Futures bettors love underdogs, and the first nine wagers that came in on the Mountain West tournament at William Hill were on the Nevada teams.
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UNLV takes a five-game winning streak into the Mountain West tournament, which opens Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels play Boise State at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Bettors will have to lay a price to take the Aztecs to win the Mountain West tournament this week in Las Vegas.
Top-seeded Gonzaga, No. 2 in the AP poll, is -400 at the Westgate to win the West Coast Conference tournament, which starts Thursday at Orleans Arena.
The Mountain West and Pac-12 basketball tournaments are expected to go on as planned even as an advocacy group suggested that March Madness games be played without fans present because of concerns about the coronavirus.
UNLV plays San Jose State on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women’s basketball tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Eight college basketball tournaments will be played in Las Vegas in the next two weeks beginning Sunday with the Mountain West women’s tournament.
Filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket figures to be more maddening than ever this year with no dominant college basketball team to be found.
The lack of mobile wagering and a ban on betting on California colleges and universities could prevent Nevada sportsbooks from facing crushing competition.
The Pac-12 will continue to hold its end-of-season basketball tournaments in Las Vegas through 2022, the conference announced Monday.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday nailed down dates for two college basketball tournaments through 2022 and 2023, solidifying the city’s place as a March hoops destination.
An estimated $346.6 million was wagered at Nevada sportsbooks on the NCAA Tournament in March.
Led by De’Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, Virginia held off a tenacious Texas Tech team for an 85-77 overtime win — a scintillating victory that came 388 days after a crushing setback that might have sunk a lesser team for years.
The Cavaliers are 1½-point favorites at MGM Resorts and South Point sportsbooks but the line is 1 everywhere else.
Baylor recovered after blowing a 17-point lead and losing a star player, beating Notre Dame 82-81 for the NCAA women’s basketball championship Sunday night when 2018 tournament hero Arike Ogunbowale missed a foul shot in the final seconds.
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