{"id":4019,"date":"2009-03-27T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/official-betting-preview-of-kansas-michigan-state\/"},"modified":"2009-03-27T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T19:49:00","slug":"official-betting-preview-of-kansas-michigan-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/official-betting-preview-of-kansas-michigan-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Betting Preview of Kansas-Michigan State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> plays <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in the Midwest Regional Finals as the 2009 NCAA Tournament brackets continue to evolve. It&#8217;s time for the official betting preview.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>Jayhawks<\/span> are 27-7 straight up and have been a rock chalk at 20-8 against the spread. <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 28-6 outright and 17-13 to the Vegas bookmakers. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Proving that perception does not jibe with reality, the common belief is that <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is the better offense, while <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> the better defense. The teams have similar ratios as far as points per game on offense. <st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> gets 76.8 points per game to teams that normally allow 68.2, while <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> is 72.1 to 64.5. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> though is the betting shooting team, getting 4.9 percent more than their foes normally allow, compared to three-percent for the Spartans. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Defensively, <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> holds opponents to 6.7 points per game and 6.7 percent shooting below their normal average. This is better than <span class=SpellE>MSU&#8217;s<\/span> 4.6 and 3.5 ratios. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As far as against the spread trends: The <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>Jayhawks<\/span><\/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.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For the winning pick and prediction on <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kansas-Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to beat the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a> it&#8217;s the <span class=SpellE>LateInfo<\/span>. A former <st1:CITY><st1:PLACE><st1:City><st1:place>Las   Vegas<\/st1:PLACE><\/st1:CITY><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>oddsmaker<\/span><\/span> was the top tout on a high profile site and one of the most expensive handicappers in the world. His Odds Analyzer Plays\u2014bets that are almost assured of beating the sports betting market are few and far between. He&#8217;s back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a> consulting and we are clients at <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>LateInfo<\/span><\/span>. We now have exclusive access to release his Odds Analyzer Plays. He has a significant overlay\/underlay on Kansas\/Michigan State. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Going back to 2007, the <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>LateInfo<\/span><\/span> line has hit 12 straight picks in the Big Dance. Xavier over Pitt yesterday was the latest winner\u2026until tonight. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> for just $69, this good as gold pick. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/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>Kansas plays Michigan State in the Midwest Regional Finals as the 2009 NCAA Tournament brackets continue to evolve. It&#8217;s time for the official betting preview. The Jayhawks are 27-7 straight up and have been a rock chalk at 20-8 against the spread. Michigan State is 28-6 outright and 17-13 to the Vegas bookmakers. Proving that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/official-betting-preview-of-kansas-michigan-state\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Official Betting Preview of Kansas-Michigan State<\/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-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","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=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}