I'm just wondering if anyone has numbers showing which of these methods is more profitable. Personally I would expect that a person betting individual games all season based on statistics, percentages and research will come out ahead at the end of the year.

However, seeing that some of the 'betting against the worst 4 and betting the top 4' systems seem to crush (100-0 and 96-0 was one I believe) It might be pretty close. The risk of chasing a loss is a little scary, but hopefully some experienced veterans can help out in answering this question