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Using 1H Bets for Profit in March Madness
by: Nite Owl Sports
In our recent detailed article which appeared last week in the Top Ten newsletter on ways to beat your bookie in March madness, we mentioned a few techniques we use to squeeze as much value as possible out of the sides that we like. One of those bet splitting techniques is to split our ATS bets on underdogs between a full game bet and a first half bet. How many times have you seen an underdog come out and play a great first half and take a lead to the locker room, only to have that lead (and your full game ATS bet) go up in smoke when (for whatever reason) your team self-destructs and/or their opponent “gets hot” in the 2H? Or how about the scenario where your team is getting points and has had the lead through virtually the entire game and covered the 1H line, but got “caught” late with the game going to overtime, and then ran out of gas in OT and not only lost, but also failed to cover ATS? Yes, we’ve all been there, but note that once your team has covered on a first half bet, nothing that happens in the 2H or in any OTs can take those 1H profits away from you. And while it also happens that dogs sometimes get down early and fail to cover the 1H line, but then come back in the 2H, at least enough to cover the full game point spread (which is why we typically also bet these teams on the full game line), that latter scenario is less frequent than the first half cover/full game ATS loss scenario.
Let’s look at a few examples in last weekend’s NCAA tourney games where that strategy has worked to at least earn a split on two picks, with an ATS cover on the 1H line and an ATS loss on the full game line, which is clearly better than going 0-1 vs the full game line. West Va led Ky by 8 at HT, but was out-scored by 16 in 2H to lose by 8 (both SU and ATS). Similarly but not as extreme, UCLA trailed Florida by just two at the half, but lost by 8, while Illinois hung tough against Kansas for a half, covering the 1H line of +4.5 with a 4 point HT deficit, but losing by 14. That’s just 3 of the 9 ATS victories by second round dogs vs the 1H line in Sat and Sunday’s 12 NCAA games where the spread was 3-10 points, compared to those same 12 dogs going 6-6 vs the full game line in those same 12 games. And if one played those 12 dogs on both the 1H and full game lines, as we typically do, the result would have been a profitable 15-9 ATS. But note that we do not limit our 1H plays to underdogs, having also employed the 1H line to go with small faves, mostly home faves in the “other” post-season tourneys (NIT, CIT and CBI), where the games are in a home/road format, such as our big victory Monday nite with Alabama covering the 1H line of -3 or 3.5 over New Mex, while either barely escaping with a half point cover vs the full game line or being stuck with an ATS push, as that line was bet up to -7 by game time. Another plus for playing teams on the 1H lines in March madness is that those lines are less volatile than the FG lines, since the latter receive by far the most “action” from bettors.
Another bet splitting technique that we use less frequently but have not been afraid to use when the results of our research support doing so, as was the case in two NCAA tourney games on Thursday, is to take one team on the 1H line but their opponent on the full game line, either ATS or on the ML. And in those two games Thursday, we went 3-1 with our four picks, being victorious with both Vandy on the 1H line over Richmond and Richmond ATS on the full game line over Vandy, and splitting with our picks on the UCSB-Florida game, with our full game ATS pick on Florida covering easily but our 1H pick on UCSB falling short, as the Gauchos could never seem to get untracked. But like with splitting our plays on the same team between between 1H and full game ATS picks, our objective and expectation is always to “get the money” with both our 1H and full game ATS plays in such games, whether both plays are on the same team or not.
And our liberal use of the partial game lines is one reason why (i) we have more picks than most cappers on this site and (ii) WE ARE ON FIRE in college hoops lately, on a 33-19/+37 unit run on our L52 picks, and 20-4/+47 units on our L24 PODs in college hoops since March Madness began, part of our current +656 POD units.We already have released nine college hoops picks for the next 3 days, 7 of them in tonite’s action, with 3 of the 7 being Play of the Day picks of 4 or 5 units, and One of them a Game of the Month selection (see BPA), and 3 of today’s 7 picks being first half picks. So with all of that, we believe that our One Day College Hoops pass for $49 is a steal, but with today’s long NBA card, a One Day CBB/NBA Combo pack for just $10 more at $59 is an even better deal. But we believe your best bet is either our 7 day college hoops package for $99 or our 7 day CBB/NBA Combo pack for $149, either of which takes you through this WE’s Elite Eight.This article copyrighted for exclusive use of Nite Owl Sports and Top Ten Cappers.
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San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings Thursday May 23, 2013 10:30 pm
Both teams lean to the Under, both overall (SJ 18-27 Under and LAK 21-25 Under) and in their respective home/road modes vs the total, with SJ 8-13 Under on the road with an average of 4.75 total gpg in their 21 roadies TY, and LAK 10-13 Under at home, averaging 4.65 total gpg in ... read more
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San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings Thursday May 23, 2013 10:30 pm
The fifth-seeded Los Angeles Kings attempt to (i) regain their now lost series lead and (ii) continue their home dominance tonite when they host the sixth-seeded San Jose Sharks in pivotal game 5 of their Western Conference second-round series. Los Angeles ended the regular season ... read more
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Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers Thursday May 23, 2013 7:00 pm
After dropping a 3-2 overtime decision in Game 1 in Boston, the sixth-seeded NY Rangers and reigning Vezina Trophy winner, goalie Henrik Lundqvist, allowed three unanswered goals in a 5-2 setback in game 2 on Sunday. But Lundqvist, didn't use his ailing left shoulder as an excuse ... read more
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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:30 pm
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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:30 pm
We strongly believe that the best play in tonite’s game is on the Under, with the line again at 5.5, and Ottawa having been an Under “cash cow” all season long for totals players, especially at home, with a 15-33 Under record in all games, and an eye-popping 4-17-6 ... read more
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Memphis Grizzlies @ San Antonio Spurs Tuesday May 21, 2013 9:05 pm
Our first observation when we saw the totals lines for game one was that the totals lines in that game (both the full game total of 181.5 and the 1H total of 91.5) were too low. So we checked the full and partial game totals ATS results and #s of what we believed to be the ... read more
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Memphis Grizzlies @ San Antonio Spurs Tuesday May 21, 2013 9:05 pm
Our first observation when we saw the totals lines for game one was that the totals lines in that game (both the full game total of 181.5 and the 1H total of 91.5) were too low. So we checked the full and partial game totals ATS results and #s of what we believed to be the ... read more
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Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers Tuesday May 21, 2013 7:30 pm
After dropping a 3-2 overtime decision in Game 1, the sixth-seeded NY Rangers allowed three unanswered goals in a 5-2 setback on Sunday. New York D Dan Girardi was on the ice for all five of Boston's goals in Game 2 (whoops). Perhaps he should stick to helping his Uncle Joe in managing ... read more
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Memphis Grizzlies @ San Antonio Spurs Sunday May 19, 2013 3:30 pm
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Memphis Grizzlies @ San Antonio Spurs Sunday May 19, 2013 3:30 pm
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