Fans that wager on college basketball can become consistent winners and still gain the full entertainment value of both watching the games and wagering.    By applying a little extra effort to handicap games and place wagers intelligently, the losses of the average fan can be turned into significant winnings.
If you are a fan are ready to spend some time handicapping – maybe 20 minutes – you can win consistently.  By using a systematic handicapping and wagering process that makes the best use of your time, you can gain an advantage.
Examples of the most powerful techniques for gaining a consistent wagering advantage are:
·        Specializing in point-spread wagers rather than totals, futures, interactive, and exotic propositions.
·        Projecting a team’s play based on past performance against teams comparable to the next opponent, not all teams.
·        Analyzing a team’s performance trend by focusing on the last 10 games.
·        Systematically varying the amounts wagered to reflect your perceived advantage – the difference between the outcome that you forecast for the game and the point spread.
·        Doing business with sports books with offer you a tangible advantage in terms of how early they accept wagers as well as the propositions they handle and transaction fees (vigorish) they charge.
·        For each desired wager, “shop” among sports books for the most favorable terms – both the point spread and the moneyline.