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03/02/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Multi-talented point guard Chris Paul and forward Tyson Chandler have the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets back in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race.
Paul is averaging 17.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-best 8.7 assists in 41 games this season. The Wake Forest product has collected 17 double-doubles and has scored in double-digits 34 times.
Chandler, who is averaging 8.6 points and a club-high 12.4 rebounds, has been a force inside lately. Has has registered 10 straight double-doubles and has posted double-figures in rebounds in 17 straight contests.
The Hornets (28-30) have been hit extremely hard this season by injuries, but have managed to avoid falling out of contention for the postseason. They are tied with the Clippers for eighth and final spot and are just one game behind the seventh-seeded Denver Nuggets.
New Orleans/Oklahoma City is still without forward Peja Stojakovic (lower back). Stojakovic is averaging 17.8 points per game in just 13 outings, and last played on November 24th.
The Chicago Bulls play the finale of a three-game homestand, as they welcome the Hornets on Friday to the United Center. It is the second and final meeting of the season between the clubs. On December 1st, Andres Nocioni scored 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Chicago edged the Hornets, 111-108, at the Ford Center. Nocioni is currently sidelined with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The Hornets have lost two of their last three at Chicago. The Bulls have won two in a row in the series.
New Orleans/Oklahoma City has won three of its last four games overall. Paul posted 24 points and 13 rebounds as the Hornets got their sixth straight win at home with a 107-100 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday at the Ford Center.
Devin Brown scored 19 points in the win over Atlanta for the Hornets. Tyson Chandler collected 18 points and 13 boards, while David West had 17 points and 14 boards in the victory.
The Hornets are just 9-19 on the road this season. They are scheduled to host the Utah Jazz on Sunday at the Ford Center. On January 27th, Bobby Jackson scored 21 points off the bench to lead New Orleans/Oklahoma City over the Jazz, 94-83, at the Ford Center. Utah is scheduled to host the Hornets on March 10th at EnergySolutions Arena.
New Orleans/Oklahoma City is scheduled to play 13 of its final 24 games on the road.
<< Redskins complete deals with three players
Ashburn, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Redskins signed fullback Mike
Sellers and guard Randy Thomas to multi-year contract extensions Friday and
also re-signed safety Vernon Fox.
The 6-3, 260-pound Sellers played in all 16 game
<< Relegation battle wages on in France
Sedan, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When Sedan and PSG meet on Saturday at
Stade Louis-Dugauguez, the game will be filled with relegation implications.
Both teams were bounced from the Coupe de France in the quarterfinal round
this
<< Federer will face surging Youzhny in Dubai final
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 superstar Roger
Federer and red-hot unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny will square off in
Saturday's final at the $1.5 million Dubai Tennis Championships.
The three-time Dubai cham
<< Colts release Reagor, Stokley
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indianapolis Colts released defensive
tackle Montae Reagor and wide receiver Brandon Stokley on Friday.
Both eight-year veterans, Reagor and Stokley joined the club in 2003 as
unrestricted free
Now we can get serious about three-year-olds >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Beginning on Saturday the important races
leading to the Kentucky Derby show up on the schedule. The $350,000 Fountain
of Youth Stakes from Gulfstream Park and the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes
at Sant
Cleveland Cavaliers >>
Assigned guard Shannon Brown to Albuquerque (NBADL).
Buccaneers sign CB Buchanon >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed unrestricted
free agent cornerback Phillip Buchanon on Friday.
Buchanon, who joined Tampa Bay last October after starting the season with the
Houston Texans, played in 10 g
La Liga's top two set to square off >>
Sevilla, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Spanish La Liga's leaders look to make a
case for their championship rights when top team Barcelona travels to second-
placed Sevilla on Saturday.
Barcelona will have the boost of having its star strike
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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While the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly.
Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules.
The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers.
What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by.
These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end.
College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well.
Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football.
Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play.
Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration.
I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key.
Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season.
It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage.
As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital.
Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it.
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