March Madness 2010 Standings: Sports Picks, Vegas Odds Trends Top Monday

Here is today’s sports betting rundown. Stevie Vincent, Senior Handicapper of OffshoreInsiders.com has some top computer trends. All records are against the spread.

NBA

Golden State Warriors are 9-0 to the Pacific.

Oklahoma City Thunder is 8-0 off double-digit loss.

Milwaukee Bucks are 21-4 if they won two of their last three straight up.

Orlando Magic is 9-0 off a win of six or less.  

College basketball

Illinois has gone over 11-0 outside the conference.

Princeton 10-1 if they are 3-1 their last four against the spread.

Appalachian State 8-0 versus an opponent forcing 14 or fewer turnovers

Fairfield 7-0 after a game as an underdog

March Madness picks doesn’t just have to be about college basketball; there’s plenty of action going on with NBA odds, too. On Monday, the New Orleans Hornets host the Dallas Mavericks while the Chicago Bulls host the Houston Rockets topping the NBA spread. 

Here are the premium picks of ScoresOddsPicks of OffshoreInsiders.com

Dallas Mavericks at New Orleans Hornets – 8:00 p.m. ET

The Mavericks (46-23, 28-40-1 ATS) have cooled after a 13-game winning streak. Dallas has dropped two of three, including a 102-93 loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday. It continued a tough run at the sportsbook, as the Mavs have dropped four consecutive games on college basketball odds. Dallas is just 3-6-1 ATS in its last 10 games. Perhaps the road will do the team some good, though; Dallas is 5-0 against the spread in its last five games away from home.

New Orleans (33-38, 32-38-1 ATS) has lost three straight games and is just 2-12 in its last 14 games. The Hornets haven’t been any better against the spread, going 2-2 in their past four games. Worse yet, those two wins were the only two times the Hornets have covered in their past 10 games against the point spread. Playing at home probably won’t make much of a difference, either; New Orleans has lost four straight games at home.

Dallas has won two straight games against New Orleans, and there’s no doubt the Mavericks are playing much better at the sportsbooks Bet on Dallas.

Pick: Dallas

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls – 8:00 p.m. ET

Houston (36-32, 31-36 ATS) is on a roll; the Rockets have won five of their past six games, including a 116-112 win over the Knicks on Sunday. Houston covered the three-point spread, which improved it to 3-1 ATS in its past four games at the sportsbook. The Rockets have struggled to get the job done at home, however; they’ve covered just four of their past 10 home games on college basketball odds.

Chicago (32-37, 34-33-2 ATS) ended a horrendous 10-game winning streak by getting past Philadelphia 94-84 on Saturday. Oddly, the Bulls have been solid at the sportsbook. Although they’re just 4-6 in their past 10 games against the spread, they’ve actually won four straight on college basketball odds. Playing at home could pose some problems, though—the Bulls are 1-4 in their past five games against the spread in Chicago.

The Bulls have won and covered their past two meetings with Housotn and maybe turned a corner after ending their losing streak, but Houston is clearly the better team.

Free pick: Houston

Now to Matt Rivers, who was the winningest handicapper ever—nobody came close—on a large network of sites.

He has College of Charleston plus the points. They are getting 12.5 at Virginia Commonwealth.

At first glance I could not believe that the Fighting Bobby Cremins were getting so many points here. I knew that VCU is one of the better teams in a decent enough Colonial Conference, which is a step above the Southern Conference, but a dozen plus seemed like too much.

I am not wavering from that feeling but fully trusting the Cougars on the road against a superior squad from a superior conference is asking a lot and too much to make a real play on.

Earlier in the season College of Charleston shocked North Carolina. Looking back now in late March that victory is obviously watered down as the Tar Heels have struggled mightily but they were a top 10 team at that point and the victory still shows enough about Cremins’ squad. Also the Cougs did go 14-4 in conference and 21-11 overall and have a superstar in Andrew Goudelock that can dominate for stretches in this thing.

On Bracketbuster weekend C of C won on the road at a rival for VCU in George Mason. The Rams are certainly better than Jim Laranagga’s boys this season but that should have been a confidence-building win for this spot against another Colonial Conference opponent. The Cougars have also won six of their final 9 this season away from John Kresse Arena proving they just do not fold up shop when on the highway.

VCU is a very good 22-9 and former California Vulcans assistant Shaka Smart’s team will probably grab victory number 23 here behind Larry Sanders and Joey Rodriguez. But for the Rams to be laying 13 or so in this spot seems a bit too hefty for me and I’m therefore going to make a small play on the visitors as they keep this thing within single digits, at worst, in the end.

The pick: Charleston +12.5 at Bodog  

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