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Butler, Stevens agree to new 12-year contractNCAA Basketball Betting Lines04/08/2010 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Just days after leading the Butler Bulldogs to their first national championship game appearance, men's basketball coach Brad Stevens agreed to a new 12-year contract that will take him through the 2021-22 season. Stevens had previously signed an extension last April that kept him with the school through 2015-16, but the Bulldogs' recent success helped Stevens secure an even longer contract this offseason. Financial terms of the deal were not available. "Brad has demonstrated that he's the right fit for Butler University, and that he embraces and teaches The Butler Way," said director of athletics Barry Collier. "Our program has grown under his leadership, and we're excited for the future under his direction." Stevens, only 33, has been at the helm at Butler for three seasons and finished the 2009-10 season with a school-record 33 wins. The Bulldogs came within a half-court shot from Horizon League Player of the Year Gordon Hayward of beating Duke for the national title, falling 61-59 to the Blue Devils on Monday. Butler is 89-15 with Stevens as coach, including a 49-5 mark in conference play. The Bulldogs went 18-0 in Horizon League play this past season and won the conference tourney -- the only team in the nation to go unbeaten through its conference. "(My wife) Tracy and I are thrilled and very thankful for the opportunity to continue to play a role for Butler University," Stevens said. "We are already looking forward to the 2010-11 season." Stevens has captured Horizon League Coach of the Year honors for two straight seasons and has is the only coach in the conference's history to win 30 games in a season, doing so in back-to-back seasons.
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Football Betting Sportsbook Accepts Credit CardsMichael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football. As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL. The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago. Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996). But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side. Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show. Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East: Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1 Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2 New York Giants - 9 - 2 Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1). Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship. So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume. And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top. They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy. Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday. But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division. Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS. Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS. Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162. Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense? Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS. In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS. Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division. Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do. The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20. The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550. Visit MySportsbook.com for free sportsbook odds RSS feeds go to MySportsbook.com for all your betting football needs. |
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