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What’s the biggest betting event of the year in North America? Not so fast if you guessed the Super Bowl. While the Super Bowl lays claim to being the largest wagered event of the year, March Madness surpasses the NFL’s crown jewel in total wagering volume, probably because the tourney stretches over three weeks.
There is still a little more than a month of college basketball to be played this 2010 NCAA college basketball season before Selection Sunday, but the talk of ”Bubble” teams and tournament seeds is starting to heat up as we hit the most exciting part of the NCAA hoops schedule.
One of the marquee games of every college b-ball schedule, Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels, tipped off already. It was the spotlight game for sports bettors as well, as it attracted the most action on the board. The sports betting public scored a solid win as the Tar Heels took it on the chin.
Online sportsbooks had Duke as a -5.5-point favorite, a number they easily covered and with approximately 75 percent of all the betting volume on the Blue Devils, it was a winner for the players. While NC won the NCAA basketball championship last season, they lost power forward Tyler Hansbrough to the NBA and have been a shadow of their former selves this season.
The North Carolina Tar Heels are near the bottom of the ACC standings (10th) with a record of 13-11 straight up overall, 2-7 SU in the ACC and a record of 6-15 against the spread. The Tar Heels got off to a respectable start going 12-4 SU in their first 16 games but have gone 1-7 in their last eight.
North Carolina is now preparing for a game against the interstate rival North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday.
As mentioned, the ‘Heels have been of struggling as of late straight up, but they have also been an awful play for sports bettors, going 3-11 ATS in their last 14. In their last 13 games, North Carolina has a record of 3 Overs and 10 Unders. The Tar Heels are equally unimpressive in their last 11 road games, going 4-7 SU and 3-8 ATS.
However, UNC could be poised to win Saturday as they are 10-3 SU and ATS in their last 13 at North Carolina State.
Another traditional power, like North Carolina, the Connecticut Huskies have fallen on hard times, at least lately. Ranked No.12 and 14 respectively in the AP and USA Today preseason polls, UConn has pretty much fallen off the radar. While the Huskies are 14-9 SU overall, they are only 8-13 ATS. Connecticut has a Saturday home tilt against the Cincinnati Bearcats on deck.
UConn has been a force at home however, going 16-4 SU and are 8-2 SU in their last 10 games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. In the last five tilts between the two, the Huskies are 4-1 SU and ATS.
While the UConn Huskies are near the bottom of the Big East standings, the same can’t be said of the No.4 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No.23 Pittsburgh Panthers. The two meet on Friday at the Petersen Events Center.
WVU and Pitt sit third and fifth in the conference respectively.
The Mountaineers have not fared well when visiting Pittsburgh, going 3-9 SU and 4-7-1 ATS. The Panthers, on the other hand, are 17-3 SU in their last 20 home games and are 14-1 SU in their last 15 at Petersen.
Which team will win the 2010 March Madness Bracket Tournament? SPORTSBETTING.com has the odds.
Duke Blue Devils 10/1
Connecticut Huskies 20/1
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