Stay ConnectedWelcome to Best on the Board, The Athletic’s sports gambling podcast. Best on the Board takes a quality-over-quantity approach, diving deep into just a handful of picks every episode rather than trying to cover every single game. In other words, Best on the Board gives you just the best bets on the board, as selected by our rotating panel. Host Michael Beller is joined by a cast of co-hosts to break it all down.
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Gonzaga-Arkansas. Villanova-Michigan. Duke-Texas Tech. Arizona-Houston. Nope, that's not the Elite Eight. That's Thursday's four Sweet 16 games. This day could go down in NCAA Tournament lore, and we're here to help you bet it on this episode of Best on the Board.
Beller and Austin highlight their favorite plays for Thursday, with betting advice for all four games.
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It's the debut of NHL best bets on Best on the Board. Kevin Kurz and Dom Luszczyszyn join Michael Beller to break down Tuesday's 11-game slate. The guys offer up plays for Kraken-Coyotes, Flyers-Red Wings, Stars-Oilers and Predators-Kings
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Is this a perfect Sweet 16 field? It really might be. We have three No. 1 seeds, other legitimate pre-tourney National Championship contenders in Duke, Houston, Texas Tech, Villanova and Purdue, frisky mid-seeds like UCLA and North Carolina, and a true Cinderella in Saint Peter's. We also have a new set of Final Four and National Championship futures odds to sink our teeth into.
Michael Beller and Austin Mock break down those new futures odds on this episode of Best on the Board.
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What's better than 16 NCAA Tournament games in one day? A second straight day with 16 NCAA Tournament games! Michael Beller and Austin Mock are back to break down Friday's first-round slate, offering up their favorite bets.
The guys are in agreement on Loyola (+1.5) vs. Ohio State and Davidson (+1.5) vs. Michigan State. They're at odds on Houston (-8.5) vs. UAB and Purdue (-15.5) vs. Yale. Plus, are Illinois and Wisconsin vulnerable to big upsets? Is there any reason to lay a big number on Texas Tech, Villanova or Duke? The guys discuss all that, and a whole lot more.
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The best sports weekend of the year is almost here, and it all starts with 16 games on Thursday to kick off the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. On this episode of Best on the Board, Michael Beller and Austin Mock discuss every Thursday game while highlighting their favorite plays on the board.
Among their recommended plays are San Diego State (-2.5) vs. Creighton, Saint Peter's (+17.5) vs. Kentucky, North Carolina (-3.5) vs. Marquette, and New Mexico State (+6.5) vs. UConn. The guys also go head-to-head on Arkansas (-5.5) vs. Vermont.
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"It's like Super Bowl Light." That's right, Austin Mock, the full menu of Sweet 16 futures leading into the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament is like Super Bowl Light. Beller and Austin go over all their favorite Sweet 16 futures on this episode of Best on the Board.
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Last year, upset modelers Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating highlighted Abilene Christian, North Texas, UCLA and Ohio among the teams most likely to break brackets in the NCAA Tournament. The guys are back this year to try to repeat that huge success.
This year's field doesn't appear quite as fertile for major upsets. Still, Jordan and Peter's Slingshot model does find its fair share of teams that could make waves in the opening weekend of the tournament. They detail which double-digit seeds are intriguing, and which ones are fades, on this episode of Best on the Board.
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We all have to start somewhere with our bracket prep, right? Michael Beller and C.J. Moore serve as your wide-angle lens for the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on this episode of Best on the Board. Which region is the toughest? Which No. 1 seed has the easiest path to New Orleans. Which Cinderellas should you believe in, and which ones should you fade? The guys answer those questions, and a whole lot more.
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The Midwest looks like the softest of the four regions in this year's NCAA Tournament, with Kansas at the top of a group that includes Auburn, Wisconsin, Providence and Iowa as its No. 2 through No. 5 seeds. On the one hand, that could open the door to chaos. On the other, it could help make the Midwest the chalkiest region, or perhaps Rock Chalkiest, of them all.
Michael Beller and C.J. Moore break down the Midwest Region on this episode of Best on the Board.
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Is the South Region the most stacked at the top with Arizona, Villanova and Tennessee? Some people certainly are saying that. And hey, that says nothing of Illinois or Houston, the region's No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively.
Michael Beller and Brendan Marks break down the South Region on this episode of Best on the Board.
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