[Libloather]

And the absence of a reasonably slight betting movement would not be the work of wiser wiseguys. But it may reflect this column’s previous prediction that college players are now more susceptible to the demands, threats and loyalties of street gangs than to the cigar-chomping, needs-a-shave hoods from long-gone central casting.

Bet $2 on KC to win. Scored $1.36. I will report it on my tax form next year.

[nikos1121]

It was a so-what game between a 19-11 visitor and 11-19 Temple.

Who is going to bet on Temple if they’re giving them only a couple points against a team that is 19/11

In truth, they should have given them 20 points.

[abb]

Say it ain’t so, Joe...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Hedge funds make millions by buying and selling thousands of positions that only change in the cents.

This appears to be a similar method to make millions by tweaking the odds slightly on many bets via many brokers.

What's a punter to do?

[thinden]

My educated guess is that if any of these games are found to have been fixed they’re inside or at least neighborhood jobs bereft of sophistication. Several players, in a losing season and with minimal professional basketball futures — not to mention the get-rich-quick commercial prompts that daily flood their senses — appeared to have had exceptionally bad games.

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could be temple was a little cheap on their NIL payola to team players?

[Red Badger]

I wonder if AI is now being used to predict game outcomes and people all over are betting according to what the AI ORACLE says?....................

[WASCWatch]

I’d be taking a look at a few Arizona games they lost to clearly inferior teams.