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03/08/2010 - Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Darius scored 12 points and Kent Bazemore added 10 points and five assists, as Old Dominion held on to claim the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title with a 60-53 win over William & Mary and earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Ben Finney finished with nine points, eight boards and four steals for Old Dominion (26-8), which had a first-round bye in the CAA Tournament before defeating Towson and VCU to get to the title game. The Monarchs, who have won five straight overall, earned their fifth CAA tournament championship and first since 2005. ODU will be making its 10th trip to the Big Dance.
Danny Sumner led all scorers with 19 points, while Quinn McDowell went for nine for third-seeded William & Mary (22-10), which was bidding for its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. The Tribe also earned a first-round bye before claiming victories over James Madison and Northeastern.
Old Dominion, which also won the regular reason conference crown, dictated the pace in the opening 20 minutes, as James hit a three-pointer to cap a 10-0 run and give the Monarchs a 27-14 lead with 7:59 to play in the half.
However, David Schneider and JohnMark Ludwick drained back-to-back triples as part of a 7-0 burst, and William & Mary was able to get to within 31-24 heading into the locker room.
James and Finney each drained a three to bookended a 10-2 run to start the second half and put ODU up by 15, 41-26, in the early going. The Monarchs never relinquished the lead in the remaining time and WMU could only get as close as five, 56-51, following a Sumner three with 1:01 left on the clock.
Game Notes
ODU defeated William & Mary in all three meetings this season and have won 63 of the 78 all-time matchups in the series...ODU's 26 wins are the second most in the school's history.
<< Grizzlies recall Thabeet after short stint in D-League
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Memphis Grizzlies recalled center Hasheem
Thabeet from the Dakota Wizards of the NBA Development League on Monday.
Thabeet, who was drafted second overall in 2009, became the highest-ever draft
pick to be
<< Lions trade for CB Houston; Falcons add sixth-rounder
Flowery Branch, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Falcons traded cornerback
Chris Houston to the Detroit Lions for a sixth-round pick in the 2010 draft on
Monday.
The teams also agreed to swap fifth-round picks in the upcoming draft.
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<< UConn gets record 71st straight win
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-ranked Connecticut won its NCAA-record
71st consecutive game Monday, a 59-44 victory over No.6 Notre Dame in the
semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
It is the longest winning streak in NCA
<< Bucs acquire WR Brown from Eagles for pick
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers acquired wide
receiver Reggie Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday for a sixth-round
pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
After the Eagles selected him in the second round o
Turco, Stars snap Capitals' home streak in SO >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Loui Eriksson scored in the fifth round of
the shootout and Marty Turco stopped a career-high 49 shots as Dallas rallied
in the third and ended Washington's 13-game home-winning streak with a 4-3 win
at Veri
Siena captures third straight MAA title >>
Albany, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edwin Ubiles recorded a game-high 27 points
along with seven rebounds to help the Sienna Saints past the Fairfield Stags
in overtime, 72-65, to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament
Champio
Marion leads Mavs to 12th straight victory >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shawn Marion posted 29 points to go with 14
rebounds, pacing the Mavericks to their 12th straight victory in a 125-112
decision over the lowly Timberwolves.
Dirk Nowitzki and Caron Butler added 24 a
Nets still searching for winning streak, fall to Grizzlies >>
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rudy Gay and Mike Conley each scored 21 points
to push the Memphis Grizzlies past the New Jersey Nets, 107-101, at the FedEx
Forum.
Gay grabbed 10 rebounds, while Marc Gasol also tallied a double-double wi
Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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