Friday marks the first big day of the 2007 college hoops season with 40 games on tap including seven games involving teams from the AP top-25.The season officially got underway on Monday, Nov.5 when the 2K College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer tipped off at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., with a game between Richmond and Maine followed by Memphis University and Tennessee-Martin. The tournament produced the season’s first major upset when tiny Gardner-Webb University of Boiling Springs, N.C. went into Rupp arena in Lexington, Kentucky and knocked off No. 20 Kentucky by the score of 84-68 in front of 20,000 stunned Wildcat fans.

Already this season, underdogs have proven most reliable in covering the spread. Seven games were played where the betting line favored a team by 17 points or more. Of those seven games, in only one did the favorite cover the spread. That came when UConn defeated Buffalo 82-57 covering the -18.5 line. Gardner-Webb covered as a +26 point underdog in its SU win over Kentucky.

In all of Friday’s games involving ranked teams, the betting line exceeds 17 points. With a little research, I have no doubt the bettor will find some value taking the underdog and the points.

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