Pinnacle paranoia

[Valuist]

Went to bet a college basketball total for Tuesday night......$100 limits?? WTF is that? Are they so fearful that they can't even put out a higher limit early? In any event, it was kind of funny seeing a $100 wager drop the total a full point at one of the world's bigger offshores.

[BetHorses!]

Why don't you give out your big line mover play :)

[Valuist]

I bet EIU/St Louis UNDER 130. It fell after I bet to 129 then within 15 minutes it was down to 126. Since it has risen back to 130. I know that sportsbooks are paranoid re: the little known teams like Eastern Illinois.

EIU has a new coach and I heard him interviewed last weekend before they played Xavier. He said offensively they will struggle since they spend 80-85% of their time at practice working on defense. They did struggle offensively at XU, scoring only 35. XU put up 80 on them, but Xavier has quite a few players remaining from the team 2 years ago that almost made the Final 4. Athletically, there's no way EIU could slow them down. But a slow tempo team like St Louis? This should go under.

[kingfin66]

Early season basketball lines are shaky at best. Sharp bettors make a killing early in the season. Still, as you say, it is very surprising that the largest book would have such small limits.

[Valuist]

FWIW, the under did come in......

[BetHorses!]

I just layed the 14

[Buddha]

thanks val. i had the under also, though not as much as you had, though i had it at 132.5, not the 130 u got

[Valuist]

This Eastern Illinois Under angle has been solid so far at 3-0. I'm going to keep playing them under until the numbers catch up and they go over. I'm on the under at 140 1/2 tonight against Tenn Tech.