Syracuse opens -17 over Miami

[690West]

Mercy! That line has to go down, no?

 

[pearl31]

that's a lot

 

[Marsh01]

Give em

 

[Garbs]

Miami should feel bad

 

[Scotch]

Mercy! That line has to go down, no?

My dear lord, that's enormous. I thought we'd be in the -12 range. On the other hand, Miami has 5 losses to bad teams and beat Cal State Fullerton by 2.

 

[jdubs30]

Vegas must think we'll win by more than that, wow.

 

[retro44]

losing golden as their coach hurt them more than I ever thought it would

 

[690West]

Down to -15. Makes a little more sense now

 

[OrangeTarheel]

The bar has been set ... says a lot about the expectations we are generating right now.

 

[CaptainJ]

The bar has been set ... says a lot about the expectations we are generating right now.

Well said. But for Cuse fans, are we buying it? (Enough to lay that kind of chalk?)

Maybe the line was decided on before the oddsmakers knew Coleman was out

 

[PauliePeppas]

My guys got it at 13.5, hate to do it but money is money and I love uconn tomorrow

 

[jncuse]

Not really surprising, just a tad higher than I thought it would open. Almost all lines open about the same as KP and KP has this at -15.5 from my calc's without the pay site. Vegas uses a similar ranking system for opening lines from what I understand

Not to say there is not value in going below as some are thinking. and has obviously happened. But Vegas does not want to veer off their ranking system in opening lines. Heard some guy explain it on the radio once -- it was logical, yet somewhat counterintuitive. One sleep and it was gone from my memory, so I cant attempt to explain it.

 

[jncuse]

My guys got it at 13.5, hate to do it but money is money and I love uconn tomorrow

If the line is still 1, I would wait. I think it will be 2 or over by game time.

 

[cuseattle]

JB will play the youngsters if we are up big. I wouldn't touch that line either way.

 

[690West]

Not really surprising, just a tad higher than I thought it would open. Almost all lines open about the same as KP and KP has this at -15.5 from my calc's without the pay site. Vegas uses a similar ranking system for opening lines from what I understand

Not to say there is not value in going below as some are thinking. and has obviously happened. But Vegas does not want to veer off their ranking system in opening lines. Heard some guy explain it on the radio once -- it was logical, yet somewhat counterintuitive. One sleep and it was gone from my memory, so I cant attempt to explain it.

Yup. KP and Sagarins predictor are both always right around the opening line

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Glad I didn't bite on this one! Wow, I was a little skeptical at this line but never would have thought it could get as close as it did.