Individual VUHoops Readers vs. Vegas

In our Tuesday post, "Wisdom of VUHoops Crowd vs. Vegas," we analyzed how we would have fared against the Vegas odds makers had we made bets in ‘Nova’s games against UCLA, Tennessee, St. Joe’s, Penn, La Salle and Delaware based solely on a comparison of the average score predicted by the VUHoops readers in our Closest to the Pin Contest vs. the point spread and over-under posted by the Vegas odds makers.

We found that, so far, the collective intelligence of the VUHoops crowd offers no apparent advantage over a simple coin flip. It’s a dead heat, with the VUHoops readers ahead 3-2 betting the spread, while the Vegas odds makers are up 3-2 betting the over-under.

Well, that’s tells us how we are doing as a group. How are the individual VUHoops readers doing based on their own game predictions? We again looked at the same six games and assumed each reader placed $100 spread bets and $100 over/under bets based solely on a comparison of their predicted score vs. the point spread and over-under posted by the Vegas odds makers. It is important to note that not all readers made predictions in each of the six games.

How are each of you are doing? Ignoring "the vig" (or fee withheld by Vegas on winning bets) 61 readers are up, 22 are even-money, and 49 are down. The net winnings of the group so far total $3,000. TC87 is leading the pack, up $700, Colt and Stevie H'07 are tied for second, up $600, and dsproul'03, mfc4293, and Wild Cat Scratch Fever are tied for third, up $500. Check out the table below, sorted by reader, to see how you are doing.