How to Calculate RPI in College Basketball

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Category: NCAA Basketball Betting Tutorial

Created: Saturday, 11 September 2021 04:34

RPI is something that players talk about when betting on NCAA basketball games. It stands for Rating Percentage Index. However, not a lot of people know how to calculate RPI. Our NCAA basketball betting tutorial will provide you with the formula for RPI and why you should know about it.

Players and bookies use RPI to determine if the team will be part of the NCAA tournament and seeded in the tournament. Although the RPI doesn't act as a tiebreaker, it is significant when betting on college basketball games.

How to Calculate RPI

RPI can determine the team's winning percentage. Its formula is:

RPI = (WP*0.25) + (OWP*0.50) + (OOWP*0.25)

Where:

WP is the team's winning percentage, OWP is the opponent's winning percentage, and OOWP is the opponent's opponents.

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NBA Betting Tips – NBA Betting Update

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Category: NBA Betting Tutorials

Created: Friday, 18 December 2015 09:24

The big news in the NBA this past week was Golden State suffering their first loss of the season. After starting the year with a perfect 24-0 record the Warriors lost the last game of a nine-game road swing in Milwaukee. The Bucks celebrated that win on their home court, but have to face a revenge-minded Warriors team that is eager to play the rematch. No doubt Golden State will be a heavy favorite, and we wouldn’t want to take the points with the visiting Bucks as the Warriors likely look to run up the score.

Now at 25-1 on the season, the Warriors still haven’t been able to build a big lead in the standings. San Antonio has nearly been step-for-step with Golden State, and are just 3.5 game behind the Warriors in the Western Conference entering Thursday night’s basketball betting action.

Spurs are 22-5 and are just one tenth of a point behind Golden State in terms of average ppg differential. The Warriors are +13.5 while San Antonio is +13.4, and the next best team (Oklahoma City) is nowhere close to those two clubs at +7.3 ppg.

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Sports Betting Tips in Evaluating Teams with Young Point Guards

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Category: NBA Betting Tutorials

Created: Saturday, 03 July 2021 17:52

The most challenging position to play in the NBA is the point guard. They set the tone of the game and decide how the team plays. In recent years, it is common to see a rookie point guard become the starter. We provide you with ways of evaluating teams with young point guards.

When it comes to betting on NBA games, you need to consider several factors. First, however, you should consider the value that the point guard brings to the team. He handles the ball most in the team, and plays go through him often.

During the playoffs, it is vital that the young point guard can hold up physically. In the NBA, however, players need to play 100 games or more when you factor in the preseason and the end of the season games, and they need to do it against the best players on the planet.

Evaluating Teams with Young Point Guards

According to sports betting software reports, teams play every other day, especially during the playoffs. That is more frequent than they would have played at the college level. That is a ton of actual strain, and its impacts appear on a lot of players.

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How to get a Winning March Madness Bracket

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Category: Basketball Betting Tutorial

Created: Friday, 20 February 2015 14:51

It’s almost March Madness time and all over the country millions of NCAA March Madness brackets are about to get filled by office workers and college basketball fans.

The stakes are high with prizes ranging from a few hundred dollars to billions of dollars.

This is a time where people can show off their NCAA college basketball knowledge and claim the title of being the best of the best!

If you do not know much about a March Madness bracket, check out this thorough March Madness Tutorial.

They are many ways to fill a bracket based on favorite team, colors, mascots, statistics and more but these strategies will help you get a leg up on the competition.

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NBA Betting Tips – NBA Trade Deadline

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Category: NBA Betting Tutorials

Created: Wednesday, 17 February 2016 16:35

One of the trickier times to handicap any sport is in the final week prior to the trade deadline. This is particularly true for the NBA, as basketball teams have much smaller rosters than other sports (such as the NFL or MLB), and a trade involving three or four players basically devastates that team’s active roster for an entire game.

For this reason, it is wise to wait as close to tip-off before placing a wager either on or against an NBA team in case any late-breaking trades are released. The worst thing that can happen to someone betting on the NBA is to do all of the handicapping, only to have that work wasted by a surprise trade.

The NBA’s All-Star break was this past weekend, but there have been no NBA games played so far this week. There are three games scheduled for Thursday – the same day that all trades must be finalized. The six teams involved in those Thursday games is what this NBA handicapping approach really applies to this year.

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