Weekly Betting Roundup for March 7-13, 2011
B. Sharps / Head Linesman / Legends


Hello once again players, let’s see how things went for this past week. On Monday the players picked up NBA wins on the Knicks -6, Memphis -3, and Houston -4.5 while the house countered with New Orleans +9.5 and Minnesota +6.5 to hold serve for the night in the pros. In the colleges the players won a small decision with ODU -4; the other games weren’t anything of significance so a washy Monday was ended with no ground won or lost by either side.

Tuesday in the NBA, the players picked up wins on Milwaukee -1.5 (just bet against Washington seems to be profitable), the hot Sixers at pick ‘em, and the Lakers -4.5. The house had small wins on Portland +9 and, per usual, it was a winning NBA night for the players. On to the college board where the players picked up wins on Princeton -3 and Dayton -1.5; meanwhile the house picked up good wins on Rutgers +4, South Florida +9, and Saint Joseph’s +7.5 to win back the NBA money plus to pull slightly ahead for the week.

Wednesday in the NBA the players won with Chicago -8, Utah +2 (sharps were on Toronto but public was big on Utah), the Knicks +4 and moneyline (weird betting early on this one line was 4 and I was using Moneyline -160 about right for a 3 – 3.5 game and the players kept playing the plus moneyline on Knicks and they were right). The house picked up wins on New Jersey +1.5, New Orleans +4.5, Detroit +11, and Sacramento +10 to overcome the Knicks debacle and squeak out a small profit for the night. In the conference tourneys for the NCAA, the players picked up wins on Nevada -2, TCU -2, and Oregon -2 (and sharps played Oregon -1 first half also). The house came back with a sweep of the Big 12 winning all four games; not big decisions but still a sweep with Oklahoma State +4, Iowa State +5.5, Oklahoma +6.5, and Texas Tech +10 to end with a decent day overall for the house.

In the NBA on Thursday, all three games were pretty evenly bet so they did ok with no numbers falling. The Heat – Lakers game had a mix of sharps on the Heat and public on the Lakers; this time the sharps won one. In the colleges the players picked up wins on Syracuse -3 (heavily bet by sharps and public), Notre Dame -2 (ridiculously low line created all one way action here but you live and die with these at times and today was a die for the house), Maryland -6, Georgia -11, and Penn State -5; in turn, the house came back with Connecticut +5, Miami Florida -3 (miracle win sharps had Virginia big), and another good night in the Big 12 with Colorado +7.5 and Texas -14 (sharps had Oklahoma +14). At the end of the day, the house made a little hay but needed every game on the board to do so volume was a big friend this night.

Friday in the NBA saw the players tab Philly +1, Chicago -7.5, and wise guy game Minnesota -2. The house countered with Charlotte +4.5, Sacramento +12, and Golden State +5.5 to even the score in the NBA. On the college board, the players correctly tabbed Michigan State +7, Clemson -4.5, Kentucky -8.5, Florida -4, Texas -6.5, Arizona +1, and San Diego State -1.5. The house came back with Penn State +7.5, Miami Florida +10, U Conn +3.5, and San Jose State +15.5 to cut into the players’ small wining day a bit.

Saturday the players picked up NBA wins on Miami -8, the Clippers -2, Chicago -10.5, and the Lakers -1; the books countered with a small win on San Antonio -1 but not much else as the players regained their NBA domination. On to the colleges where the players won with Kentucky -6, Florida -3, North Carolina -5 (landing on the number to side the books), Duke -8, Kansas -4.5, and San Diego State -3 while the house countered with Memphis +5, Richmond +4, Penn State +3.5, and U Conn again +3 to have an ok college night because of the volume (bookie’s best friend).

On the short schedule Sunday, the players picked up NBA wins on Oklahoma City -9.5, Orlando -6, and Minnesota -7. The house came back with wins on Indiana +9.5 and Boston -8.5 to wash out the NBA board. Finally, on to small but heavily bet college board where the players won three of four games with no real decision on the Kentucky / Florida game, so a good day to end the week for the players but still a good week overall for the books.

Now on to the big dance! Good luck players, talk to you next week!