Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 08:16 PM
If you want to win at Handicapping Hockey, Basketball, or Football, just follow some of these helpful imporant tips which are sure to help you win.
1) Home vs Road - Always distinguish between how a team plays at home vs. how they play on the road. Treat it like they're 2 different teams.
Example: In the 2nd half of the season, the New York Giants where are horrible 0-4 at home, but 4-0 on the road! They also won all 4 games away from road in the playoffs. Overall they they were 11 -1 on the road last year
2) Hot or Cold - Try never to fade a hot team or ride a cold team regardless of who their opponent is during a streak.
Example: Pittsburgh Penguins won 17 in a row at home from early March to late May, therefore it probably wouldn't have been a good idea to fade them at home at the time
3) Deceiving records -a team's win/loss records can be deceving sometimes. A team which is on a big win streak may not be as good as they look. Take a look at how they won those games and the quality of opponent during their streak. Vice versa for teams on losing streaks. A team might have trouble winning, but if they're playing high quality opponets or barely losing, they might not be as bad as their win loss record indicates.
Example: the New York Jets were 2-6 at home but 5 of those 6 losses were close games (even though the final score might not indicate that), but the g... [More]