April 2023 Basketball Wiretap

Mike Brown Considered Heavy Betting Favorite To Win NBA Coach Of The Year

Mar 23, 2023 11:42 AM

Mike Brown is the heavy favorite to win Coach of the Year at -800, according to odds from DraftKings. Brown has the Sacramento Kings set to finish the regular season in either second or third in the Western Conference after entering the year as a possible play-in team.

Joe Mazzulla, Mike Budenholzer, Michael Malone and Tom Thibodeau round out the top-5.

 
 

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Alabama, Houston Enter Sweet 16 With Best Championship Odds

Mar 22, 2023 11:19 AM

Alabama and Houston enter the Sweet 16 as the two favorites to win the 2023 NCAA Tournament, according to odds from BetMGM.

Alabama sits at +350 while Houston is at +400. UCLA is next at +800, while Texas and UConn are at +900.

Princeton has the longest odds at +15000.

2023 NCAA Tournament Winner Odds
- Alabama: +350
- Houston: +400
- UCLA: +800
- Texas: +900
- UConn: +900
- Creighton: +1000
- Gonzaga: +1100
- Tennessee: +1100
- Michigan State: +2500
- Kansas State +2500
- Arkansas: +3000
- Xavier: +3000
- San Diego State: +4000
- Miami: +5000
- Florida Atlantic: +5000
- Princeton: +15000

 
 

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Joel Embiid Becomes Odds-On Favorite To Win NBA MVP

Mar 16, 2023 2:15 PM

Joel Embiid has moved from a 2-1 underdog to an odds-on favorite to be NBA Most Valuable Player this season.

The odds began to shift on Tuesday when the Brooklyn Nets beat the Denver Nuggets.

By Thursday, Jokic and Embiid were co-favorites at Caesars, but Embiid is the outright favorite at other sportsbooks such as DraftKings and PointsBet.

Over the past week at Caesars Sportsbook, 85% of the bets and 79% of the money wagered on the MVP market has been on Embiid.

 
 

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Alabama Claims Top Overall Seed In 2023 NCAA Tournament, Houston Has Best Odds

Mar 13, 2023 12:09 PM

Alabama enters the 2023 NCAA tournament as the overall top seed and is joined by other No. 1 seeds in Kansas, Houston and Purdue.

Houston, however, has the best odds of winning the championship at +550, followed by Kansas and Alabama at +800, and Purdue at +1100.

The Jayhawks are attempting to be the first back-to-back winners since Florida in 2007.

 

 
 

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