SOURCE: Las Vegas Sun

Alan Boston does use a computer, but not to crunch numbers.

Instead, he scours the sports sections of newspapers linked to the Web site of the American Journalism Review, hoping to unearth a nugget of information he can put to work betting on college basketball.

Boston eschews databases in favor of trying to get in tune with the “rhythms” of a couple of hundred college basketball teams on the betting board.

“I know that sounds weird to some people,” Boston says.

This college basketball season, Boston has been appearing on a weekly conference call for sports bettors, dissecting the results of the college basketball slate, analyzing upcoming games on the fly and sharing his handicapping philosophy.

Boston typically speaks from his Las Vegas home, taking questions from conference organizer Jon Spevack of Oakland, Calif., and any bettors who call in to participate.

The following is a small sampling, in thumbnail form, of Boston’s thoughts on how to make money betting on college basketball ...

1. Often bet against favorites playing a nonconference game in the midst of their conference schedule.

Take the Jan. 5 game between Florida State and La Salle. Florida State, a 17-point favorite, was coming off a tough 66-64 victory against Atlantic Coast Conference rival Georgia Tech and was facing the rest of its ACC schedule next, Boston pointed out.

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