NCAA Tournament – 1st Half Totals Betting

How To Make Money in the NCAA Tournament – 1st Half Totals Betting

The biggest betting week of the season is upon us with the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. While fans and bettors across the world join tournament pools and wager on the games, few will know where the biggest profit opportunity has been over the past two years of the tournament.

I receive information passed along to me through the course of every week during the basketball season from betting groups that wager large amounts of money on games.  Many of the bets are on totals, including 1^st half wagers.

As the lines are posted on the games this week, know that the linemaker also has done his homework and computer generated numbers on totals.  As is the case with football, many bettors prefer to bet ‘over’ the total; thus it’s not uncommon to see some shading towards higher-posted totals.

Yet I will share some information with you that is pure gold, and I confirmed the data after some additional research was passed along from a source.

As players enjoy the early week festivities and preparation for opening round games, the tension and anxiety builds.  The combination of selection Sunday, excitement, practice, travel and playing at a neutral court and unfamiliar setting makes for an unusual pattern and preparation for the players.  Add in the media buzz and round-the-clock coverage and you can see why the players are perhaps a little wired and worn out a bit as game day arrives.

When you think about all this and the potential for players to play at less than peak performance with not only the pressure to advance, but the preparation and practice under a unusual routine, it seems to make sense that there might be less scoring in the early part of the games as the players work out their anxiousness in the excitement of the moment.

In the past 2 NCAA Tournaments, opening round games on Thursday and Friday have produced some very strong numbers in support of under the total wagering (25 overs & 39 unders – 61%).  Betting under the total numbers in the 1^st half are even stronger and have been consistent the past 2 years.

However, must the note rules changes with hand checking and block/charging fouls that were implemented this season.  That has resulted in more scoring this season with team scoring average of 71 PPG.  Last year, average points per game per team hit a 50-year low of 67.5 PPG.

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