Basketball Betting

Conference tournaments are a great time to make some money by betting on the outcome of March Madness. It can be a profitable week and a half as some teams are fighting for their lives on the bubble, other teams are trying to stay atop a one bid conference, and others are vying for an opportunity to cut down the nets before Selection Sunday.

As I have written numerous times in the past, line shopping is one of the most important parts of sports betting, and one of the biggest advantages to betting sports online in general. It is critical in the long term to have money in several different books, simply because all books offer different lines regularly. Even if the line is the same at two books, one may offer a reduced line because money is coming in differently at both sites.

Last year, everybody expected the NBA Finals to be Kobe and the Los Angeles Lakers versus LeBron and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kobe lived up to his end of the deal but the Orlando Magic upset the Cavs and represented the Eastern Conference.