Why is there no line on Cleveland State/Robert Morris tonight?

[No coincidences]

[BernardMadoff]

Hate when I see games you would think have a line and doesn't, some games like that last night.

[No coincidences]

Hate when I see games you would think have a line and doesn't, some games like that last night.

There's no reason for this game not to be on the board.

Two solid mid-majors.

[TheeArchBishop]

That leads to my question. Newbie here - what determines which games have lines? I hate when there is a slate of say 50 games and 25 have lines. What do they base it on?

[BernardMadoff]

That leads to my question. Newbie here - what determines which games have lines? I hate when there is a slate of say 50 games and 25 have lines. What do they base it on?

Whether they have a decent enough read on a team is one reason, like very, very small schools, even if they are posing someone like Kansas, there won't be a line, also because the public isn't familiar with say a Tabor University.

[BernardMadoff]

Lafeyette beat Penn State last night on the road, High Point only lost by 4 to Wake Forest on the road, the books would have cleaned up on a Penn State backers last night no doubt. Also Ohio beat Oakland last night on the road, still no line.

[homerbush]

You guys don't pay much attention during the seasons. Games involving a Northeast conference team are never lined unless it is an early season tournament or the game ends up broadcasted on something like ESPNU

[homerbush]

Or of course postseason tournament.

[LT Profits]

What homer said, Robert Morris is not a lined team. They had some earlier games lined because those were tournament games.

[19th Hole]

(-800) OP has no clue.

[BernardMadoff]

What homer said, Robert Morris is not a lined team. They had some earlier games lined because those were tournament games.

Wonder why though.

[LT Profits]

Wonder why though.

Because Northeast Conference is a non-lined league

[BernardMadoff]

Because Northeast Conference is a non-lined league

Again, wonder what the reason is for this.

[LT Profits]

Oh THAT I wouldn't know. Maybe small leagues without TV deals are easier to "manipulate"? Notice that the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southern Conference both went from non-lined to Added Games status when they started televising some games, just like the Sun Belt in football.