Someone told me that they were pretty sure that teams that were +4.5 or greater (+5, +5.5 etc) hit at a pretty good rate, so I went ahead and ran the numbers for this year.
I know it's only this year, but these teams are 136-113 (54.62%). I haven't applied any filters, this is just raw numbers.
I know people are going to say, one year doesn't mean shit, but I just wanted to let people know if they're interested.
I'm also doing the same thing for NCAA, but since there are so many games it's taking FOREVER since I'm doing it by hand.
From the start of the NCAA season, to Nov 21 (about 1 week) the +4.5 teams are 61-73 (45.52%) so maybe I'll consider fading these teams.
If I go back in previous years, it'll probably even out at about 50%, but I'm not sure yet.