Matt Brown and Stephen Andress give their sports betting takes on the NBA Conference Finals, MLB MVP Picks and baseball futures, plus new betting options for the upcoming NFL Season.
EPISODE 172 TIMESTAMPS (SPONSORED BY BETMGM)

► 00:00 Welcome to Episode 172 of The Lines Podcast! 
► 00:39 NBA Playoffs Conference Finals Picks
► 10:28 PGA U.S. Open Lessons Learned
► 20:15 PGA The Open Championship Odds
► 28:01 MLB Futures Odds & Picks
► 37:59 New NFL Betting Options
► 46:23 How to Find the BEST Odds in your State at TheLines.com

Episode 172: NBA Conference Finals Picks & MLB Futures Odds

Eli Hershkovich (@EliHershkovich) and Scott Phillips (@PhillipsHoops) discuss their biggest takeaways in college hoops, including Texas/Chris Beard, Arkansas minus Trevon Brazile, and the Big Ten's "second-tier teams," before digging into this week’s betting angles. They also chat with ESPN’s Jay Bilas for his perspective on all things college basketball.

3:39 - Arkansas, Big 10 takeaways
17:16 - Alabama-Memphis
22:23 - Maryland-UCLA
27:50 - Marquette-Creighton
32:50 - Saturday’s slate
57:30 - Jay Bilas interview

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Outside Shots: Jay Bilas' 30K Travel Miles

Eli Hershkovich and VSiN's Wes Reynolds dissect betting angles and their own wagers for the ACC (5:02), Big 12 (20:11), Big Ten (33:40), SEC (50:03), Big East (56:07), and PAC-12 conference tournaments — before their mid-major wagers (1:00:28).

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Outside Shots: Betting Conf. Tournaments (Pt. 2)

Eli Hershkovich and Justin Perri dissect the value of ShotQuality and the NCAA tournament bracket seeding (2:25), first-round bets – including Virgina-Furman (16:42), San Diego State-Charleston (23:53), Duke-Oral Roberts (30:24), and Tennessee-Louisiana (30:58) – the rest of Justin’s betting card (42:40), plus their Final Four picks, including Eli’s latest futures bet (55:05).

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Outside Shots: Betting March Madness

Eli Hershkovich and John Murray, the director of race and sports at the Westgate SuperBook, discuss John’s mindset behind the counter during March Madness (1:48), as well as John’s in-person experience at UConn-Gonzaga and the bad calls in the Elite 8, before hitting on his Texas futures bet (9:33). The guys then dig into the Westgate’s March Madness futures liability on the teams remaining and why “public vs. sharp” percentages are meaningless (16:41) before breaking down the Final Four matchups (21:39), along with John’s Georgetown fandom with Ed Cooley now in town (33:21).

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Outside Shots: Early Final Four Preview w/John Murray

On the second edition of Beat The Closing Number, The Lines' MLB betting podcast, Eli Hershkovich and Mo Nuwwarah check in with Chris Bennett, Circa Sports' director of risk management. Bennett also handles the sportsbook's MLB betting markets, and the guys discuss Chris' day-to-day duties at Circa (1:27), how the sportsbook differentiates itself from most legal ‘books (5:50), Circa Sports’ MLB futures liability (10:55), Chris’ perspective on Mo’s Blue Jays futures (13:25), MLB betting market insights with the league's new rules (16:58), whether or not the Minnesota Twins valuable in the MLB futures market (28:06), and how to go about finding in-season futures value (35:47).

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