Wisc-Milw team like this game has already been played.
March Madness is nearly upon us — and SportsInsights is pleased to be providing a university financial markets class with “opening prices” for a March Madness Mens’ NCAA Tournament Pool — where games are modeled as a financial marketplace. Details to follow.
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