Sports Wagering: NCAA Basketball Margin of Cover Standings and NBA Rest Report

The margin-of-cover standings have some clear-cut undervalued and overvalued teams. The top sports betting service in the world has another Wise Guy winner and today’s NBA schedule features some rested versus unrested matchups, including one of the NBATV games.

NBA Rest Report

Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland is playing their third game in four nights.

New Orleans Hornets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

New Orleans is playing their third game in four nights, fourth in five nights and is playing back-to-back nights.

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets

Portland is playing back-to-back nights while Denver is playing their third game in four nights.

Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz

Houston is playing back-to-back nights, while Utah is playing their third game in four nights.

Margin of Cover

Here is a Margin of Cover (MOC) breakdown for NCAA basketball. Renamed “sweat meter” in Chad Millman's ESPN column, MOC is similar to scoring margin, but it is measured by how much a team covers or fails to cover the point spread.

Many sports handicappers believe MOC is invaluable in isolating undervalued and overvalued teams.

At 11-2-1 against the spread, Duquesne has the best MOC in the nation at plus-7.5.  The Longhorns of Texas have been kind to bettors at 14-3 to the number and a plus-6.9 MOC.

The only other team with at least 10 lined games and a MOC of 5.0 or better is Connecticut, which has exactly a plus-5.0 margin at 10-4 in the back pocket.

Texas Tech has the worst MOC at minus-5.6 and a terrible 5-13 record, according to the sportsbooks. With a 5-9 point-spread record, Central Florida is second worst with a minus-5.4 deficit.

No other regular rotation team has a minus-5.0 or worse, but Ohio at minus-4.8 and Michigan State at minus-4.7 are next on the Vegas shame list.

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