{"id":3981,"date":"2009-03-24T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/sweet-16-betting-odds-previews\/"},"modified":"2009-03-24T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T03:15:00","slug":"sweet-16-betting-odds-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/sweet-16-betting-odds-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet 16 Betting Odds Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here are some against the spread trends for the Sweet 16 games for the NCAA Tournament, compiled by the staff of <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><font color=blue><span style='color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b>. Previews are written from the standpoint of beating the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Purdue-Connecticut<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Huskies are 2-7 their last nine in the NCAA Tournament. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Xavier-Pittsburgh<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Musketeers are 7-1 their last eight NCAA Tournament games as an underdog. The Panthers have dropped 5-of-6 NCAA Tournament games. Xavier has gone under seven straight games on neutral courts. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Missouri-Memphis<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Missouri<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 8-2 their last 10 NCAA Tournament games. <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 10-1 opponent winning percentage of .600 or greater. <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 15-5 off <span class=GramE>an<\/span> straight up win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Villanova-Duke<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Duke is 2-10 as a favorite in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils have dropped 8-of-10 to the Big East. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Arizona-Louisville<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Wildcats are 9-2 opponent winning percentage of .600 or greater. The Cards are 16-7 overall their last 23. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Syracuse-Oklahoma<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Syracuse<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 9-1 their last 10 overall. The Sooners are 9-19 on neutral courts. <st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has gone over seven straight as an underdog on neutral courts. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas-Michigan<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName><font  size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <\/span><\/font><st1:PlaceType><font   size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State<\/span><\/font><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>Jayhawks<\/span> are 37-14 against teams with a winning record. <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 15-3 as an NCAA Tournament favorite. <st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has gone under 13-3 off a win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gonzaga-North <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:City><st1:place><font   size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Carolina<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Bulldogs are 1-7 their last eight outside the conference. The Tar Heels are 1-8 off a spread win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 color=blue face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue; font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> is proud to announce <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/\">BetUs Sportsbook<\/a> is our No. 1 sportsbook based on customer response!<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some against the spread trends for the Sweet 16 games for the NCAA Tournament, compiled by the staff of OffshoreInsiders.com. Previews are written from the standpoint of beating the sportsbooks. Purdue-Connecticut The Huskies are 2-7 their last nine in the NCAA Tournament. Xavier-Pittsburgh The Musketeers are 7-1 their last eight NCAA Tournament games &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/sweet-16-betting-odds-previews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sweet 16 Betting Odds Previews<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981","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=3981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}