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C-USA clash pits Blazers against MinersNCAA Basketball Betting Lines03/06/2010 - El Paso, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - UAB will attempt to beat a ranked opponent on the road for the first time since 1994, as the Blazers head to the Don Haskins Center to take on the 24th-ranked Texas-El Paso Miners in the regular-season finale for both teams. UAB has fared well on the road this season by posting a 9-3 mark, which ranks 11th nationally in terms of win percentage. With 23 victories overall, UAB is approaching its school record of 25 wins in a season. The Blazers currently hold down the third-place spot in the conference standings, though they saw their four-game win streak come to an end with Wednesday's 70-65 loss to Memphis. UTEP has already wrapped up its first outright Conference USA regular-season title with a 14-1 mark in league play. The Miners bring an impressive 13-game win streak into tonight's contest. They knocked off Marshall on Tuesday night, 80-76. The all-time series between these two schools is tied, 5-5, although UTEP won in double-overtime when they met on January 30th. The Blazers shot a dismal 32.3 percent from the floor and went 3-of-24 from beyond the arc in their recent loss to Memphis. Still, after trailing by as many as 14, they were able to cut the deficit to three in the final minute of regulation to make a game of it. Elijah Millsap tallied 19 points and nine rebounds in the loss, while Howard Crawford scored 15 and Aaron Johnson finished with 12. Johnson is the catalyst at point guard, having notched 10 assists twice over the last four games. Millsap is the team's leading scorer (16.1) and rebounder (9.3), and he ranks second in school history with 14 double-doubles on the year. Crawford is scoring 12.4 ppg, while Sanders adds 10.7 ppg to the mix. Leading the way for UTEP is Randy Culpepper, a 38.4 percent shooter from beyond the arc (76-of-198) who is averaging 18.5 ppg. Derrick Caracter generates 14.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per tilt, while Jeremy Williams (10.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and Arnett Moultrie (10.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg) provide some additional punch in the paint. On the season, the Miners are outscoring their opponents by an average of 12.2 ppg. They turned up the defense on Tuesday night, holding Marshall to 38.8 percent shooting from the floor to overcome a 50-35 rebounding deficit. UTEP also made the most of its three-point attempts, connecting on 8-of-15 out on the perimeter. Culpepper knocked in 7-of-11 threes and piled up 32 points. Caracter added 18 points in the win, while Claude Britten scored 14 in a 15-minute shift off the bench.
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FOOTBALL BETTING LINESNFL Football Sports BettingTwo 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. You can find these lines and all of the NFL betting lines , so be sure to login and get your wagers down before kickoff! Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines . |
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