Oddsmakers have continued to increase
their college basketball totals this season, yet overs have been hitting at a record - setting pace.
With
college basketball totals on the rise and public betting continuing to hammer the over, contrarian bettors may be able to take advantage of these inflated lines by taking the under.
With limited action for our primary College Basketball betting system, we were curious whether bettors could also benefit from betting against the public on
College Basketball totals.
We found that over the past decade the average
College Basketball total is 136.54 and the average total since the start of the 2013 - 14 season has been slightly higher at 140.03.
Although the average
college basketball total is 1.36 points higher than it was during the 2015 - 16 campaign, overs have gone 1,598 - 1,519 (51.3 %) this season.
Not exact matches
Cheri Mah, a researcher in the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, «showed that
basketball players at the elite
college level were able to improve their on - the - court performance by increasing their amount of
total sleep time.»
At the time of publication, this game is the most heavily bet (in terms of
total number of bets)
college basketball game of the day.
At the time of publication, this game is the most heavily bet (in terms of
total number of bets)
college basketball game of the day and with the late start time, it's reasonable to expect more movement before tip - off.
This development is extremely important for all Bet Labs users, especially for
College Basketball over / under systems or spread systems which utilize the closing
total filter.
The UNDER is 11 -4-1 over Kansas State's last 16 games per the OddsShark
College Basketball Database and the
total for Saturday's game against Loyola - Chicago is set at 157 points.
It may take months or even years for the
total impact of the FBI's expansive investigation into wide - spread corruption throughout
college basketball to be clear.
It's interesting to note that although underdogs with high
totals are undervalued in
College Basketball, we prefer to focus on underdogs with low
totals when betting on
College Football.
Most sportsbooks will not post win
totals for
College Basketball, while prop bets like «Player of the Year» typically aren't released until much later in the season.
As far as
totals are concerned, BetOnline has been the gold standard in
college basketball.
In a special crossover episode, David joins Bet Labs manager Travis Reed to discuss
college basketball betting strategies, NBA All - Star weekend, MLB win
totals offering value and NFL free agency.
During the 2015 - 16
college basketball season, the average
total was 7.63 points higher than it was over the previous 11 seasons.
Unlike the NBA where the second half
total is usually close to the line on the first half of the game, second half
totals in
College basketball are on average almost 8 points higher than first half
totals for the same game.