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Longhorns and Huskies clash in non-conference showdownNCAA Basketball Betting Lines01/23/2010 - Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coming off their first loss of the season, the top-ranked Texas Longhorns take a break from Big 12 action, as they travel to the New England area to take on the Connecticut Huskies from the Gampel Pavilion. After ascending the top-25 following wins in each of their first 17 games, the Longhorns will probably lose their spot atop the national polls after this weekend. Monday's 71-62 loss at nationally-ranked Kansas State is something that Texas will need to put in its rearview mirror, as it closes out its non- conference schedule against the Huskies. Despite the loss, Texas is still off to its best start since the 1946-47 season. UConn played its first game in a long time without Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun on the bench. Calhoun has taken a leave of absence for medical reasons and associate head coach George Blaney took over the reins this week. The Huskies responded by ending a three-game losing streak with a 75-59 win over St. John's. This is the sixth all-time meeting between these two teams. UConn won the first three meetings, but Texas has won back-to-back matchups, including a Sweet 16 matchup clash in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Texas shot a mere .368 from the floor and that coupled with 18 turnovers did in the Longhorns against Kansas State. Texas had just one player finish in double figures and that was Avery Bradley, who tallied 11 points. Star forward Damion James was neutralized, finishing with just nine points and seven rebounds. The Big 12's all-time leading rebounder, James has been a force in the paint this year, averaging a double-double with team-highs of 17.3 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. Dexter Pittman is another frontcourt producer at 12.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, while pacing the team with 42 blocks. Bradley (12.2 ppg), J'Von Brown (12.2 ppg) and Jordan Hamilton (9.3 ppg) provide adequate perimeter support. The trio have combined for 72 of the team's 104 three-pointers to date. Despite the poor showing against KSU this week, Texas is still boasting of a +21.0 scoring margin, averaging 85.8 ppg, while allowing just 64.8. The Huskies shot a solid .569 from the floor, including blowing things open in the second half with 65.4 percent accuracy, as they brought an end to an ugly three-game skein with a solid win over St. Johns. Star guard Jerome Dyson led the offensive charge with 21 points. Stanley Robinson countered with a strong game in the frontcourt, posting 18 points and nine rebounds, while point guard Kemba Walker tallied 17 points and six assists, with just one turnover in 35 minutes of action. It was a solid performance for a team that has been just that offensively this year. UConn has not been flashy by any stretch of the imagination, but it is averaging a decent 72.8 ppg on .469 shooting this season. Dyson is the straw that stirs the drink, averaging 18.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. Robinson is dynamic up front as well, adding 16.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game to the cause. Walker is both a scorer (12.9 ppg) and deft distributor (5.9 apg), while Gavin Edwards (10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg) is a solid role player off the bench.
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Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds Right behind the Gators are the 5th ranked UNC Tar Heels at 9-2. The Heels (21-3, 7-2) are absolutely loaded with top notch talent and are as deep as any team in the country. A concern for the Tar Heels might be inexperience. Of their top four scorers/ minute earners, three are freshmen and the other is a sophomore. The rest of the regular season, the Tar Heels play only one team that is currently ranked (Duke). Their remaining opponents do combine for an impressive 107-58 record though. Arizona 20-1 To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your Sportsbook betting needs.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTINGNCAA Football Betting : USC's reward: Top spot in Top 25NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking. No. 1 always seems to fit USC. Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent. Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory. Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3. "We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team." Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time. "Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team." The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points. "I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won." Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State. "There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?" USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll. "It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter." While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls. As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule. But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference. Get the latest 2009 BCS Championship odds at MySportsbook.com. The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road. The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second. The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia. No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday. Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee. Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina. Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson. The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996. South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20. The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24. Get free Sports Betting lines RSS feeds from top rated online sportsbook MySportsbook.com |
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