Daily Sports Betting Preview 02/27/20: NCAA Basketball, CONCACAF Champions League and PDC Darts

• Ohio State looks set to dominate a weak Nebraska team, but will they win by enough to cover the spread?
• Los Angeles FC needs a big win over Leon in order to advance to the next round of the CONCACAF Champions League.
• There are five matches in the PDC Premier League, all of which are interesting opportunities.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Daily Sports Betting Preview is back, with three new events to cover for today. First, in NCAA Men’s Basketball, the Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Then, in the CONCACAF Champions League, Los Angeles FC takes on Leon. Finally, the preview checks in with some PDC Premier League Darts action.

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers Betting Preview

Ohio State enters this game ranked 23rd in the nation in the AP rankings, and has an 18-9 overall record backing that ranking up. Nebraska, meanwhile, is unranked, and deservedly so, as they enter the game at a woeful 7-20.

Many times during this college basketball betting season, there have been unranked teams favored over ranked teams because the unranked team was playing at home.

This is not one of those kind of games. Nebraska is a 9.5 point underdog.

This is mostly due to the fact that Nebraska is so bad that they don’t have any appreciable homecourt advantage: The Cornhuskers are 5-9 at home and 4-10 at home against the spread.

Nebraska has lost 12 games in a row, sliding from 7-8 to 7-20.

Ohio State, meanwhile, is 6-4 in their last ten games, and 6-4 against the spread in those games as well. This could be an interesting moneyline play – Ohio State is -550 on the moneyline, while Nebraska is +375.

The over/under line for the game is set at 144.5 points.

Los Angeles FC vs. Leon Betting Odds

Los Angeles FC tries to battle back against Leon as the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League tie arrives today, with them starting in an 0-2 hole after a bad loss in the first leg.

In order to move on to the next round of the competition, LAFC needs a big win today to erase the 2-0 defeat they suffered at the hands of Leon in the first leg.

LAFC is mildly favored in this game, with a spread of LA -0.5 goals having -125 odds. On the moneyline, LAFC has -115 odds to win. This number has been moving as it went from -120 to -115.

Leon, meanwhile, doesn’t have to win this game, they just have to not lose by a lot.

Leon +0.5 has -105 odds, and on the moneyline, Leon bettors will receive odds of +265. A draw is set at +290 odds. This game should be exciting, as LAFC needs a big win, and Leon needs a mild loss or a win.

PDC Premier League Darts Betting Odds

There are five matches in the PDC Premier League today, and instead of focusing on one, the Preview will give a brief overview of all five.

The first match is at 2:15 p.m. EST, and it is between Glen Durrant and Nathan Aspinall. This match looks to be a relatively hotly contested one, as Durrant has even odds to win and Aspinall slightly edges him with -125 odds.

The next match is at 3 p.m. and features Robert Cross taking on Gary Anderson. A similarly close match, although not as close as the previous one, the odds in this case favor Anderson at -150 over Cross at +120.

Next, at 3:45, Daryl Gurney takes on Michael Smith. Gurney enters this one a slight underdog, at +120, to Smith’s -155.

At 4:15, the most lopsided match of the day takes place, as William O’Connor battles Michael van Gerwen. O’Connor is the biggest underdog of the day, at +500, and van Gerwen the biggest favorite, at -750.

The final match is between Gerwyn Price and Peter Wright, the reigning PDC World Champion. The champ enters with -130 odds, while his challenger has +105 odds to win.

Each of these matches provides unique betting opportunities, and darts as a whole is well worth examining from the perspective of a sports bettor.