Best Bets: Thursday January 31st, 2008

[jagmaster]

BC...................+18
Minny...............-3
Austin P...........-3
Duke................-18
San Deigo St....-3 3units

Nba Pistons........-8

[Lexis]

3* Duke -18.5
3* Denver U -4.5

[Junkyard Dog]

providence +9
nc st +18.5

[PLUSLINES]

USC-3
1 unit

[ed4rwings]

Thursdys picks

North carolina -18
Providence +9
MilwWisc -3
Ark LR +13
S Alaba -3
Cleve state ml +135
Indiana U ml +165
Fla Intl +4.5
Cal +10
Stanford -2
UCLA -13.5
Arizona ml +145


GOOD LUCK!!!!!

[onlooker]

722 North Texas ML +132

[freeVICK]

Essentially, I see a "square" play as one that is attracting the overwhelming majority of bettors -- but perhaps not the most money.

Here's how someone by the name of squeekycleen more eloquently put it on another site though:

Square plays are obvious plays that "can't lose". They are the plays that your butt buddy at the watercooler is touting. They are the plays stupid drunk guys fawn over at the bars. They are the plays you come up with after watching ESPN and GameDay for your inside info. When someone says "Dude, the Lakers are only laying 2 to the Pistons, holy shit dude, they have Kobe, this is a ****ing LOCKKKKKKK", you can rest assured they are a Joe Public square hunting down square plays. Square plays, in the long run, are hazardous to your health. When the majority of action heads to one side (in terms of number of wagers, not total dollar value wagered), you have the makings of a square play. If gambling was so easy that when everybody who picked something won, we would all be millionaires. I try to search out square plays and fade them. This takes some practice, and you have to know how to look for them, but it is not very hard.

I usually spend a little time every day at thespread.com (the betting charts).

Please note though, that it's been a pretty bad hoops season for me, so please take this all with a grain of salt.

And, illusion, sorry to muck up your thread with all this chatter.

ok so i went to that site to look at the betting trends.

one game for example that everyone seems to be on is southern alabama. it shows 82% of the public on s bama, yet the line is moving the other way. s bama opened at -3.5 and is now -2.5.

are you saying to bet north texas because s bama is the "square bet"?

[MoneySportsGuy]

Wisconsin Milk -3
South Alabama -2.5
Ark LR +13
Florida Intl +4.5

[MoneySportsGuy]

Adding

Duke -18

[McRich]

I know the games have started, but here are a couple of games I have wagered on so far. UNC -18.5 two units
Minnesota -3 one unit
Teaser UCLA -9, Wisconsin pick 'em one unit

[McRich]

Adding Wisconsin -4 one unit
Duke -18 one unit

[Pegasus]

Duke -18.5 for 5 units
Northern Arizona -2 for 5 units

[Doc_Holladay]

Added

Denver -4.5
Wisc -4

both 4 units

[jerseydave77]

Adding New Mexico St -2 for a unit

[McRich]

Adding UCLA -13 for one unit.
Thanks for keeping track Illusion!!!

[BigMoney]

win

Yes hit Temple and pushed on ND now waiting on Murray St+3.. Im BigMoney im at work and didnt have password so I had to make another name..... Murray St going OT baby

[freeVICK]

NEW MEXICO ST -2 3 units (would go A LOT more if i had the money)

[Illusion]

BC...................+18
Minny...............-3
Austin P...........-3
Duke................-18
San Deigo St....-3 3units

Nba Pistons........-8

San diego State didn't play today bud.

[Illusion]

Thursday 01/31/08 Results:

McRich: 5-0 +6.00
Lexis: 2-0 +6.00
Doc_Holladay: 2-2 +3.60
jagmaster: 3-1 +1.90
onlòóker: 1-0 +1.32
LT Profits: 1-0 +1.00
Wrigley: 1-0 +1.00
rrvrs: 1-0 +1.00
Gundog: 1-0 +1.00
chipski: 2-1 +0.90
awhitejackson: 5-4 +0.60
ed4rwings: 6-6 +0.05
jerseydave77: 1-1 -0.10
rjt721: 1-1 -0.10
regularguy: 1-1 -0.10
BigMoney: 1-1 -0.10
EaglesPhan36: 1-1 -0.10
Junkyard Dog: 1-1 -0.10
Pegasus: 1-1 -0.50
tevari: 0-1 -1.00
MOMONEY: 0-1 -1.10
WestsidePete: 0-1 -1.10
PLUSLINES: 0-1 -1.10
maritime: 0-1 -1.15
FADEME: 0-2 -2.20
tin8shusd: 1-3 -2.30
Tres: 1-2 -2.40
Lucky13: 0-3 -3.30
chinodeft26: 0-3 -3.30
MoneySportsGuy: 1-4 -3.40
diogee: 1-3 -5.90
Beachbum64: 2-5 -6.00
Dbldown11: 2-6-1 -7.00
Augustus: 0-2 -11.00

*Standing do not yet reflect the NM St/Haw game*
*Parlays and teasers not reflected in the results*

If you spot a grading error please send me a private message.