MU/DePaul Line

[Dish]

It's been a while since I checked it out, but with MU's recent struggles, I checked in with a "guy in the know" on the Vegas college basketball power ratings that Vegas uses to set lines.

MU's at 83 right now, down from 85 two weeks ago (it's rare at this time of year, barring injury, for a team to move more than a point a week).

DePaul's at 75 currently. The home court edge in the Big East is worth 4.5 points right now, so MU should most lilkely be a 12.5 favorite tomorrow.

[Avenue Commons]

What's the maximum power ranking? 100? Is the minimum power ranking a 0? I'm just curious as to what an 85 or 83 represents. Any idea what Memphis or Kansas' power rankings are?

[Dish]

Good questions, it probably would help with some explanation.

110 is the max (not sure why it's not 100) and 50 is the minimum.

Here's the current BE ratings:

G-Town 86
MU 83
Pitt 83
UConn 81 (MU was a 3 point dog at UConn on Sunday, with UConn get +5 for the home court. 4.5 or 5 is the typical BE home advantage)
'Ville 81
Nova 80
ND 80
WV 80
Syr 79
Prov 77
DPU 75
Cincy 74
SJU 73
SH 73
So Fl 71
Rut 65

Some other notable's:

Carolina 91
Wisco 84
Memphis 92
Kansas 93
Tenn 86
UCLA 86
Texas 83
Duke 88

Lowest Team-Cansius 52

[Avenue Commons]

Thanks. That's really intersting. I wasn't aware of the use of power rankings in setting the line.

[oldwarrior81]

I've seen it listed in three places, 12.0, 13.0 and 14.0.  with over/under 150

[Dish]

The line is 12.5 across all the boards I use (Sportsbook, WSEX, betED, 5Dimes).

Be interesting to see if it moves. I'd probably take DePaul and the points.

[NavinRJohnson]

Take MU. They'll cover that comfortably.