Catching up on the Numbers Game
Every now and again it is a good time to take stock of things around us. Though we feel everything is under control, sometimes our perceptions don?t deal with the facts and we go around thinking we have the right information, when we really don?t. Decided to take some time and do some digging and see what can be found in the three major sports that are playing presently.
NHL
As usual, home ice is not especially important in the Stanley Cup playoffs, particularly early. The difference in talent between a high seed and low seed is not as dramatic as what you will find in professional basketball. Overall, home favorites are 29-21, with teams in the Western Conference doing a better job at 15-8.
Because postseason hockey is less free-wheeling, the UNDER is often a solid play and again has been in 2009 with 26-19-5 record.
Big home favorites (-200 or higher) have shown a real division by conferences thus far. East home faves are 4-0 and 3-1 OVER, while out West, they are losing proposition at 4-3 and are 5-1-1 UNDER.
Road favorites are 9-6 and the totals have been down the middle in these contests with 5-5-5 showing.
Every now and again it is a good time to take stock of things around us. Though we feel everything is under control, sometimes our perceptions don?t deal with the facts and we go around thinking we have the right information, when we really don?t. Decided to take some time and do some digging and see what can be found in the three major sports that are playing presently.
NHL
As usual, home ice is not especially important in the Stanley Cup playoffs, particularly early. The difference in talent between a high seed and low seed is not as dramatic as what you will find in professional basketball. Overall, home favorites are 29-21, with teams in the Western Conference doing a better job at 15-8.
Because postseason hockey is less free-wheeling, the UNDER is often a solid play and again has been in 2009 with 26-19-5 record.
Big home favorites (-200 or higher) have shown a real division by conferences thus far. East home faves are 4-0 and 3-1 OVER, while out West, they are losing proposition at 4-3 and are 5-1-1 UNDER.
Road favorites are 9-6 and the totals have been down the middle in these contests with 5-5-5 showing.
