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02/24/2010 - Waco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 22nd-ranked Texas A&M Aggies and the 24th- ranked Baylor Bears are set to collide in a Big 12 Conference showdown.
Texas A&M is playing with a tremendous amount of confidence right now, as the squad has won five of its last six games to move to 19-7 overall and 8-4 in conference. On Saturday, the Aggies defeated Iowa State in a 60-56 final on the road to even their true road record at 4-4.
As for Baylor, it carried a three-game win streak into Saturday's road clash with Oklahoma State, but that game ended in an 82-75 defeat. The Bears are still an impressive 20-6 overall, including 7-5 in league play, and they are happy to return to Waco where they are 13-1 thus far.
Texas A&M beat Baylor by a 78-71 final less than three weeks ago, and the Aggies own a 127-73 series lead over the Bears.
Donald Sloan is scoring 17.9 ppg this season to lead Texas A&M by a comfortable margin. Derrick Roland checks in with 10.5 ppg, and Bryan Davis provides 10.0 ppg and 7.9 rpg to go along with 46 blocks. The Aggies are generating 72.1 ppg while holding opponents to 65.0 ppg on 40.9 percent field goal efficiency. Against Iowa State last time out, Texas A&M shot just 39.6 percent from the field, including 4-of-15 from three-point range. Fortunately, the Aggies limited the Cyclones to 32.2 percent overall shooting. Khris Middleton scored 14 points in the win, and Sloan tallied 12. As for Davis, who wasn't much of a factor offensively, he did secure 13 rebounds.
The trio of LaceDarius Dunn, Tweety Carter and Ekpe Udoh has powered the Bears to their 20 wins this season. Dunn is scoring 18.9 ppg on the strength of his 41.1 percent shooting from three-point range, and Carter turns in 16.3 ppg to go along with 136 assists. As for Udoh, who is often overshadowed, he provides 13.4 ppg, 10.5 rpg and 112 blocks, numbers that should earn him some level of All-Big 12 recognition. Baylor is scoring 77.1 ppg while limiting opponents to 64.8 ppg on 37.9 percent field goal efficiency. Carter scored 25 points against Oklahoma State on Saturday, and Dunn chipped in 14. Still, Dunn may have done more harm than good with his 5-of-17 shooting, as the Bears connected on only 38.8 percent of their field goal attempts. Udoh ripped down 16 rebounds in the setback.
<< Longhorns welcome Cowboys to Austin for Big 12 showdown
Austin, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams looking to bolster their Big 12
records clash in Austin this evening, as the 21st-ranked Texas Longhorns
welcome the Oklahoma State Cowboys to the Frank Erwin Center.
The Longhorns had conference title
<< Texans to let go of Robinson
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Texans will reportedly not put the
franchise tag on cornerback Dunta Robinson, all be assuring that he will leave
the team.
Robinson received the franchise tag last year, but according to the Ho
<< Kobe leads Lakers into Big D to face Mavs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It didn't take long for Lakers star Kobe Bryant to find his
groove as he nailed a game-winning jump shot last night in his return from a
five-game absence due to a balky ankle. Bryant will lead Los Angeles again
tonight again
<< Howard, Magic meet Rockets in south Texas
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Double-double machine Dwight Howard will try to power the
Orlando Magic to another victory tonight in the opener of a brief two-game
road trip against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center.
Howard leads the NBA with 45
Owls host Flyers in pivotal A-10 matchup >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 20th-ranked Temple Owls have been one
of the nation's most consistent teams this season, and they welcome the Dayton
Flyers to Philadelphia this evening for an Atlantic 10 Conference showdown.
Losses i
Buckeyes need a win to keep Big Ten title hopes alive >>
State College, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The ninth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes
continue their quest for the Big Ten Conference regular-season title, and they
will do battle with the Penn State Nittany Lions this evening on the road.
Ohio State, P
Third-ranked Boilermakers visit Golden Gophers >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third-ranked Purdue Boilermakers hit
the road this week, as they head to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota
Golden Gophers in Big Ten action from Williams Arena.
Matt Painter's Boilermakers are inchin
Seventh-ranked Wildcats try right ship in bout with Bulls >>
Villanova, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The seventh-ranked Villanova Wildcats will
try to end their recent struggles tonight, as they entertain the South Florida
Bulls in a Big East clash at The Pavilion.
After ripping through the first part of the
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
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