3 MVC games tonight- Tuesday (2/9/10)

[BradleyBrave]

Dare I ask - Is anyone hurt or suspended for Bradley tonight? This line move seems a bit odd to me.

[Da Coach]

When was the last time ISU beat Bradley at CA though?


It has been a little while hasn't it?

Jim Les has never lost to ISU at Carver Arena. He is 7-0 against them at home.
The last loss at home was 1/23/02 in the final year of Molinari.

[BradleyBrave]

Dare I ask - Is anyone hurt or suspended for Bradley tonight? This line move seems a bit odd to me.

The silence is deafening...the lines don't move 4 points in a day unless something is going on...anyone care to add to this?

[Boiler]

The silence is deafening...the lines don't move 4 points in a day unless something is going on...anyone care to add to this?

On these websites: Sports Interaction.com, SportsBetting.com, bodog.com, SBGGLOBAL.com, Sportsbook.com, & OddsMaker.com The line was a pick em this morning and now stands at ISU -1.5. That's a surprising move.

[BradleyBrave]

Can anyone confirm that there are no injuries other than Dunson and McCain, and no suspensions to key personnel for BU tonight?

[houstontxbrave]

Can anyone confirm that there are no injuries other than Dunson and McCain, and no suspensions to key personnel for BU tonight?

I agree. Money does not flow in on an obscure D1 basketball game on a Tuesday night so much that it moves the line 4 points unless someone knows something.

Very interesting on the movement and the silence...????

[Tulsa Brave]

WSU 77 UE 62
CU 71 InSU 68
BU 70 ISU 66

[real fan]

Vegas gets no info on injuries or suspensions before our media, if the line moves that much it is because of heavy betting going on the other direction.

[real fan]

How about the home teams hold serve and put 2nd place back in play? That includes you Evansville!

I will 2nd that motion.

[houstontxbrave]

Vegas gets no info on injuries or suspensions before our media, if the line moves that much it is because of heavy betting going on the other direction.

Really? So some big player is out there throwing cash at a Bradley v ISU game just because... ok. There is something causing money to be driven at ISU. ISU at a +1 1/2 was not that tasty of a line to make wild betting.

Maybe you are right but I think there is something deeper.

[BradleyBrave]

Really? So some big player is out there throwing cash at a Bradley v ISU game just because... ok. There is something causing money to be driven at ISU. ISU at a +1 1/2 was not that tasty of a line to make wild betting.

Maybe you are right but I think there is something deeper.

That's not entirely true.

Also, rumor is that TB may have the flu? One of his recent tweets seemed to indicate that...or that he's gonna get SICK all over the Redbirds!

[Da Coach]

There are thousands of people who bet millions on college games.
Rarely does the point spread move simply because of one or two bettors.

Check out the "betting trend" and it shows that the money was predominantly on ISU until this afternoon, then with the shift in the point spread, the money shifted to predominantly Bradley-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/betting-trends/illinois-state-@-bradley.cfm/date/02-09-10/time/2005

[houstontxbrave]

There are thousands of people who bet millions on college games.
Rarely does the point spread move simply because of one or two bettors.

Check out the "betting trend" and it shows that the money was predominantly on ISU until this afternoon, then with the shift in the point spread, the money shifted to predominantly Bradley-
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-...9-10/time/2005

But a Big Fish can come in and put large amounts of money on a team and that money can influence the line, simply because the big money wants the line to be influenced. I have no clue what happened here but a 4 point move in essentially an obsure D1 basketball game seems odd to me.

[BradleyBrave]

But a Big Fish can come in and put large amounts of money on a team and that money can influence the line, simply because the big money wants the line to be influenced. I have no clue what happened here but a 4 point move in essentially an obsure D1 basketball game seems odd to me.

Agreed. That type of swing in any game usually gets it flagged by the oddsmakers. However, initial lines often move a bit more significantly if the oddsmakers feel they've made a mistake. They make more mistakes in mid and low major basketball than anywhere...

[BUBraves06]

But a Big Fish can come in and put large amounts of money on a team and that money can influence the line, simply because the big money wants the line to be influenced. I have no clue what happened here but a 4 point move in essentially an obsure D1 basketball game seems odd to me.

For people that wager, there is no such thing as an obscure D1 college basketball game. Although the site I used had the game opening as a Pick and now it's ISU -1.5, so not as much movement as some other sites.