{"id":10322,"date":"2011-02-03T17:51:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2011-02-03T18:13:34","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T18:13:34","slug":"sports-bettings-best-and-worst-teams-off-wins-and-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/sports-bettings-best-and-worst-teams-off-wins-and-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting&#8217;s Best and Worst Teams off Wins and Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we were two letters off. We stated that ESPN\u2019s Chad Millman has renamed to long-standing <a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapping<\/a> tool of Margin of Cover as the \u201csweat meter.\u201d He in fact refers to it as the \u201csweat barometer.\u201d\u00a0 By any name, the \u201cMargin of Cover\u201d (+\/- how much they did or did not cover by) continues to be a betting weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Now that sports betting experts know the top MOC teams in NCAAB to bet on or against, how about analyzing which teams in college basketball are best and worst off straight up wins and losses?<\/p>\n<p>Cal Poly has been the top \u201cpredictably unpredictable\u201d squad as they are 1-7 against the spread off a straight up win, but 8-1 to the number off a straight up loss.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the best teams off an outright win:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team <\/strong><strong>Against the spread record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hawaii\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-1<\/p>\n<p>George Mason \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13-3<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12-3<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11-3<\/p>\n<p>However, the following teams can\u2019t stand prosperity. These are the best teams to bet against off a straight up win:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team <\/strong><strong>Against the spread record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miss State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-8<\/p>\n<p>Ohio\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Miami Ohio \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Southern Illinois\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Cal Poly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2-9<\/p>\n<p>Who are the best bounce back teams? Only two teams have been particular impressive against the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=13\">sportsbook<\/a> odds off a straight up setback:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team <\/strong><strong>Against the spread record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cal Poly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-1<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7-1<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, losing is quite contagious for these spread disasters. Here are the worst teams to bet on\u2014or the best teams to bet against off a straight up loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team <\/strong><strong>Against the spread record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fordham \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-8<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Florida Intl.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1-7<\/p>\n<p>San Diego\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3-13<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information: <\/strong>Get today\u2019s top <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettorsadvice.com\/\">sports picks<\/a> and the video preview of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/offshoreinsiders#p\/a\/u\/1\/sy64fas7Jyc\">Super Bowl 2011<\/a> on the OffshoreInsiders.com Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we were two letters off. We stated that ESPN\u2019s Chad Millman has renamed to long-standing sports handicapping tool of Margin of Cover as the \u201csweat meter.\u201d He in fact refers to it as the \u201csweat barometer.\u201d\u00a0 By any name, the \u201cMargin of Cover\u201d (+\/- how much they did or did not cover by) continues &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/sports-bettings-best-and-worst-teams-off-wins-and-losses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Betting&#8217;s Best and Worst Teams off Wins and Losses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10327,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10322\/revisions\/10327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}