The Basketball Champions League schedule today is like a dream come-up for fans, as top clubs from across Europe go head to head in some seriously intriguing matchups. Weve got teams from Spain, Greece, Turkey, Germany and other big basketball powerhouses all clashing, making for a real mixed bag of games. And because these teams have all got their own different domestic leagues with their own unique tempos and styles, the BCL fixtures are often a bit of a wild card when it comes to odds - expect to see prices going up and down all over the shop before tip-off, with handicap and over-under lines getting adjusted left and right.
On OddsRun, the next matches page is your one-stop shop for keeping tabs on the BCL odds, markets and predictions, and for keeping an eye on how the bookmakers are adjusting their prices throughout the day.
Weve crunched the numbers based on our historical results data, and what we found is that Basketball Champions League games tend to follow a pretty predictable scoring pattern.
Because of this, bookmaker totals for BCL games today tend to fall within the 155-165 points range, depending on how fast the game is likely to be and how effective the offense is going to be.
All of which kind of suggests that totals around 155-158 points tend to land on the Over, while totals above 170 start to get a whole lot more Under-friendly.
Our historical data also makes it clear that there is a pretty clear home-court advantage in the BCL - home teams win about 59.64% of the time, while away teams manage about 40.36%.
Which explains why bookmakers tend to price home teams at around 1.60-1.85, while away teams have to have a pretty clear edge to be priced up as favourites. Teams like Unicaja Málaga, Lenovo Tenerife and AEK Athens often get a lot of respect from the bookmakers due to their strong tournament history and consistency.
Our stats suggest that BCL games tend to land within a reasonably predictable margin range.
Which is why most bookmakers set their spreads for BCL games at around -5.5 to -8.5 - that's where the majority of games tend to fall.
One of the most important things you can do when analysing BCL betting markets is to keep an eye out for dropping odds and other signs of early movement in the lines. This can be caused by a host of things - injury news, travel fatigue, sharp betting from pros - and can give you an edge if you can pick up on it. So when you're looking at BCL predictions and betting tips, make sure you're combining that with our historical scoring data to get a sense of where the value might be - in the moneyline, handicap and over-under markets, we're talking.