Headed to VEGAS in the AM...Futures Bet

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Memphis should be real good this year. Love their coach. Xavier at 75/1 seems like a good pick. Cincinnati though is poised to have a pretty good year too. Everyone here is excited for them - more so than Xavier, which is saying something where Xavier basketball rules.

UConn seems like a good bet, but maybe we're putting too much stock in our freshmen and not recognizing the importance of losing Kemba. We've got a damn good team, but parts are unproven. It's risky in my opinion.

And I wouldn't touch Baylor. They were supposed to be really really good last year. I'm not sure if it's just the players they have or the coaching, but they were the most underwhelming team last year.

I got frozen out of Memphis at Caesar's Palace. Memphis was 40/1 on the hard copy sheets at the casino. Caesar's and all their sister casino sports books had 40/1 before I tried to place a wager at Caesars. I wanted to place a bet for 2,500 on Memphis and the manager limited the bet to 200 unless I had "special standing" at the casino. I said no and went to Harrah's and the other sister casinos of Caesars and the line dropped to 30/1 10 minutes later. I walked away from Memphis. UConn was anywhere from 12/1 to 20/1 at various sports books. The best odds on Xavier were 65/1 at the Wynn. They limited your action there to 500 on a futures bet. Xavier was as low as 40/1. The Mirage is separate from the Caesars sister books that get their #'s from the Rio. The Mirage is the best book because they allowed higher wagers on futures. After taking a 50/1 bet the line dropped to 25/1 an hour later. This team basically was going for 40/1 or 35/1 in other places. It is difficult to find books ready to risk a large payout for x # of dollars. Cincinnati was 100/1 at many books.

Remember UConn was supposed to be "really good" with Dyson, Edwards, Robinson and KW. It never materialized and then they won the title the next year. KW was unique and special and a one of a kind player in UConn history. A coach on and off the court. What he accomplished in my opinion makes him the best ever at UConn. He will be missed. JMHO

 

[huskysupporter]

I took UNC and Syracuse when I was there in July.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

I took UNC and Syracuse when I was there in July.

Interesting...To give you an update @ the MGM for instance UNC is 5/2 and Syracuse is 12/1. At the Wynn NC 7/2 and SU 12/1. The last I checked the best you can get for UConn is 20/1 @ the Hilton. Everywhere else its lower. At Caesar's (jerks as they limit everything you do) its NC 3/1, SU 12/1 and UConn 15/1 ect ect...

 

[huskysupporter]

Interesting...To give you an update @ the MGM for instance UNC is 5/2 and Syracuse is 12/1. At the Wynn NC 7/2 and SU 12/1. The last I checked the best you can get for UConn is 20/1 @ the Hilton. Everywhere else its lower. At Caesar's (jerks as they limit everything you do) its NC 3/1, SU 12/1 and UConn 15/1 ect ect...

I got Syracuse at 15/1 and UNC at 4/1, both at Planet Hollywood.