Shopping For Numbers On The College Basketball Line

With the March Madness betting tournament right around the corner, more sportsbooks are beginning to open up the lines for this years tournament. Over the last couple of years, a situation has developed, in which sportsbooks only open up college basketball betting lines for March Madness, but never for any other parts of the season. In other words, because the sportsbooks themselves may not be experienced with college basketball, the bettor can expect to see a significant change in lines from one game to the next. Today we’ll look at why you should be shopping for numbers.

College basketball similar to college football is a sport in which the bettor has literally 100s of lines to choose from. With every division one conference being represented in the March Madness tournament, it makes sense that sharps would be foaming at the mouth, for the opportunity to wager with a number of sportsbooks. As we mentioned earlier, NBA sportsbooks do not have as much experience on the college betting lines. What this translates to for you and us is soft lines on certain games. For example, the betting public is more likely to risk their money on a game featuring the first and 16^th seed, and then they would on a game featuring the eighth and 12^th or seventh and 11^th seeds in the same bracket.

Shopping around for the right college basketball lines for you can have a significant impact on your bottom line. In essence, by holding multiple accounts at a variety of sportsbooks, you can turn a profit, by taking different angles on multiple games or the same game. For example, many sharps will reverse bet, which means, they’ll have an account where they place a bet on one team, then use another account to take the other team in the same game.