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What Do You Think of This Bet

Post by Minutemen4Life » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:56 am

So I was slightly intoxicated at a bar tonight and I bet a fellow intern $10 that UMass would make it to the NCAA tournament this year?

Good bet or bad bet? and what are my odds at winning this bet?

I'm thinking maybe in a sober state I should've done:
UMass makes tourney +120
UMass misses tourney
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Post by zombiewoof » Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:06 am

Prolly something like X+C, where X equals a season's worth of variables and C equals Travis Ford plus the stellar returning players and a healthy cast of rookies. I may be wrong tho', I only took Calc 127 & 128.
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Post by obg » Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:45 am

They won 16 last year. They have a coach that pushes them, but it is a new system. I'd say even money.
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Post by Floyd » Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:53 am

I'm thinking that these guys know they can win and with Coach Ford will put in the work. The same guys with a renewed confidence and a good teacher/leader in a coach, and some talented newcomers should make this team noticeably better. 20 wins wouldn't surprise me, good bet MM4Life
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Post by UMass87 » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:08 pm

New coach, new point guard. I wouldn't bet on the NCAA tournament.
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Post by krkess » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:45 am

zombiewoof wrote:... I may be wrong tho', I only took Calc 127 & 128.
Calculus 131 and 132 were much more challenging.
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Re: What Do You Think of This Bet

Post by zuksnj » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:46 pm

Minutemen4Life wrote:So I was slightly intoxicated at a bar tonight and I bet a fellow intern $10 that UMass would make it to the NCAA tournament this year?

Good bet or bad bet? and what are my odds at winning this bet?

I'm thinking maybe in a sober state I should've done:
UMass makes tourney +120
UMass misses tourney
I wouldn't open a sportsbook anytime soon if I were you.
And still heavyweight champ..Umass basketball!
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Post by zuksnj » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:47 pm

obg wrote:They won 16 last year. They have a coach that pushes them, but it is a new system. I'd say even money.
Ditto.

However, I personally would bet they make it.
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Re: What Do You Think of This Bet

Post by Minutemen4Life » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:47 pm

zuksnj wrote:
Minutemen4Life wrote:So I was slightly intoxicated at a bar tonight and I bet a fellow intern $10 that UMass would make it to the NCAA tournament this year?

Good bet or bad bet? and what are my odds at winning this bet?

I'm thinking maybe in a sober state I should've done:
UMass makes tourney +120
UMass misses tourney
I wouldn't open a sportsbook anytime soon if I were you.
I concur.
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Post by CRR_ » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:19 pm

How badly do you think you'll need that 10 spot in March?
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Re: What Do You Think of This Bet

Post by zuksnj » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:46 am

Minutemen4Life wrote:
zuksnj wrote:
Minutemen4Life wrote:So I was slightly intoxicated at a bar tonight and I bet a fellow intern $10 that UMass would make it to the NCAA tournament this year?

Good bet or bad bet? and what are my odds at winning this bet?

I'm thinking maybe in a sober state I should've done:
UMass makes tourney +120
UMass misses tourney
I wouldn't open a sportsbook anytime soon if I were you.
I concur.
Finally! Someone with a sense of humor that can laugh at themselves a little. I appreciate that Life cause obviously I'm just horsin around.
And like I said besides, I think we got a shot too!
And still heavyweight champ..Umass basketball!
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Post by Jeff93 » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:39 am

Hell it's $10. I'd bet that Freeman wins player of the year for $10. I say way to stand behind your team and put your money where your mouth is, even when barely able to stand :D
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Post by Chemical Ali » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:58 am

I don't know what "+120 means," but the Minutemen will make the NCAA. Joy is back in Amherst!
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Post by DS Bruce Robertson » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:00 am

Gambling makes baby jesus cry.
You know, say what you will about America, 13 bucks still gets you a hell of a lot of mice.
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Post by Minutemen4Life » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:35 pm

Jeff93 wrote:Hell it's $10. I'd bet that Freeman wins player of the year for $10. I say way to stand behind your team and put your money where your mouth is, even when barely able to stand :D
Yea it's ONLY $10. But I'm still in college, that's a thirty pack of some nasty beer right there and only a few dollars short of some Coors Light. 8)
Chemical Ali wrote:I don't know what "+120 means," but the Minutemen will make the NCAA. Joy is back in Amherst!
If my understanding of gambling is correct then it's related to the payout. For every 100 dollars I put in I would get back the 100 dollars plus an additional 120 dollars. Similarly if it was -120, for every 120 dollars I put in I would get back the 120 dollars plus an additional 100 dollars.

It basically revolves around how much your initial bet is.[/b]
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