We were also able to create a very
basic contrarian betting system for Sunday Night action.
Not exact matches
As you can see, our most
basic contrarian filter (visitors receiving less than 49 % of spread
bets) has been highly lucrative this season, producing a 197 - 158 record with +30.34 units won and an 8.5 % ROI.
At Sports Insights, our
basic philosophy has always involved
contrarian betting.
Betting against the public is one of the most
basic and popular
contrarian strategies used at Sports Insights.
The
basic philosophy revolves around
contrarian betting; finding value
betting against the public.
We first used our spread percentage filter to look at a very
basic contrarian strategy — specifically teams receiving less than 40 % of spread
bets.
When you add on a
basic contrarian filter (unders receiving less than 50 % of public
bets) that record drops to 468 - 476 -LRB--31.46 units).
The screenshot below shows the most
basic contrarian filter — underdogs receiving less than 50 % of public
bets.
Using the public
betting percentages from our seven contributing sportsbooks, you can see that using a
basic contrarian filter can prove to be quite profitable in college basketball
betting.
At Sports Insights we encourage a
contrarian approach to sports
betting, and one of the most
basic contrarian strategies is
betting against the public.