point spread

[hojm]

Marquette opened as a 2pt favorite.  Right now they are a 2.5pt underdog.  That is a huge swing and a bit worrisome that the bettors love becky this much on the road.

[brewcity77]

Not worrisome at all. What that tells us is that Vegas oddsmakers feel Marquette should be the favorite. The computer numbers (Pomeroy, etc) heavily favor the Badgers because of how their schedule tilts evaluation matrices in their favor, and when bettors are looking for an inside edge, those are the kinds of things that sway them. The line moving only indicates that factors outside of the oddsmakers knowledge is impacting the way people bet. When you take into account that those factors will often inaccurately favor a team like Wisconsin, it's not surprising, but also no indication of what will happen.