2016 March Madness: Day 1 Betting Recap
Day 1 of the 2016 NCAA Tournament certainly lived up to the hype, with a good share of upsets and great endings. Below we’ll quickly recap the opening day:
– Some big news happened before any games tipped-off, with Cal point guard Tyrone Wallace breaking his hand in practice Wednesday. Following the announcement Cal dropped from -6.5 to -4.5 against Hawaii for Friday’s Round of 64 game.
– The two highest bet games of the day was Little Rock/Purdue and Yale/Baylor, and both ended up resulting in big upsets and wins for sportsbooks.
– Overs went 10-6 on the opening day.
– Favorites went 10-6 ATS on Thursday and teams getting <50% of spread bets went 9-7 ATS. - Throughout the week we wrote about fading the trendy underdog and it continued to be successful on Thursday. Favorites receiving <50% of spread bets went 4-1 ATS:
Why should you be wary of the trendy underdog? #MarchMadness #Chattanooga #Indiana pic.twitter.com/u6jjFbKrPm
— Sports Insights (@SportsInsights) March 17, 2016
– 9-seeded favorites over the 8-seed had historically been poor, going just 5-12 ATS since 2005. However, on Thursday they went 2-1: Butler (-4) over Texas Tech 71-61 and UConn (-3) over Colorado 74-67. The only 8-seed to cover was USC, and just barely:
26% of spread bettors still covered on USC +2. https://t.co/DqPGxyqO5F
— Sports Insights (@SportsInsights) March 18, 2016
– William Hill sportsbook was likely very happy with the result, as Providence was their most wagered-on spread bet of the day, followed by Hampton, Kentucky and Arizona. Of the four, only Kentucky covered.
– Kevin Ollie’s win and cover with UConn pushes his postseason ATS record to 14-4 after the Huskies came back to beat Colorado.
– Baylor unraveled against Yale (closed +210 on moneyline), but did have this nice block in the first half for their efforts:
Baylor (-5) is down 39-34 at the half to Yale, but they did have this block to show for it: https://t.co/Bz8Ogn2zIw
— Sports Insights (@SportsInsights) March 17, 2016
– In the game of the day, #12-seed Little Rock pulled off a massive comeback to stun Purdue in double overtime 85-83. Little Rock reached +1410 on the live moneyline ($100 to make $1,400) while Purdue was as high as -3500 ($3,500 to make $100):
Everything had to go right for Little Rock to pull off its incredible comeback: https://t.co/AoWztfKnJh https://t.co/U7dMjMxEp1
— SB Nation (@SBNation) March 18, 2016
– Underdogs went just 2-14 straight up with the only wins coming from Little Rock (+348) and Yale (+213).
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