Last week, I introduced the first of a three-part series on key betting data for college basketball conference tournaments. In it, I covered the 14 mid-major conferences that tipped off their tournaments between February 27th and March 5th. In this second part, I will be covering the 11 mid-major conferences starting their tournaments a bit later, specifically March 7th or beyond. The third part in the series, covering the power conferences, will be released shortly.
In last week's piece, I explained how many bettors and fans find the two-week span of conference tournament games even more exhilarating than the postseason action. There are more games, the matchups are familiar, and we get a glimpse of all the title hopefuls. For those of you that tend to invest more heavily in this time period than you will later in March, this conference tournament betting data, specifically team performance records, trends, and systems are'made just for you.
The angles that I have chosen to look at focused on three key areas, with combinations of each in some cases. Those areas were bye games, rounds, and line ranges.
A reminder of the general thought I introduced last week. Bettors need to understand the value of having a bye in conference tournaments is significant, especially when they are believed to be the better team. In fact, heading into the 2023 action, conference tournament favorites off a bye are 552-174 SU and 345-299-17 ATS (53.6%) over the last nine seasons against teams that played earlier in that tournament. There has been profit in betting that and considering nothing else.