March Madness Betting - Early Round Analysis
This will provide a brief look back at the opening two rounds of the NCAA March Madness tournament, as well as some sound advice for bettors on who to wager on for the remainder of the tournament.
First off, let’s start with the underdogs that failed to move on to the second round.
Why was there only one ‘upset’ in the opening round?
Simple - because the teams that lost were supposed to lose – and, if anyone out there thinks No. 6 Duke’s (22-11), 79-77 first-round loss to No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth (28-6), was some sort of fluke – think again. The fact of the matter is that the Blue Devils just weren’t that good this season.
Several things. First of all, looking at the second round, there were more “upsets,” and those upsets should make bettors wary in future rounds.
No. 6 Vanderbilt’s 78-74 win over No. 3 Washington State undoubtedly qualifies as an upset, but isn’t it possible that the Commodores are just better than anyone knew?
After all, they were second to defending national champions Florida (31-5, 13-3 SEC E) in the SEC East this season, posting a respectable 10-6 record in conference play.
It’s also easy to see that No. 5 Tennessee’s 77-74 win over No. 4 Virginia wasn’t very surprising at all. The Vols (24-10) are a battle-hardened SEC team that regularly plays some of the best teams in the country.
The same thing applies to No. 5 Butler, who beat No. 4 Maryland 62-59. The Bulldogs have been proving all season that they could play with anybody. Butler beat Indiana, Notre Dame and the aforementioned Tennessee Volunteers this season. All this win did was reinforce that fact.
No. 5 USC beat No. 4 Texas 87-68 and, while that was a shocker, the Trojans aren’t that much better than the Longhorns, they just caught them on a bad day – and played a great game at just the right time.
Looking ahead, the answer of whether or not bettors should bet on the ‘favorite’ every time out is simple.
No, no, no. Ten times, no. The “favorite” is not guaranteed to win, or cover the spread, by any means. Betting on the favorite every time would be a mistake of monumental proportions that will end up costing you lots of money.
The smart thing for bettors to do, as always, is make wagers by gathering as much information about both competing teams as possible. From recent trends to overall records against their competitors, bettors should try to gather as much info as possible in an effort to make the smartest bet possible – and where better to get that information, than BetUS.com?
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