2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[MarqHusker]

NIT championship: Check!
'Crown' Championship:  Check!
NCAA tournament win....'a' game:............

I think there are 241 schools with a tournament win.

[medinabuckeye1]

I noticed something that I thought was weird so I thought I'd ask about it here. 

Maybe I'm reading something wrong but I don't think so.  According to my phone:

• Florida is favored by 1.5 points but
• Houston is the ML favorite at -105. 

I don't gamble but doesn't this create a potential moneymaking opportunity? 

If I'm reading the above correctly then there are three possible outcomes (as far as gambling is concerned):

• Florida wins by 2 or more thus covering the spread and winning the ML
• Florida wins by 1 thus NOT covering the spread but still winning the ML
• Houston wins thus covering both the spread and the ML

So what if I bet a large some of money on Houston +1.5 and made an offsetting bet on Florida on the ML.  In theory based on the three possible outcomes above:

• My bets offset - I win Florida on the ML and lose on Houston +1.5.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 
• I win both - Houston loses but covers the spread so my Houston +1.5 bet pays but my ML bet on Florida also pays because Florida wins the game. 
• My bets offset - I win on Houston +1.5 and lose the ML bet on Florida. 

So of the three possibilities I break even on two and make a bunch of money on the third. 

It can't be that simple, I must be missing something. 

[ELA]

NIT championship: Check!
'Crown' Championship:  Check!
NCAA tournament win....'a' game:............

I think there are 241 schools with a tournament win.

#volleyballschool

[MarqHusker]

Medina, we need to know the payout for the -1.5 line.    it is not always uniform to the ML.

[Honestbuckeye]

The game tonight.  Anyone else looking forward to it?

[OrangeAfroMan]

I'm checking in here and there.  

A - Houston's defense is crazy

B - to play so poorly and only be down 4 is a good thing, right?!?

[ELA]

Well, shit.  I literally thought the championship game was tomorrow.  College basketball does a great job of promotiong the beginning of their postseason.  Guess Ill enjoy the last 5 minutes

[OrangeAfroMan]

I had trouble finding it through youtube > paramount plus > 3rd row down, 3rd to the right.....fucking hidden.

[ELA]

College leaning into the NBA math of just shooting 3s is ugly enough without deciding championships in an NFL stadium

[ELA]

I had trouble finding it through youtube > paramount plus > 3rd row down, 3rd to the right.....fucking hidden.

I was literally watching an MLB game I had no vested interest in (Astros-Mariners), and a friend texted me they called 4 fouls in the first half and 22 before the under 8 timeout in the second.  Which (a) cant be right, and (b) how I found out the game was occuring. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Helluva game, regardless of the outcome.

[OrangeAfroMan]

[Honestbuckeye]

Congratulations!   The Gators earned that. 

[bayareabadger]

I hope this isn’t too political, but it is very funny that the curse of Ted Cruz claimed another victim.