From a fan's perspective,
the ACC is always one of the most exciting conferences to follow, but when it
comes to betting, are there any trends that we should be aware of before making
our NCAA Basketball picks?
February 7th ACC Spread Update
The class of the ACC so far seems clearly to be Miami,
Florida. They are undefeated in conference play, and have impressive wins over
both Duke and NC St.
But Miami is still ranked lower than Duke nationally, and
more importantly to bettors, seem to still be undervalued on their lines. We
may start to see Miami as a huge home favorite and a large road favorite in
upcoming games, and as a result, start to even out ATS, but as yet, that has
not happened.
Duke is a Top 10 team this year, but despite that, they do
still have a solid ATS record on the year of 12-9.
Virginia is another team that has impressed this year, and
may also still be sailing a bit under the radar in terms of line value.
Virginia is an amazing 9-1-1 ATS at home on the year, and they appear to be a
good blind bet as a single-digit home favorite against anyone except elite
teams.
With totals, the ACC has been a clear over trending
conference in conference play, with even normally low-scoring teams such as
Georgia Tech showing strong under trends. Some of those over trending teams may
be likely to continue to trend over, while others may not, and with others, it
remains to be seen how high the market sets their totals when they square off
against one another.
I look into all of this in detail in my ATS update for the ACC
covering the games through February 4th.
January 22nd ACC Spread Update
The ACC was a remarkable conference ATS-wise in the early part
of the 2012-2013 season, and as of January 18th, only one team in
the entire conference had a losing ATS record overall, and even that team,
Georgia Tech, was 6-8 ATS. That will even out over the next couple of months
with all the ACC teams facing each other in conference play, however.
The top teams in the ACC against the spread so far have been
Miami Florida, Wake Forest, Virginia, Boston College, and Clemson. It appears that
the NCAA Basketball odds makers have continually undervalued Boston College,
and they may be able to remain under the radar since they are near the bottom
of the conference standings.
Georgia Tech, however, is looking like their lines will have
to be significantly lowered for them to be appropriately valued in conference
play. Georgia Tech has lost 5 in a row ATS, and even in the early part of the
season, they did not fare well ATS against teams from major conferences.
As impressive as Miami Florida’s ATS performance to date has
been, their Under trend has been even stronger. As of January 18th,
Miami has not had a game go over their posted total, and their last under was
against Boston College, a team that had a perfect record of going Over entering
the game.
North Carolina State is looking like a very strong team, as
well as a good bet when facing other quality teams at home as only a small
favorite. NC State is 6-2 against the spread at home, and their two ATS losses
came against far inferior teams where they were a favorite of around 20 points.
But against better teams where their spreads were lower, NC State has been a
perfect 6-0 ATS. This is something to keep in mind when making your NCAA
Basketball picks for upcoming ACC matchups.