The Final Four is still days away, but let’s check in on the mid-week DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits.
At DraftKings, support is fully behind Florida and Duke. The story is a little different here at Circa on the Florida-Auburn game. Auburn is getting a large majority of the money on a much smaller percentage of bets.
I will say that I almost swallowed by Zyn when I saw Dick Vitale post on X that Auburn star Johni Broome was ruled out of Saturday’s game, figuring that Vitale wouldn’t joke around about that kind of thing even on April 1. Turns out, Dickie V was pranked by someone else.
Broome is sitting out practice for a few days with his ailing elbow, but is expected to play.
Crown betting update
On Follow The Money, Circa owner Derek Stevens did a nice job of explaining to Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard what happened with the College Basketball Crown betting in certain jurisdictions where state regulators ordered operators to take down odds for the tournament. >>Watch the segment.
Betting on the Crown returned to several of those states on Tuesday.
Greg Peterson has Best Bets for the Crown tournament today.
Enter the Hoops & Horses Pick’em
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If you are interested in playing the ponies today, 1/ST Bet handicapper Jeremy Plonk will have some picks for today’s Tampa Bay Downs card later this morning.
The Master of his domain
Wes Reynolds, coming off a 35-1 winner in Min Woo Lee, looks for another long shot in the Texas Open.
With most of the top players taking off to prepare for the Masters next week, there are plenty of them.
Wes’ longest is Victor Perez (125-1 at Circa):
Perez finished 18th last week but started with a 66 and finished with a 65. The Frenchman has gone 18-22-18 in his last three events.
Wes also joins co-hosts Matt Brown and Wes Reynolds on the Long Shots podcast.
VSiN Pro subscribers should check the Golf Picks page right up until Thursday’s first tee.
Quick Hits
MLB: Greg Peterson has posted his top plays for today. Steve Makinen and Adam Burke will file their contributions by mid-morning and you can find them on the MLB page.
NBA: Zach Cohen will have his plays later this morning. But he did the kind of piece I love: What you might have missed about the NBA because you were too busy watching the NCAA Tournament.
NHL: Jonathan Davis will have his Best Bets later, too.
The Industry: Could legal sports betting come to California by 2027? It appears there is progress that could make that happen.
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