Figured there would be enough action on this tournament to have a thread for it, and I didn't want it to disappear over in the Fiskful of Dollars forum that nobody uses. Obviously everyone is going to have brackets, so this isn't really just for that kind of thing, but rather, the individual game bets, and more interesting to me, prop bets.
Right now, my site has just about every bet imaginable. The first bet I've made is a small wager on the O/U of number of wins by the 2 seeds in the tournament. I went under 8.5. The line on the 1 seeds is 11. You can also bet the O/U for wins by each conference, with the Big Ten being the highest at 10.5, followed by the ACC at 9.5, and at the bottom, you find the Mountain West at 2.5. I'm thinking about taking a flyer on the over on the A10 at 4.
You can bet the money line on each of the first 3 seeds in every region making it to the sweet sixteen. For example, Florida is -450 to make it (highest of anyone), while +300 to not make it. Actually, Virginia is the highest to make it at -455, +305. On the other end, Iowa State is even money to make it, and -145 to get booted in the first two rounds.
They have head to head matchups on who will get further, ie. Duke/Michigan, Villanova/Wisconsin, Syracuse/UCLA, with the money line changing depending on who the favorite is (although Duke/Michigan is even money).
Florida is the favorite to win it all at +400, with Michigan State at +500, Louisville at +450 and Arizona at +600. Personally, I think Virginia at +1000, Syracuse at +1300 and Kansas at +850 are decent odds. Wisconsin and Villanova are at +1500 each, and Ohio State is interesting at +5500.
You can also bet on which team will make it out of each region. I personally like the lack of respect that Wichita State is getting, and might throw a small bet on them at +300, whereas Louisville is even money, Duke is +250 and Michigan is +400 in the same region.
There are others like which #1 seed will be ousted first and which conference will win the championship, but I figure this is enough to get the discussion rolling. Let me know what you all think, and if anyone is curious about any odds, just post them and I'll look them up.
Right now, my site has just about every bet imaginable. The first bet I've made is a small wager on the O/U of number of wins by the 2 seeds in the tournament. I went under 8.5. The line on the 1 seeds is 11. You can also bet the O/U for wins by each conference, with the Big Ten being the highest at 10.5, followed by the ACC at 9.5, and at the bottom, you find the Mountain West at 2.5. I'm thinking about taking a flyer on the over on the A10 at 4.
You can bet the money line on each of the first 3 seeds in every region making it to the sweet sixteen. For example, Florida is -450 to make it (highest of anyone), while +300 to not make it. Actually, Virginia is the highest to make it at -455, +305. On the other end, Iowa State is even money to make it, and -145 to get booted in the first two rounds.
They have head to head matchups on who will get further, ie. Duke/Michigan, Villanova/Wisconsin, Syracuse/UCLA, with the money line changing depending on who the favorite is (although Duke/Michigan is even money).
Florida is the favorite to win it all at +400, with Michigan State at +500, Louisville at +450 and Arizona at +600. Personally, I think Virginia at +1000, Syracuse at +1300 and Kansas at +850 are decent odds. Wisconsin and Villanova are at +1500 each, and Ohio State is interesting at +5500.
You can also bet on which team will make it out of each region. I personally like the lack of respect that Wichita State is getting, and might throw a small bet on them at +300, whereas Louisville is even money, Duke is +250 and Michigan is +400 in the same region.
There are others like which #1 seed will be ousted first and which conference will win the championship, but I figure this is enough to get the discussion rolling. Let me know what you all think, and if anyone is curious about any odds, just post them and I'll look them up.
