MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL BETTING
Northern Iowa (40-24 ATS) has been the only MVC team that has consistently beaten the spread over the past two seasons, a trend college betting fans will checking this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2009/10 season are in parentheses:
WICHITASTATE (25-10 SU, 13-15 ATS, 13-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:6-6
Home Underdog:1-4
Away Favorite:1-4
Away Underdog:3-2
Neutral Site:3-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Shockers are 7-15 ATS on the road the past two seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" was 7-3 when WichitaState was the road.
Bets and Pieces: The Shockers were 4-8 ATS operating on three or more days rest.
MISSOURISTATE (24-12 SU, 16-19-1 ATS, 19-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:8-9-1
Home Underdog:2-0
Away Favorite:4-3
Away Underdog:2-3
Neutral site:0-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Bears are 12-26 ATS on the road the last three seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: MissouriState is 10-27-3 ATS in conference games the past two years.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 10-3 when the Bears were on the road.
CREIGHTON (18-16 SU, 14-17 ATS, 15-13-2 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:8-5
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:1-0
Away Underdog:4-8
Neutral Site:0-4
Sportsbook Buster: The last three seasons, the "over" is 38-17-1 when the Bluejays were favorites.
Sports Betting Angle: Creighton was 4-10 as an underdog.
Bets and Pieces: The Bluejays were 4-8 ATS in games following a pointspread win.
NORTHERN IOWA (30-5 SU, 23-11 ATS, 9-21-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:9-5
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:3-2
Away Underdog:4-1
Neutral Site:6-3
Sportsbook Buster: The Panthers are 28-14 ATS in MVC games the last two seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: Northern Iowa was 9-4 ATS in non-conference games.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 16-4-1 in Panthers MVC games.
BRADLEY (16-15 SU, 14-16 ATS, 15-11 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-7
Home Underdog:4-0
Away Favorite:2-0
Away Underdog:3-6
Neutral Site:2-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Braves were 2-7 as home favorites but 4-0 as home underdogs.
Sports Betting Angle: Bradley was 10-5 ATS on three or more days rest.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 12-8 in Braves conference games.
ILLINOISSTATE (22-11 SU, 12-17-1 ATS, 11-15 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:7-8
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:1-4
Away Underdog:4-3-1
Neutral Site:0-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Redbirds were 8-13 as favorites.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" was 12-8 in IllinoisState conference games.
Bets and Pieces: The Redbirds were 3-10 ATS when playing on three or more days rest.
INDIANASTATE (17-15 SU, 17-12 ATS, 12-11-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:5-2
Home Underdog:2-2
Away Favorite:1-1
Away Underdog:6-6
Neutral Site:2-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Sycamores are 25-14 ATS in MVC games the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: IndianaState was 7-2 ATS in games following a pointspread loss.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 11-7-1 in Sycamores conference games.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (15-15 SU, 11-16 ATS, 11-13 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:5-7
Home Underdog:1-0
Away Favorite:1-0
Away Underdog:3-4
Neutral Site:0-3
Sportsbook Buster: The Salukis were 6-10 as favorites.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" was 6-1 when Southern Illinois was an underdog.
Bets and Pieces: The Salukis were 3-10 ATS in games following a SU victory.
DRAKE (14-19 SU, 16-11-1 ATS, 12-12 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:1-1
Home Underdog:4-2
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:8-4
Neutral Site:2-2-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Bulldogs were 16-8 ATS on two or more days rest.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" is 25-14 in Drake conference games the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The Bulldogs were 14-8-1 as underdogs.
EVANSVILLE (9-21 SU, 13-12-1 ATS, 13-10 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-2
Home Underdog:3-5
Away Favorite:0-0-1
Away Underdog:7-5
Neutral Site:1-0
Sportsbook Buster: The Purple Aces were 5-2-1 ATS in non-conference games.
Sports Betting Angle: The "over" was 7-4 when Evansville played at home.
Bets and Pieces: The Purple Aces were 7-11-1 in games following a SU defeat.
This is the 10th of an NCAA basketball betting preview series.
Next: Handicapping the Western Athletic Conference.
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