Monday Best Bet, Sunday Recaps
Sunday was an extremely busy day in the Tuley’s Takes home office, though I did take a few hours to escape with the family to see the “Frozen” musical at the Smith Center in downtown Las Vegas.
After the matinee performance, I returned home to check out the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket and the opening lines and then wrote my report for the VSiN.com website with an update of the future-book odds and a breakdown of the point spreads by seeding matchups, including the games in which oddsmakers made the lower seeds the favorite. My Best Bets on Sunday all took place late. I lost my top play on the Wild-Coyotes 1P Under 1.5 +100 as the teams tied 2-2 in the opening 20 minutes and also lost by Vegas-DC Under 41.5 in the XFL as it looked like a winner until a couple of late scores put it Over in the Defenders’ 32-18 victory. But at least I salvaged the night with a +206 payoff with my NHL 1P Over parlay with the Senators-Flames (Flamed led 2-0 after first period) and Predators-Ducks (tied 2-2). I ended the day with my regular weekly appearance on “The Greg Peterson Experience” (11:15 p.m. ET/8:15 p.m. PT Sunday nights on VSiN) as we recapped the weekend action and gave a few early leans in NCAA first-round games. Let’s recap the rest of Sunday’s betting action and then look for a Best Bet on Monday (along with those early NCAA plays).Sunday Recaps
CBB: Memphis upset Houston 75-65 in AAC Championship Game as 5-point underdog. No. 4 Alabama beat No. 18 Texas A&M 82-63 in the SEC title game and covered as 5-point favorite. No. 5 Purdue beat Penn State 67-65 in the Big Ten title game, but didn't cover as 7.5-point fave.
NBA: Favorites went 4-2 SU but just 3-3 ATS as the Hornets (+10) covered in their 114-108 loss vs. the Cavaliers. The upsets were by the Nets (+9 in 122-120 win at Nuggets) and Knicks (+2.5 in 112-108 win at Lakers). Road teams went 4-2 SU and 3-3 ATS. Over/Unders split 3-3.