Question about Gonzaga / Syracuse total?

I personally like the over 160.5 here especially after Syracuse had 130ish total yesterday with Tennessee, gambling doens't have to make sense, however why is the total line for the 1st half set as 76.5 ?!

I mean, if the total is 160.5 why isn't it 80.5 for the 1st half?

If they score 75-77 pts in the 1st half exactly you can be pretty assured the total won't be 160 but less than that....

So what am I missing here?

@NBAAddiction18

 End of game fouls.

i too am perplexed by this total and just posted about it.... I love this under, but may stay away as it just doesn't smell right. 

Zags in a blowout....

End of game...

Long time possessions with slow tempo....

Burn the clock.

Zags by 19

Here is how u figure a 1st half total.

If the line is 160 pts for the game. U subtract 10pts off of it and divide by 2.

The first half line should be 75pts.

 Now there is your lesson for the day. Thsts how a first half line is set.

Falcon Sports 

Great question. GL 

The way ncaab 1h is that the game total 160.5 -10 = 150.5. Then divide it by 2, that would make it 75 (± 2 ) is where the book will set the line at. Do the same for other game to see if I'm right.

5 minute scoring drought by Cuse kills the over

@MITM

 
NCAAB . That’s how it’s always been on o/u spread for 1H.  

straight putrid scoring by both teams this total is clearly based off last yr cause neither of these teams have guys to hit shots 

o@CHITOWNODAWG

 It’s the rims at the Stan Sherrif Arena. It’s Clanky. Totals are inflated because it suppose to be at the Lahaina Civic center where the rims were super soft and easy to score.  All under so far in all games. Unless they make a clean shot it’s not going in. 3 point shooting has been horrible in the tourney. Hence all the unders

@davemsh

 Very good point previous yrs Maui invitational balls bounce off the rim have a good chance going in, if u saw ucla marq last night a lot of the basketballs underneath were off backboard 1st 

I get that but I just dont like the horrible linemaking, this line should have been in the low 130's nothing commanded it being 160 other than them just setting it at that number

Suppose to be the best ever pre season tourney with the #1 #2 #4 #7 #11 teams and UCLA and Cuse and it’s been a dud tourney so far.  The venue makes a huge difference.  If played in Maui you would always have high scoring close games down to the wire. 

Kansas vs Mar should be under or bust if the rims are this stiff as we are seeing, oddmakers giving out freebies like this is rare

you got that right brother 

@wolfeman3

 The crowd is lame that’s why. No energy for teams to push and run and gun back and forth. No way can u take an over in the remaining games. Totals seems inflated for no reason. 

Even #1 Kansas only put up 83 points on Chamainade yesterday. If in Maui Kansas puts up 100+ weird tourney so far. 83 points vs a division 2 teams tells h how hard it is to score