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03/07/2010 - Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jantel Lavender posted 35 points and 10 rebounds, leading 10th-ranked Ohio State to the Big Ten Tournament title with a 66-64 win over Iowa.
Lavender went 14-of-25 from the field and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, as Ohio State (30-4) clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with its ninth win in 10 games.
Tayler Hill added 14 points in the victory, which was cemented by a pair of Lavender free throws with one second remaining.
Kamille Wahlin scored 20 points but missed a potential game-winning three- pointer for Iowa (19-13), which finished tied for the third-best record in the conference during the regular season at 10-8. Kelly Krei had 18 points and eight boards, while Kachine Alexander had 13 points and seven rebounds in defeat.
The Hawkeyes led for nearly the entire game and looked primed for the upset, holding a 49-33 lead early in the second half.
The Buckeyes, though, were able to whittle away at their deficit and eventually tied the game at 60-60 on a Samantha Prahalis layup with just over five minutes to go.
The game remained tied, 64-64, with 1:20 to go after a Lavender layup, but Jamie Printy was unable to hit a jumper that would have put Iowa in front. After a Hawkeyes turnover, Lavender was fouled and drilled both attempts at the line for a two-point lead with only a second to go.
Iowa had one last shot out of a timeout, but Wahlin's three was off the mark.
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<< Morgan, Spartans earn share of Big Ten title with rout of Michigan
East Lansing, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Raymar Morgan led all scorers with 22
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share of the Big Ten regular-season title with a 64-48 rout of conference
rival M
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2010 season for a violation of the league's performance enhancing drug
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Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vince Carter scored a team-high 25 points, and
Dwight Howard added 15 points and 16 rebounds, as the Orlando Magic escaped
with a 96-94 win over the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in a rematch
of last
Pavlyuchenkova downs Hantuchova to win at Monterrey >>
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Pavlyuchenkova won her second match of the day on Sunday to capture the title
at the $220,000 Monterrey Open.
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Legace, Hurricanes blank Thrashers >>
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first shutout of the season, as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Atlanta
Thrashers, 4-0, in a Southeast Division showdown at Philips Arena.
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Field and Eskendereya top second Kentucky Derby Future Wager >>
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Eskendereya came up as the top two selections at the close of betting of the
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Pistons rally vs. Rockets, snap six-game skid with OT win >>
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tayshaun Price provided a season-high 29
points and 10 rebounds and spearheaded a late comeback in regulation, and the
Detroit Pistons edged the Houston Rockets in overtime, 110-107, at the Palace
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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.
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