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02/09/2012 - Conway, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The NCAA has granted a sixth season of eligibility to Coastal Carolina All-American tight end David Duran for the 2012 season.
Duran, from Marietta, Ga., played sparingly for the Chanticleers as a fifth- year senior last season before he had season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Heading into the season, he was a third-team selection to The Sportsbook Betting Lines/Fathead.com FCS Preseason All-America Team.
With 58 career receptions, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound Duran is one shy of the Big South Conference record for tight ends, set by former Garder-Webb player Josh Miller.
Duran began his career at Michigan State in 2007, when he spent his first season as a medical redshirt.
He is a graduate student at Coastal Carolina after receiving his degree in recreation and sport management in December.
The Chanticleers, who were 7-4 last season, have a new head coach in Joe Moglia.
<< Raiders cut CB Stanford Routt
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Raiders released cornerback
Stanford Routt on Thursday, just one season after he signed a three-year
contract extension.
The deal guaranteed Routt $20 million over the first two
<< MLB suspends 2 Mets minor leaguers
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Major League Baseball suspended two New York
Mets minor leaguers Thursday.
Charles "Dock" Doyle and Scott Moviel both received a 50-game suspension after
second violations of the minor league drug prevent
<< Benfica, Aimar agree to one-year extension
Lisbon, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Benfica and Argentina midfielder Pablo
Aimar agreed to a one-year contract extension Thursday through the 2012-13
season.
Aimar, 32, joined Benfica from Spain's Real Zaragoza in 2008 and has played
<< U.S. women add matches against Japan, Brazil
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The U.S. women's national team will play Japan
and Brazil in April, with both friendlies being held in Japan as part of the
newly-created Women's Kirin Challenge Cup.
The U.S. beat Brazil on penalties in the
Mississippi State takes care of Ole Miss >>
Starkville, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points, Dee Bost
had 15 points and 13 assists and No. 20 Mississippi State led all the way in a
70-60 win over Ole Miss on Thursday.
Renardo Sidney added 14 points and Rodney
Gray, Duke holds off Boston College >>
Chestnut Hill, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea Gray had 19 points, six rebounds
and five assists to lead No. 5 Duke past Boston College on Thursday.
Elizabeth Williams added 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks for Duke
(20-3, 11-0 AC
No. 8 Maryland breezes past Clemson >>
Clemson, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lynetta Kizer led six players in double figures
with 18 points, as No. 8 Maryland breezed past Clemson, 91-61, on Thursday.
Alicia DeVaughn added 15 points while Tianna Hawkins and Alyssa Thomas both
had 14
Hartnell helps Flyers edge Leafs >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Hartnell had a goal and an assist as
the Philadelphia Flyers edged the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3, at Wells Fargo
Center.
Maxime Talbot, Claude Giroux and Brayden Schenn also lit the lamp for
Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.
Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.
With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.
Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.
Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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