Dimers Most Profitable College Basketball Teams to Bet On in 2024-25

With the March Madness bracket set after Selection Sunday, we now know which 68 teams will compete in the NCAAB Tournament.

After narrowing down the hundreds of Division 1 college basketball teams, we can now identify which of Dimers' most profitable teams from the 2024-25 college basketball season have made it into the tournament field, ideally signaling which teams and games are worth using Dimers' best college basketball bets to build your bankroll round by round.

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One of our new features we're working on behind the scenes is a retrospective look at the results of every best bet on Dimers - if you've been on our site, you know that between our Best CBB Bets, valuable CBB Player Props, NCAAB Tournament Predictions, and player prop trends, we have dozens of betting opportunities every day, which can be hard for a single user to keep track of.

That's why our talented team of data scientists have built us a results model that calculates the return on investment (ROI) of every bet in all possible edge ranges from the season to date.

Using this, we can find the teams in the bracket that returned the most profit over the course of the season.

What is ROI in betting?

Return on Investment (ROI) in gambling is a metric used to measure the profitability of bets over time. It is calculated as the net profit or loss from wagers divided by the total amount wagered, expressed as a percentage. The formula for ROI in gambling is: ROI=(Total Profit/Total Amount Wagered) × 100.

For example, if a bettor wagers $1,000 over a period and ends up with $1,200, the profit is $200. The ROI would be (200/1000) × 100 = 20%. A positive ROI indicates profitable betting, while a negative ROI means losses. In sports betting, maintaining a positive ROI over time is challenging due to the house edge, vig (also known as the juice), and market efficiency. Successful bettors focus on finding value bets, our top priority at Dimers, where the odds offered are better than the actual probability of an event occurring.

Managing bankroll and understanding expected value (EV) are key to improving ROI. Even professional sports bettors typically have an ROI between 2-5% over the long run. Casual bettors should focus on disciplined bankroll management, line shopping, and utilizing Dimers edges to maximize their ROI and minimize losses.

Dimers' Most Profitable College Basketball Bets from the 2024-25 Season

Before we dig in to the teams and scenarios which made us the most money this season, it's important to note that each of these will feature one team and one betting market out of the Moneyline, Spread, or Total.

Every bet referenced will have been recommended via our Best College Basketball Bets page with a Dimers edge between 0-10%.

For the team listed, that means that the displayed ROI is based on all bet recommendations that featured that team as one of the participants in their respective game. 

For example, a 55% ROI on all Duke Spread bets would mean that ROI is representative of anytime we recommended a Spread bet in a game that featured Duke; that could mean we recommended Duke to cover, or the other team to cover, whichever it was for that particular game based on our model's predictions. This is to narrow down which teams overall the model was most accurately reading in each of these three markets.

A high ROI on Moneyline bets means our model correctly predicted some longshot upsets, dramatically increasing the ROI due to the limited number and high odds of the bets placed. Positive ROI on Spreads and Totals suggest the situations where the Dimers model was most consistent.

Additionally, you will see corresponding sportsbook where the best odds contributed to the highest returns.

Top Teams by Opening Spread ROI

• Oregon (ORE) - BetMGM: 94.11% ROI (11 bets)

• Utah State (USU) - DraftKings: 91.22% ROI (8 bets)

• American (AMER) - BetMGM: 81.65% ROI (5 bets)

• Oregon (ORE) - FanDuel: 79.34% ROI (10 bets)

• Wisconsin (WIS) - DraftKings: 75.70% ROI (6 bets)

Oregon leads the way as our most profitable team when betting on the opening spread, returning signifcantly positive returns on multiple books. All four of these teams will play in the tournament, with American participating in the First Four vs. Mount St. Mary's. While our model gives American the edge to win, they have no value on the spread with a 50% probability to cover the number.

Top Teams by Closing Spread ROI

• Michigan (MICH) - FanDuel: 94.25% ROI (6 bets)

• Michigan (MICH) - DraftKings: 90.31% ROI (10 bets)

• New Mexico (UNM) - DraftKings: 89.73% ROI (6 bets)

• Michigan (MICH) - BetMGM: 88.79% ROI (8 bets)

• Baylor (BAY) - BetMGM: 81.16% ROI (8 bets)

On the closing line, we see Michigan leading the way across three separate books, meaning we were regularly getting a good value number on the odds no matter where you were playing it. Following this profitable trend, if you want to bet on Michigan in the tournament, wait for the closing number on the spread as it suggests the books have overreacted to the action since opening when it comes to the Wolverines.

Top Teams by Opening Moneyline ROI

• Bryant (BRY) - FanDuel: 135.65% ROI (5 bets)

• VCU - BetMGM: 94.23% ROI (7 bets)

• Mount St. Mary’s (MSM) - DraftKings: 57.86% ROI (6 bets)

• Drake (DRKE) - FanDuel: 49.81% ROI (5 bets)

• Baylor (BAY) - FanDuel: 49.43% ROI (7 bets)

When it comes to betting on the moneyline, Bryant stands out among all the teams in this tournament. With a massive ROI of 135.65%, this means we nailed Bryant as an upset winner, either at big odds or multiple times, especially with just five bets. Teams like Drake and Baylor returned lower profits, but still were consistently accurate when betting on them to win if they came with an edge. Bryant gets a 6% probability to upset Michigan State in Round 1, but we're not seeing an edge as of this writing.

Top Teams by Opening Over/Under ROI

• Robert Morris (RMU) - DraftKings: 71.59% ROI (6 bets)

• UNC Wilmington (UNCW) - BetMGM: 67.05% ROI (5 bets)

• Duke - BetMGM: 64.87% ROI (7 bets)

• Florida (FLA) - BetMGM: 60.89% ROI (6 bets)

• Arkansas (ARK) - DraftKings: 60.10% ROI (6 bets)

For totals, we've seen these five teams consistently hit the Over or Under as predicted by DimersBOT. Robert Morris stands out as they were one of the best teams on the spread this season, yet we returned higher profits when betting on the totals in their games. We're projecting a 51% probability of Under 165.5 points in Robert Morris' first round game vs. Alabama, while we see a big prediction of 59% to the Over of 144 in UNC Wilmington's opening round game vs. Texas Tech.

Edge Range Insights

Certain teams and betting lines have produced high ROI when specific edge ranges are met. Here are some key trends:

• Connecticut (CONN) - BetMGM, Closing Moneyline, 0-3% Edge: 275.00% ROI (3 bets)

• Bryant (BRY) - FanDuel, Opening Moneyline 0-5% Edge: 196.67% ROI (4 bets)

• Connecticut (CONN) - DraftKings, Closing Moneyline, 0-5% Edge: 149.65% ROI (6 bets)

• Texas Tech (TTU) - FanDuel, Opening  Moneyline, 0-5% Edge: 119.43% ROI (4 bets)

• Duke - BetMGM, Closing  Moneyline, 2-7% Edge: 102.22% ROI (3 bets)

• UC San Diego (UCSD) - FanDuel, Opening Over/Under, 0-10% Edge: 101.29% ROI (4 bets)

• Saint Mary’s (SMC) - FanDuel, Opening  Moneyline, 5-10% Edge: 98.25% ROI (3 bets)

• Oklahoma (OKLA) - FanDuel, Opening Spread, 0-5% Edge: 96.08% ROI (7 bets)

Be cautious as these are mostly small sample sizes, but for example, the three times we caught UCONN with a 0-3% edge on the moneyline at the closing value on BetMGM, we profited a massive 275% ROI, suggesting we didn't miss one of the three bets. Over six bets on DraftKings, those edges returned 149.65% ROI.

Similarly, Oklahoma's opening spread lines returned nearly 100% ROI over seven individual bets with an edge of 0-5%, suggesting this was one of our most accurate plays.

Those two teams will face each other in Round 1 - see our full game prediction and best edge plays for UCONN vs. Oklahoma.

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