March Madness Conference Tournament Betting Tips
The NCAA Tournament is still about four weeks away, but the conference tournaments that kick off in a week or so do make for a hearty appetizer.
Perhaps the most important piece of betting advice we can give regarding conference tournaments is not only do the better teams not always win, but they are usually terrible bets. This is because the favorite is often times already assured of an NCAA bid, especially in major conference tournaments, so those favorites could be better served by saving their energies for when it really counts.
The notable exception to this rule is if teams are fighting for a number one seed in the Big Dance, as these teams want to at a minimum win enough games to lock up that one seed.
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