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03/06/2010 - Columbia, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyshawn Taylor led a balanced scoring attack with 13 points while delivering six assists, as second-ranked Kansas closed out its regular season with a sound 77-56 defeat of Missouri at Mizzou Arena.
Marcus Morris and Sherron Collins each scored a dozen points, with Morris adding 10 rebounds.
Cole Aldrich checked in with 10 points and seven boards for the Jayhawks (29-2, 15-1 Big 12), who wrapped up the Big 12 regular-season title with Wednesday's triumph over fellow rival and fifth-ranked Kansas State.
Kim English put in a game-high 16 points for the Tigers (22-9, 10-6), who had won four of their last five coming in and should prove to a dangerous opponent in the Big 12 Tournament set to kick off March 10th.
Laurence Bowers donated 10 points and six rebounds, and J.T. Tiller scored nine in defeat.
A closely contested first half had the game tied up at 24 nearing four minutes left after Keith Ramsey hit on back-to-back layups for Missouri.
Kansas, though, scored the final 16 points of the half to go up 40-24 with Collins recording the last eight, including two three-pointers. Aldrich opened the second half with a layup and less than three minutes in threw down a dunk to keep the margin at 15.
The Jayhawks wouldn't score another point for the next five minutes, and Missouri used a 16-2 run to close the gap to 44-40 on Tiller's three-point play with just under 13 minutes remaining.
Kansas responded with a game-clinching 22-5 run from there. Tyrel Reed sank consecutive three-pointers along the way and Taylor finished off the stretch with the last nine points to gain a healthy 66-44 advantage with close to 6 1/2 minutes to go.
The closest Missouri would get from there was 19.
Game Notes
The win was Kansas' 1,999th in the history of the program. Only North Carolina and Kentucky have eclipsed 2,000 NCAA hoops wins...Reed had 11 points on 3- of-5 three-point shooting...Talented freshman Xavier Henry, averaging 14.2 points on the season coming in, was 2-of-6 shooting for seven points...Ramsey contributed eight points and six rebounds...Missouri shot 35.4 percent from the field, compared with Kansas' 52.6 percent shooting performance.
<< Purdue downs PSU, captures share of Big 10 title
University Park, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - JaJuan Johnson finished with 21 points
and 10 rebounds, as seventh-ranked Purdue claimed a share of the Big Ten title
with a 64-60 victory over Penn State.
Keaton Grant added 17 points for the Boile
<< Temple downs George Washington to grab share of A-10 title
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Micheal Eric led the way with 18 points,
as 20th-ranked Temple defeated George Washington, 70-57, in Atlantic 10 action
from the Liacouras Center.
Ryan Brooks posted 14 points for the Owls (26-5, 14-2
<< Bruins remain hot with road win over Isles
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Thomas stopped 37 shots as Boston clipped
the New York Islanders, 3-2, at Nassau Coliseum.
Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Marc Savard tallied for the Bruins, who have won
five of six.
Josh Bailey and Ma
<< Burins remain hot with road win over Isles
Uniondale, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Thomas stopped 37 shots as Boston clipped
the New York Islanders, 3-2, at Nassau Coliseum.
Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Marc Savard tallied for the Bruins, who have won
five of six.
Josh Bailey and Ma
McCourt: Divorce not affecting team >>
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt says divorce proceedings with his wife are not affecting the team's finances.McCourt was visiting his team for the first time this spring.He has had only brief interaction with the media
Falcons sign CB Robinson >>
Flowery Branch, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Falcons announced the
signing of free agent cornerback Dunta Robinson Saturday to what is reported
to be a six-year contract worth $57 million.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution rep
NAC halts PSV's unbeaten run >>
Breda, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PSV Eindhoven suffered its first league
defeat of the season on Saturday at NAC as Robert Schilder scored the winning
goal in the 72nd minute.
Orlando Engelaar put PSV in front after 18 minutes, bu
Awesome Act gets Gotham Stakes victory >>
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Post-time favorite Awesome Act, ridden by
Julien Leparoux, scampered away down the stretch to capture Saturday's
$250,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. The 1 1/16-mile Gotham is the final
local p
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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