Project the scoreboard
Offensive and defensive efficiency, pace and schedule strength produce an expected score for both teams — the anchor for every number that follows.
Spreads and totals
College basketball spreads and totals built from projected scores.
Every spread and total on the board starts with an expected score — tempo, efficiency and opponent quality first, fair American prices second. The sportsbook number sits beside that projection so the edge is visible, not assumed.
Projection workflow
One expected score. Two market decisions.
Translate to a spread
The margin implied by those scores becomes a fair spread. You then compare that number to the posted line instead of inventing a separate handicap opinion.
Price the total
Combined points become a fair total. Mispriced games often disagree on both sides of the number; the board keeps spread and total on the same row.
Document the play
When an official wager is released, line, price, book and unit size are recorded under the grading methodology used for the public record.
What the slate shows
Daily CBB research that survives March.
Regular season and conference play
- Projected scores for the full modeled slate
- Fair spreads beside sportsbook lines
- Fair totals and moneyline context
- Season-long board on college basketball projections
- Conference nights on Big Ten basketball projections
Tournament continuity
- Bracket matchups on NCAA Tournament projections
- March Madness intent page: March Madness betting
- ROI and win rate on the betting record
- Six straight profitable NCAA Tournaments (self-reported)
Reading an edge
Spread gaps that deserve a second look.
Practical notes
A half-point disagreement is noise more often than signal. Larger separations — especially when the total agrees — are where the board earns its keep. Injury news, travel and rest still override a stale projection.
- Judge price and number together, not win rate alone
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