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College Basketball Betting: You Must Get To Know KenPom.com – Business Insider
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Our daily series on college basketball betting continues. See older posts here…
Most MLB and NBA junkies know to head to baseball-reference.com and basketball-reference.com for any statistical query they may have. But not every college basketball fan knows about KenPom.com, and if you’re interested in making money betting on college hoops, you better get familiar with it.
Here’s what you need to know:
Now that you’ve examined the teams, make sure to click on “Fan Match” up top. That’s where Pomeroy uses his algorithms to pick the days’ games, and games in the future. He sorts them by “thrill score,” which might be important if you’re deciding which game to watch.
But if you’re looking to bet, check the prediction and his confidence in parenthesis. Then see how they compare with the lines of major sports books. They’re usually very similar, but if there are any large discrepancies it is certainly worth seeing what’s behind the inconsistency. Click on each team’s name to get to their page and examine their stats in depth.
Picks
Yesterday we picked games by wagering against heavy road favorites. We went 1-1-1, and probably should have done a better job factoring how good Gonzaga was before blindly following the system and picking Loyola Marymount to cover.
Today’s small slate of games doesn’t feature a single major school, and just a few fringe tournament hopefuls. Slim pickings. But we like Princeton to cover as 3-point favorites at Columbia. Their set offense doesn’t get rattled on the road, and Columbia is a familiar, inept foe. We’ll also take Siena as 11-point underdogs at Iona. The Saints already knocked off the Gaels, and these rivals always play tough – no matter the talent disparity.
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