NCAA Betting

NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) basketball is the largest basketball league in the world so start making money by betting in-play with betting exchange Betfair, where you can get up to 20% better odds than a traditional sports bookmaker. Using Betfair can make your NCAA betting more profitable than ever before.

Betting in-play on televised college basketball allows you to lock in a profit even if your original bet doesn’t win. Or likewise you can cut your losses if things aren’t going so well. For example if the team you back has just had its star player foul out of the game you can attempt to lay off your bet at the odds available.

The NCAA system is made up of over 1000 universities and colleges competing for a place in the final tournament which is made up of 65 teams that play to reach the famous ‘final four’. The 64th and 65th teams compete in an opening round fixture to produce a more rounded figure of 64. Over a period of around three weeks the colleges take on each other in a knockout format, this is known famously as the March madness period.

The rest of the NCAA finals are held in April with the semis taking place on the first Saturday and the high profile championship game held on the Monday.

NCAA betting really heats up when games are shown on sports channel NASN. Use your judgement to predict whether the odds available represent the team’s chance of winning the match. NCAA odds and handicap betting markets are available for all the big fixtures each night. Outright betting on the NCAA can be found on Betfair towards the end of the season.

Near 100% books on college betting with Betfair mean that even after commission NCAA bettors are regularly beating the prices on offer elsewhere. With Betfair it can also be possible to make money before the tip-off, if you think a teams odds will shorten you can back them and trade your bet. This is effectively giving the very same bet to someone else but with a small margin to keep for yourself.

The NCAA with over 1000 teams has always been ultra competitive with players desperate not only to win but to get picked up by one of the NBA franchises. With college basketball betting you know the players are going to keep trying for you right until the final buzzer.

The NCAA championship finalis rarely dominated by any one side and the results of the last 30 years confirm this.

1974 North Carolina St. 76-64 Marquette
1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky
1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan
1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina
1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke
1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St.
1980 Louisville 59-54 UCLA
1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina
1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown
1983 North Carolina St. 54-52 Houston
1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston
1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown
1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke
1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse
1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma
1989 Michigan 80-79 (ot) Seton Hall
1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke
1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas
1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan
1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan
1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke
1995 UCLA 89-78 Arkansas
1996 Kentucky 76-67 Syracuse
1997 Arizona 84-79 (ot) Kentucky
1998 Kentucky 78-69 Utah
1999 Connecticut 77-74 Duke
2000 Michigan St. 89-76 Florida
2001 Duke 82-72 Arizona
2002 Maryland 64-52 Indiana
2003 Syracuse 81-78 Kansas
2004 Connecticut 82-73 Georgia Tech

Betfair features NCAA betting almost every day of the college season and is definitely the most profitable place to come for all your college hoop wagers.

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