HAC Betting Room

Place your bets here!

Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley runs the HAC Betting Room. All bets must pass his purview. The HAC Betting Room was started, in conjuction, with HAC Coins in the 2016-17 season.

CURRENT BETS

Betting room bet: Will Celtics win the NBA title in 2018-19?

  • Stu bets 10 coins that they will not.
  • Glen bets 10 coins that they will not.
  • Erik bets 10 coins Celtics will win title.
  • David P. bets 10 coins Celtics won't win title.

Glen says that Isaiah Thomas will be out of the NBA after the 2019-20 season. He bets 10 coins.

  • John bets 10 coins that Thomas will still be in the NBA.
  • Erik bets 10 coins that Thomas will still be in the NBA in the 2020-21 season.

BETS AWARDED - 2018-19

Halftime Hoopers bets 3 coins that the Brooklyn Nets will beat the New Orleans Pelicans - 10/26/18

  • Stu (Hoopers) wants 6 coins back if the Nets win, but he will pay 3 if Pelicans win. David P. (Uncle Drew) takes the bet.
  • Pelicans win, 117-115.
  • Hoopers LOSE 3 coins. Pelicans WIN 3 coins.

Previous Bets


BETS AWARDED - 2017-18

Left Coast Gravity bets 15 coins that they will beat the Washington Spin in Week 1 - 10/15/17

  • Gravity defeated Spin, 889.1 - 864.1
  • Gravity wins 15 coins
  • Jive Suckas bet 15 coins that Spin will defeat Gravity in Week 1. - Jive Suckas lose 15 coins.

Left Coast Gravity bets 10 coins that the Warriors will defeat Rockets on 10/17 - 10/17

  • Halftime Hoopers bets 10 coins that Rockets will defeat Warriors
  • Gravity loses 10 coins; Hoopers gain 10 coins.

Trick Swishers bets 10 coins that Hassan Whiteside will be an NBA All-Star. 8/15/17

  • Whiteside was not an All-Star. Trick Swishers lose 10 coins.
  • Washington Spin bets 10 coins that Whiteside will *not*. - Spin wins 10 coins
  • Left Coast Gravity bets 10 coins that Whiteside will not be an All-Star. - Gravity wins 10 coins

BET FROM 1/20/18 - AWARDED COINS From EA: Anyone want to take bets on where Zion Williamson will go for college?

  • Gary bet 10 coins - Lost
  • Glen bet 5 coins on Duke - GLEN WON 5 COINS
  • EA lost 5 coins to Glen

BET FROM 2/1/18 - AWARDED COINS - From Stuart: I will bet anyone 5 coins that kings beat the Warriors tonight. However if you pick the warriors and they lose i get 10 of your coins. (Because we all know the Warriors are way better than the Kings).

  • Christian bet on Warriors.
  • Glen bets on Kings
  • Warriors win 119-104. Christian wins 5 coins from both Stu and Glen.

BET from 2/1/18 - AWARDED COINS - From Glen: Glen bets Stu 10 coins that Hield has 5 or more 3pts made tonight vs GS Warriors.

  • Stu accepted the bet.
  • Hield 2 for 4 on 3 pointers. Glen loses 10 coins to Stu.

BET from 2/24/18 - AWARDED COINS - Glen bet 10 coins that the Kings would beat the Lakers.

  • Gary accepted the bet. - Gary wins 10 coins from Glen.
  • Stu asked Gary to bet 15 coins that the Kings would win; Gary accepted. Gary wins 15 coins from Stu.
  • Lakers defeated Kings, 113-108.

BET from 2/22/18 - AWARDED COINS - Washington Spin is going to wager 10 coins that there is *no* buyout before March 1 for Joakim Noah.

  • Spin is also going to bet 10 coins that Noah is not released by March 1 or by the end of the season.
  • Betting room determined that 5 coins (and not 10) would be given if no buyout happened. Not even odds.
  • Spin gets their 10 coins back + 5 coins as Noah was not bought out by 3/1/18.
  • Still waiting to see if Noah is released by end of season.

BET from 3/7 - AWARDED COINS - Halftime Hoopers wager 10 coins that they'll outscore a team on Friday, March 9.

  • Hickory High agrees to the bet.
  • Left Coast Gravity agrees to the bet.
  • Hoopers scored 398 points. Gravity scored 322. Hickory scored 197.
    • Hoopers win 10 coins from Hickory; Hoopers win 10 coins from Gravity.

BET from 3/7 - AWARDED COINS - Halftime Hoopers bet the house 10 coins that they will score 450 points on Friday, March 9.

  • Charles Barkley and the HAC house agrees to the bet.
  • Hoopers scored 398 points. Hoopers lose 10 coins to the house.

BET from 3/16 - AWARDED COINS - Gravity bets 10 coins that the Sacramento Kings will beat the Golden State Warriors on March 16.

  • Odds are, if Kings win, Glen gets 20 coins, if Warriors win, person betting gets 10 coins.
  • The only bet was from Jive Suckas who bet 1 coin - Gravity took bet.
  • Kings beat Warriors, 98-93.
  • Gravity wins one coin from George.

BET from 2/22 - AWARDED COINS - Washington Spin bet 10 coins that Joakim Noah will be released by the end of the season. 5 coins if Spin wins.

  • Noah was not released by Knicks by the end of the season.
  • Washington LOSES 10 coins.

AWARDED COINS - Washington Spin bets Trick Swishers 10 coins that Spin will have more Consolation Bracket points than Swishers at the end of Week 23.

  • Swishers agrees to the bet.
  • Swishers scored 4427.0, Spin scored 3757.7.
  • Swishers WINS 10 coins; Spin LOSES 10 coins.

AWARDED COINS - Gravity and Hoopers bet 15 coins each for the winner of their matchup in the Semifinals.

  • Hoopers defeat Gravity in Semifinals, 1702.4 - 1664.2
  • Hoopers WINS 15 coins; Gravity LOSES 15 coins.

AWARDED COINS - House bet: Barkley is putting up a house wager to anyone who wants to put up 15 coins in the Hickory High vs. Donkey Crankers showdown between Wesley and Nathan. If you put up 15 coins for the Crankers and they win, you'll get 30 back. If you put up 15 for Hickory...you'll get 20 back.

  • Wes bet on himself with 15 coins.
  • Glen bets on Hickory.
  • Hickory defeated Donkey Crankers in Semifinals, 1440.6 - 1355.0
  • Hickory WINS 5 coins, Left Coast Gravity WINS 5 coins.