This weekend is the start of the March Madness betting bracket buster tournaments, which determine the bubble teams that will be placed in the at large bids and the final four opening spots of this years tournament. In theory, sports betting enthusiasts have anywhere from 59 to 220 games that they can watch in the next week, to determine which teams make the March Madness Tournament and which will be on the sidelines. With only three weeks left until the tournament, the bracket buster betting is an excellent sample to help you prepare. Here is a guide.
Bracket buster weekend, brings together all of the schools in the mid-major conferences in division one NCAA basketball. For those unfamiliar, there are the power conference teams, coming out of the Big East, Big 10, Big 12, ACC, SEC, and Pac-12 then there is everyone else, coming from the mid-major conferences. For NBA handicappers, looking to become familiar with the bracket buster tournament, you should look at the trends historically tied to the tournament. Here are a few trends.
Firstly, in a five-year sample from the 2005-2006 season to the 2010-11 season, it was revealed, that the host in bracket buster games was surprisingly bad. Essentially, in the five-year study, the host teams went a disappointing 83 – 134 against the spread. Meaning to say, that if you took the road team, just for the sake of your betting system calling for you to take road teams, you would have won 62 percent of the time. Now, that isn’t necessarily to say that the road team will be awesome this time, but you should pay special attention to how a team performs on home court and away from home court. Some teams, are undefeated at home, but have lost a handful of games on the road, which in turn can lead to good and bad performances in the tournament.
