Tuesday Best Bets, Monday Recaps
Monday was a hectic day in the Tuley’s Takes home office as we contributed some write-ups to the two VSiN March Madness guides.
As Bill Adee wrote in this morning’s newsletter: “As I hope we make clear in both guides, picking the bracket and betting the tournament are completely different handicapping exercises. That’s why we have two.” And that’s why I have a bracket advice piece in that guide and first-round ATS picks in the other. When I was done with that part of my workday, I took my wife to Benihana for our anniversary dinner (because I knew I’d be busy on our actual anniversary on Friday). I made the mistake of agreeing to get married on St. Patrick’s Day thinking that would be a cool anniversary and easy to remember, but failing to foresee that I’d be having to work around it every time it fell during the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament (though we did have TVs set up at the reception for the round of 32). As for my lone bet on Monday, I lost my NHL First-Period Over parlay as the Sabres and Maple Leafs played a scoreless first 20 minutes. That was frustrating as they scored seven goals in the next two periods, plus it took the Stars less than six minutes to score two goals in the second leg of our parlay. Anyway, let’s recap the rest of Monday’s (full-game) action on a light betting schedule and look for Best Bets on Tuesday. I also update my early first-round Best Bets in the NCAA Tournament.Monday Recaps
NBA: Favorites went 4-3 SU but underdogs led 4-3 ATS as the Jazz (+8.5) covered in 1119-115 loss at the Heat. The upsets were by the Pistons (+4 in 111-97 win vs. Pacers as they snapped their 11-game losing streak), Rockets (+13 in 111-108 win vs. the Celtics) and Timberwolves (+5 in 136-115 rout at the Hawks). Home teams went 4-3 SU but road teams led 4-3 ATS. Overs led 4-3
More NBA: On the season, favorites lead 662-348 SU with 16 games closing pick-'em, but underdogs lead 502-485-23 ATS (50.9%). Home teams lead 602-424 SU and 520-485-21 ATS (51.7%). In totals wagering, Overs improved still lead to 515-496-15 (50.9%).