College Basketball Handicapping – College Conference Tournaments

A Totals Situation Worth Watching For In College Conference Tournaments

The most exciting time of the college basketball season has arrived as the college conference tournaments begin followed by postseason tournaments and the big dance, NCAA Tournament. Also in play the final weekend of the regular season are big games with regular season conference titles at stake as the major conferences play their regular season finales.

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The college conference tournaments ( CCT’s ) provide another great opportunity to put our long-proven profiles and situations in play as we also continue our solid fundamental analysis and statistical profiles of the players and teams. Coaching profiles and personalities along with their strengths and weaknesses continue to be evaluated, along with injuries and related situations surrounding the teams. Note that as some of these teams lose in their conference tournaments, they also lose out on their dream and preseason goals of playing in the NCAA tournament and/or postseason party. So keep that in mind as the emotional component of analyzing teams and handicapping situations is in play for teams that qualify for the NIT and other postseason tournaments.

While much of the focus in college conference tournaments and post season play is on the teams and betting line, here’s some information that may prove profitable for you as you analyze and bet totals. We’re going to see some upsets and underdogs advance in the conference tournaments as they lay it all on the line knowing a trip to the NCAA Tournament is the reward for the conference tourney champion.

As teams advance and play back-to-back games with no rest, their confidence grows and intensity increases. This is often reflected on the defensive end of the court as teams play harder with more at stake in this one-and-done format. Familiarity of playing these conference teams during the regular season also suggests more defensive stops as coaches also know the opposing players and coaches tendencies.

So here is some positive proof for totals bettors looking for a solid situation to support. Keep in mind that scoring is at a all-time low this season with teams averaging approx. 67 points per game ( PPG ). The only negative on these past positive profiles and proven parameters is that the media continues to shine light on the lack of scoring and the NCAA committee is modifying rules in hopes that scoring will increase ( 30 second shot clock in this year’s NIT postseason tournament ). Fans and the NCAA may want to see more flow and scoring, and perhaps the officials will call more fouls to create more scoring from the free throw line. However, the information written here and also provided below should make sense when evaluating and betting college conference tournament totals.

What we’re looking for is a underdog in conference tournament play who is off a straight-up ( SU ) underdog win, playing with no rest ( next day ) with a total greater than 115 in the game we want to bet.

This situation has hit nearly 60% UNDER the total with a sample size of nearly 300 games since 2007.  A sub-situational profile to strengthen our base premise and profile shows that if the game profile with our underdog winner shows both teams playing over the total in their previous game, then we have a stronger position playing under the total.

With history as our guide and technical parameters in place that make sense, look towards some of these totals situations to boost your bankroll in college conference tournament play before the NCAA tournament begins.

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Best wishes in your pursuit of profit and more winners in college basketball postseason tournament play.

@FairwayJay