College hoops: How do the books determine which games to offer?

TheFunkMonkey · Dec 28, 2003

No line for the Liberty/Arizona game. Or if there was a line, not many books had it.

But you've got lines for low-profile games such as Drexel/FIU, Birm-Southern/Loy-Chicago, EWash/Idaho and American/Pepperdine?

I know the obvious answer. No line on Liberty/Arizona because it would be too difficult to determine an accurate point-spread. But that didn't stop the books from posting a line for Marist/GaTech or Iona/UConn!

wilheim · Dec 28, 2003

Funk Monkey, I am pretty sure its a Conference thing. You can usually count on lines for any of the teams included in this link. At least most of the teams anyway.

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mvbski · Dec 28, 2003

all the added games are more or less decided by Don Best

TheFunkMonkey · Dec 28, 2003

Liberty is a Division I team in the Big South. But I've noticed that Big South games don't always have lines.

There are 325 (or 326?) teams in Division I. I think Wil is right, there are a few conferences that are considered "non-board". When these conferences play, you never know if the books are gonna post a line. Big South, Patriot, Southland, Northeast, etc.

Go figure, there was a line on the Lamar (Southland) @ Hawaii game last night. But that's probably because it was a VERY late game, so it gave the books a chance to extend the gambling-day by a couple hours. People could place Lamar/Hawaii bets after midnight!

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