Wednesday Best Bet, Tuesday Recaps
Tuesday was a day of running some errands (sleep study results, oil change for my car) and mostly handicapping and watching college basketball on the eve of March.
I also had to don my reporting hat and write about Ohio’s impressive first month of legalized sports betting as it became the nation’s second-largest market right out of the gate with $1.1 billion in handle in January. My report is at VSiN.com. As for my own betting, we won our Best Bet on Lipscomb +2 at Stetson in the Atlantic Sun Tournament as the Bisons pulled away in the second half to win 83-70. I also should have played the Bucknell Bison +5.5 in a 64-59 loss at American in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament (VSiN colleague Pauly Howard pointed out on yesterday’s “Follow the Money” show that Bucknell beat American twice during the regular season but was getting points). This all reminds me of one of my favorite “Dad Jokes”: My friend Ed Sehon had a boy named Scott. What did he say to him when he dropped him off at Bucknell? “Bison.” Anyway, Tuesday wasn't all a bucket of laughs as we lost our secondary CBB pick on Arkansas +6.5 at Tennessee. The Razorbacks were dominated 75-57, but we had our doubts about this play as they turned out to be very public underdogs as we heard a lot of people touting Arkansas throughout the day. We prefer when our plays are contrarian. We also lost our lone NHL play on the Kings-Jets 1P Under 1.5 +115. It looked good as the game was scoreless for nearly 16 minutes, but then the Jets scored twice within 103 seconds. At least we passed on the No. 1 vs. No. 2 1P Under teams with the Wild playing the Islanders as the books were charging around -125. That was also scoreless for 14 minutes before both teams scored. Let’s recap the rest of Tuesday’s (full-game) action in the major team sports and then look for more Best Bets for Wednesday. I don’t have any NHL plays as there aren’t any 1P Over/Unders that I like and no swagger/anti-swagger plays.Tuesday Recaps
CBB: Iowa routed No. 15 Indiana 90-68 as 5-point road dog & +195 on money line. Boise State beat No. 18 San Diego State 66-60, but it wasn't an upset as Boise closed as 2.5-point home fave. No. 3 Kansas beat Texas Tech 67-63 but didn't cover as 8-point home fave.