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02/01/2012 - Columbia, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brittney Griner scored 18 points to go with five rebounds and four blocks as top-ranked Baylor remained perfect with a 71-41 drubbing of Missouri on Wednesday.
Kimetria Hayden finished with 15 points and five assists and Odyssey Sims contributed 12 points for the Lady Bears (22-0, 9-0 Big 12). Destiny Williams donated 10 points and 11 boards in the victory.
BreAnna Brock and Sydney Crafton paced the Tigers (10-10, 0-9) with eight points and five rebounds apiece, while Liene Priede and Christine Flores netted seven points each. Missouri has lost nine consecutive games.
With the game tied at four early, the Lady Bears used a 16-2 run to take command of the game and a 20-6 lead with 5:34 to play in the first half. The Bears led 28-18 at the break.
Baylor dominated in the second half, outscoring the Tigers 43-23 while shooting 52.9 percent. The Bears locked down on defense as well, forcing Missouri into 11 turnovers in the half and just 29 percent shooting.
<< Leafs blank Pens
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Reimer stopped 25 shots for his second
shutout of the season, as Toronto edged Pittsburgh, 1-0, in the back end of a
home-and-home set from Air Canada Centre.
Clarke MacArthur netted the game's lo
<< Sixers stay hot, dodge Bulls
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia 76ers may not have a
player who averages 16 points per game, but depth has been the key to their
early season success.
On Wednesday, it was the bench which sparked an 1
<< Magic beat Wizards for 8th straight time
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwight Howard had 23 points and 18 rebounds and
the Orlando Magic held on for a 109-103 victory over the Washington Wizards on
Wednesday.
Ryan Anderson also scored 23 while J.J. Redick dropped in 21 points on
<< Hoyas send Huskies to fourth straight loss
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hollis Thompson had 18 points, leading No.
14 Georgetown over Connecticut, 58-44, on Wednesday night and sending the
Huskies to their first four-game losing streak in almost two years.
Henry Sims add
Rangers edge Sabres 1-0 in shootout >>
Buffalo, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Callahan buried a wrister in the fifth
round of the shootout as the New York Rangers took a 1-0 victory over the
Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday.
The entire 65 minutes of regulation and overtime passe
Jennings, Bucks rally past Heat >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milwaukee trailed by as many as 18 in the
second quarter, but Brandon Jennings scored 20 of his 31 points in the second
half as the Bucks rallied to take a 105-97 victory over the Miami Heat at the
Bradley
Nash becomes Suns' assist leader in win >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Steve Nash was all the Suns needed on
Wednesday.
The veteran point guard dropped in a game-high 30 points while shooting 13-
of-16 from the floor and dished out 10 assists as the Suns toppe
Magic waive Hughes >>
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic waived guard Larry Hughes
following Wednesday's win over the Wizards.
Hughes, who did not play in the NBA last season, signed a free agent deal with
the Magic in early December and aver
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
But you could also simply bet on the money line, or straight-up winner of the game. Oddsmakers use the money line so that more money must be risked on the favorite or expected winner and less money on the underdog to balance the action on both sides. While money line gambling is an attractive option for football and basketball bettors who only care about picking a winner, it is the primary option for those bettors who enjoy wagering on MLB baseball and individual sports like boxing, tennis, golf and racing events such as NASCAR. ( More details on playing the Money Line)
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
The final score of Super Bowl XXXIX was 24-21; the scoring of both teams added up to 45, which means the game went Under . So Under bettors won, and Over bettors lost.
Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The main advantage of futures is that you can get appealing odds by betting far in advance. For example, with NFL futures you often can get much higher odds on a team by betting before the season even starts. A NFL future bet on a team to win the Super Bowl odds might be 20/1 in the preseason; but by midseason, their odds might decrease to 10/1 if they turn out to be legitimate championship contenders.
Involves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total.
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