Handicapping Articles
Where is the Parity in the NFL?
November 22, 2009 - One thing that has stood out this season in the NFL is that the parity that was the NFL’s strength in the early and middle of this decade no longer exists. It seems like every week there are multiple blowouts and less contenders at th [READ MORE]
Handicapping the NFL Pre-season
June 30th, 2009 - Contrary to popular belief, the NFL Pre-season is one of the best times to wager on the NFL. Profitable situations can be found in deciphering the available information heading into each game. It is the only time of the year when coach [READ MORE]
Handicapping the NBA Finals
June 3rd, 2009 - Now that we are in the NBA finals we have two of the best teams in the league squaring off. As such, we would expect to see close games, but the truth is that these games are usually not as close as we might expect. In the 33 NBA finals g [READ MORE]
How to Bet Interleague Play
May 21st, 2009 - Interleague play starts up again this weekend with some stellar matchups such as the World Champion Phillies traveling to New York to face the Yankees. The Mets at Fenway to face the Red Sox, and the Angels making the trek cross town to f [READ MORE]
Handicapping the NBA Conference Finals
May 19th, 2009 - By this time in the NBA playoffs, we are dealing with four pretty good teams. As such, we are much less likely to see the blowout wins that are so common earlier in the playoffs. As a matter of fact, there have been 472 first and second r [READ MORE]
Handicapping Round 2 of the NBA Playoffs
May 4th, 2009 - Round two has generally been dominated by the home team. Home teams are a very strong 101-44 SU and 82-60-3 ATS since the 2002-2003 playoffs. The most common matchups are the 1 versus 4 seed with the home team being 27-24-1 ATS in that mat [READ MORE]
Revenging Starters Within a Week
April 23rd, 2009 - Athletes are very competitive. In Baseball, pitchers are amongst the most competitive of the bunch. They are the only person in any sport who controls the entire game. That basic premise led us to research results for starting pitche [READ MORE]
Handicapping the First Round of the NBA Playoffs
April 18, 2009 - Home court usually has a strong impact in round one games as home teams are 171-90 SU (65.5%) and 138-122-1 ATS (53%) over the last six seasons (since 2002). Interestingly, almost all the value in home teams comes in the form of favorite [READ MORE]
The Big Favorite Trap in Major League Baseball
April 6th, 2009 - How often have you seen a -200 or more favorite in baseball that you figured was an absolute sure bet? Big MLB favorites of -200 or more are always significantly better teams and usually have a significantly better pitcher on the mound [READ MORE]
Handicapping the Final 4
April 1st, 2009 - Once teams reach the final four they realize that this is the last stop on the journey win or lose. They have battled through four tough NCAA tournament games, and are now just two wins away from going down in history as undisputed nati [READ MORE]
Handicapping the Elite 8
March 28th, 2009 - The Elite-8 usually has the cream of the crop remaining, and that is certainly the case this year. Those that were just happy to have their name called on Selection Sunday, and those that we considered potential scares by the pundits [READ MORE]
Handicapping the Sweet 16
March 25th, 2009 - Teams reaching the Sweet-16 have played two previous NCAA tournament games, so that gives us a little more to work with than the first two rounds. In most cases, the teams that remain are the upper echelon of college basketball. This [READ MORE]
Handicapping the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament
March 21st, 2009 - As we have noted previously, straight-up winners overwhelmingly also cover the pointspread in Round one. This number increases greatly in round two. In round two, SU winners are 155-34-3 ATS or 82.0%. This is significantly higher tha [READ MORE]
Handicapping the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
March 16th, 2009 - Round 1 of the NCAA tournament is by far the most exciting of the entire tournament. It is in this round that we have seen Richmond become the first ever 15 seed to beat a 2 seed (Syracuse), then Coppin St repeating the task in 1997 by [READ MORE]
7 Rules to Follow When Filling Out The Bracket
March 15th, 2009 - Lets put point spreads aside for just a minute, and focus on what everyone will be talking about around the water cooler this week, THE BRACKET! Face it, you want to be "the man" at the office or amongst your group of friends by showin [READ MORE]