MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE COLLEGE BASKETBALL BETTING
Mountain West Conference teams were 25-11-1 as road favorites last year, a trend college basketball betting fans will be monitoring this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2009/10 season are in parentheses:
SAN DIEGOSTATE (25-9 SU, 18-13-1 ATS, 14-14-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:7-5
Home Underdog:0-1
Away Favorite:5-3
Away Underdog:4-3
Neutral Site:1-1-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Aztecs are 27-16 as favorites the last two seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: The "under" is 18-11-1 when SDS s a home favorite the last three years.
Bets and Pieces: The Aztecs were 16-11-1 ATS with two or more days rest.
BYU (30-6 SU, 19-14 ATS, 16-15 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:7-6
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite: 8-1
Away Underdog:1-3
Neutral site:3-4
Sportsbook Buster: The Cougars are 16-2 as road favorites the last two years.
Sports Betting Angle: BYU was 11-6 ATS on two or fewer days rest.
Bets and Pieces: The Cougars are 21-10 ATS on the road the last two seasons.
UNLV (25-9 SU, 19-13 ATS, 13-15-2 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite: 7-8
Home Underdog:2-0
Away Favorite:6-2
Away Underdog: 3-1
Neutral Site:1-2
Sportsbook Buster: The Runnin' Rebels were 9-3 ATS on the road.
Sports Betting Angle: UNLV was 5-1 as an underdog.
Bets and Pieces: The Rebels were 12-7 ATS on two or few days rest.
NEW MEXICO (30-5 SU, 18-15-1 ATS, 12-17 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite: 11-7
Home Underdog:0-0
Away Favorite:4-3-1
Away Underdog:2-1
Neutral Site:1-4
Sportsbook Buster: The Lobos are 45-26-1 as favorites the last three seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: The last two years, New Mexico is 18-12-2 ATS in games following a pointspread win.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 11-7 in Lobos conference games.
UTAH (14-17 SU, 13-14-1 ATS, 12-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:3-6
Home Underdog:2-1-1
Away Favorite:1-2
Away Underdog:6-3
Neutral Site:1-1
Sportsbook Buster: The Utes were 9-5-1 as underdogs.
Sports Betting Angle: Utah was 5-8-1 ATS at home.
Bets and Pieces: The "over" was 7-4 when the Utes were on the road.
COLORADOSTATE (16-16 SU, 18-13 ATS, 13-12 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:7-2
Home Underdog:2-3
Away Favorite:1-0
Away Underdog:5-8
Neutral Site:3-0
Sportsbook Buster: The Rams were 9-2 as favorites.
Sports Betting Angle: The "over" is 22-12 in CSU conference games the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The Rams were 16-10 ATS on two or more days rest.
TCU (13-19 SU, 11-18 ATS, 11-14-1 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-7
Home Underdog: 0-5
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:7-6
Neutral Site:2-0
Sportsbook Buster: The "under" is 27-27-2 in Horned Frogs games the last three seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: TCU was 2-12 ATS at home.
Bets and Pieces: The Horned Frogs were 6-11 ATS in Mountain West Conference play.
WYOMING (10-21 SU, 13-12 ATS, 8-14 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:3-3
Home Underdog:4-3
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:6-5
Neutral Site:0-1
Sportsbook Buster: When the Cowboys were underdogs, the "under" was 11-6.
Sports Betting Angle: Wyoming is 17-10 ATS on three or more days rest the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The Cowboys were 9-2 ATS in games following a pointspread win.
AIR FORCE (10-21 SU, 11-14 ATS, 8-16 O/U)
By the Numbers (2009/10 Season)
Home Favorite:2-2
Home Underdog:0-7
Away Favorite:0-0
Away Underdog:6-5
Neutral Site:3-0
Sportsbook Buster: The Falcons are 4-17 ATS at home the last two seasons.
Sports Betting Angle: Air Force is 12-24 ATS in MWC games the last two years.
Bets and Pieces: The "under" was 8-2 in Falcons home games.
This is the ninth of an NCAA basketball betting preview series.
Next: Handicapping the MissouriValley Conference.
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