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01/18/2007 - Villanova, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freshman Scottie Reynolds scored 27 points to lead the sharp-shooting Villanova Wildcats to a 102-87 victory over 20th- ranked Notre Dame.
Curtis Sumpter tallied 21 points, Dante Cunningham 19 and Mike Nardi 18 for the Wildcats (12-5, 2-3 Big East), who have won two of their last three games. Cunningham also had nine rebounds, as Villanova shot 56.7 percent from the field
Russell Carter scored 26 points to pace the Fighting Irish (14-3, 3-2), who had a two-game winning streak broken. Colin Falls ended with 17 points and Luke Harangody added 13 for Notre Dame, which also got 11 points form Rob Kurz. Notre Dame shot just 42.4 percent
It was a quick start for the Wildcats, as Sumpter's three-pointer boosted the lead to 16-6. The double-digit lead remained throughout most of the opening half with Villanova on top 50-40 at the break.
Notre Dame never made a serious run in the second half. Carter's three had the Irish within 79-72 with 5:54 remaining, but Reynolds countered with a shot from beyond the arc. It was one of 10 threes for Villanova, which ended 10- of-21 from long distance.
Villanova also won the battle of the boards, 40-26, which included nine rebounds from Will Sheridan.
Game Notes
The Wildcats will play 21st-ranked Texas in Philadelphia on Saturday...Notre Dame's next game will be Sunday at home versus South Florida...This was the first of two meetings between Notre Dame and Villanova in a span of ten days.
<< No. 18 Butler cruises past Youngstown State
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pete Campbell scored a season-high 17
points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc as 18th-ranked Butler crushed
Youngstown State, 67-39.
Mike Green finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and f
<< No. 4 North Carolina beats up on 19th-ranked Clemson
Clemson, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandan Wright scored 17 points and swatted
away four shots as fourth-ranked North Carolina trounced No. 19 Clemson,
77-55, in ACC action at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Tyler Hansbrough added 16 points and
<< Clijsters, Hingis cruise into round three at Aussie Open
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth seed Kim Clijsters and sixth
seed Martina Hingis rolled into the third round at the Australian Open with
quick straight set wins Thursday.
Rain delayed the start of Thursday's play on a
<< Allenby goes low for Bob Hope lead
Palm Springs, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Australia's Robert Allenby fired a bogey-
free round of nine-under-par 63 on Wednesday to take the first-round lead of
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This is the only five-round tournament on the PGA
Butler's jam catapults Wizards over Knicks >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Caron Butler slammed the winning dunk with
just 2.2 ticks left, as the Washington Wizards held off the New York Knicks,
99-98, for their ninth straight home win.
Butler finished with 27 points and 10 as
No. 7 Ohio State rolls past Northwestern >>
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out 10 assists, as seventh-ranked Ohio State added to Northwestern's Big Ten
misery with a 73-41 victory over the Wildcats.
Jamar Butler had 16 points, whil
Williams, Jazz edge Pistons >>
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Charles, Huskies rout Providence >>
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Mel Thomas added 17 points for the Huskies (15-2, 5-0 Big East), who rebounded
from its
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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