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01/31/2012 - Fayetteville, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 25th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores hope to continue their rise in the SEC Standings when they travel to Fayetteville to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Vanderbilt has won 10 of its last 11 games and is tied with Florida for second place in the conference standings. The Commodores continued their impressive run on Saturday by defeating 20-win Middle Tennessee, 84-77.
Arkansas has enjoyed a successful season as well and is winners of 10 of its last 13. The Razorbacks are coming off a loss to Alabama though, 72-66, on Saturday, marking their fifth road defeat in five tries.
This bout represents the 26th all-time meeting between these two teams, with Arkansas holding a 16-9 lead. The Commodores had won two straight in the series before the Razorbacks won on January 29, 2011, by a final of 89-78 in Nashville.
Vanderbilt ranks just below national powerhouses Florida and Kentucky in the SEC scoring rankings, netting 74.7 ppg. The Commodores hot shooting continued against Middle Tennessee, as they drained 50 percent of their field goal attempts in the win. John Jenkins continued his solid season, making good on 10-of-18 field goal attempts for 26 points. The junior leads the SEC in scoring with 20 ppg, and he leads the nation in three-pointers made with 78. Festus Ezeli had a season-high 21 points, up from his average of just 8.5 ppg. Jeffery Taylor is a competent scorer in his own right, ranking second in the conference with 17.3 ppg and fourth in field goal percentage at .536. Lance Goulbourne falls just short of the double-digit scorers' club with 9.9 ppg and he grabs a team-leading 7.2 rpg as well. Though its offense has been able to mask its deficiencies of late, Vandy's defense can be a liability, ranking ninth in the conference and the squad gave up 57.4 percent shooting to Middle Tennessee on Saturday.
Arkansas has a similar makeup to Vanderbilt, averaging just a half point less per game on offense (74.2) but the Hogs possess an even worse defense, ranking last in the SEC (66.1 ppg). A poor defensive effort proved to be the difference in a close game with Alabama over the weekend, as the Crimson Tide shot 50 percent from the field and they also went to the foul line 25 times. Rickey Scott had one of his best games in the loss for the Razorbacks, logging 18 points, five rebounds and four assists. Scott (10.1 ppg) is one of three Hogs that average double figures in points, joining B.J. Young (14.4 ppg) and Mardracus Wade (10.8 ppg). Young and Wade have both proved to be threats from beyond the arc, making at least 1.5 three-pointers per game apiece with Wade ranking first in long-range efficiency at 47.7 percent. Arkansas is a poor rebounding team, ranking next-to-last in the SEC in rebounding margin (minus-2.5) and the team is without a player averaging five rebounds per game.
<< UNC faces off with local rival Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fifth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels
will try to keep up in the Atlantic Coast Conference race as they head to the
Lawrence Joel Coliseum for a league bout with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
This wi
<< Irving, Cavs aim to sweep home-and-home set with Celtics
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyrie Irving and the Cavaliers will aim for a home-and-home
sweep of the Boston Celtics tonight when the clubs play the back end of the
set in Cleveland.
The Cavs won a thriller in Boston on Sunday when Irving's layup with
<< Hawks finish up road trip in Toronto
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta suffered what seemed to be a devastating blow when
starting center Al Horford went down with a torn left pectoral. Instead, the
Hawks have held up remarkably well without their two-time All Star and will
aim to keep t
<< Report: Court papers say Fine's wife had sex with players
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The wife of former Syracuse assistant
basketball coach Bernie Fine reportedly had sex with players.
According to the New York Daily News, court papers filed Monday indicate that
Bobby Davis, one of t
Golden Eagles take aim at Pirates in Big East battle >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hoping to snap a four-game slide, the Seton
Hall Pirates take on the 15th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles in Big East
Conference action tonight at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
Seton Hall was a force to be
Nittany Lions host Badgers in Big Ten brawl >>
University Park, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One of five teams from the Big Ten
Conference currently ranked in the top-25, the 19th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers
take on the Penn State Nittany Lions at the Bryce Jordan Center in Happy
Valley tonight.
Top-ranked Wildcats welcome Vols to Lexington >>
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats put the
nation's longest homecourt winning streak on the line this evening, as they
welcome the Tennessee Volunteers to Lexington for SEC action at Rupp Arena.
John Calipari's
Nets try to snap long skid vs. Pacers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Indiana returns home tonight after a successful three-game
road trip seeking a ninth consecutive win over the New Jersey Nets.
The Pacers sandwiched a loss in Boston with impressive wins in Chicago and
Orlando during their
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While the NFL is the sport wagered on the heaviest, college football betting lines has become more and more popular as people realize it’s a game that can be beat. The NCAA football season gets longer each year with the addition of numerous bowl games and with that comes more opportunities for more money in your pocket, if handled correctly.
Betting on college football is not the same as with the NFL, so make sure you separate the two. Because of the vast number of teams, the parity between college football programs is slight and thus, you are going to see some high numbers in the NCAA. Teams favored by more than 40 points are not uncommon especially early in the season when teams playing their non-conference schedules.
The best advice when trying to tackle these enormous spreads and is to just stay away. A team that is favored by 40 points is favored by that many for a reason while teams getting 40 points are bad enough that they shouldn’t be touched. Set yourself a spread limit. Getting rid of these games will cut down on the number of contests that you need to handicap while staying away from backdoor or front-door covers.
What is a backdoor and front-door cover you ask? A backdoor cover is a team that is getting beat by more than the spread, but scores late to get within that number thus covering the spread. A front-door cover is just the opposite where the favorite scores late and covers the number they are favored by.
These front-door and backdoor covers are common when second and third string players enter games in college football and it can be the worst nightmare for some bettors. These players can also be your best friend, but ask any bettor and he will give you more instances on losing in this situation than winning. It just seems to work out that way even though everything evens out in the end.
College football betting has some of the softest lines of any sport and it’s being able to find these lines that will make you a successful college football handicapper. The NFL and NBA have the tightest lines around and while those sports can be beat by looking at situations and systems, college football doesn’t quite work that way. It’s much more manual, but when done correctly, it’s much more gratifying as well.
Getting into the nuts and bolts of college football means looking at the many stats in order to beat the number. As opposed to pro football, college football is less dependent on situations and angles and more on certain statistics. Rushing offense and defense, pass efficiency offense and defense and turnover margins are huge. These are vital in the NFL, but even more so when it comes to college football.
Being able to run the ball in college football has always been a key factor in the overall success of a team. The same adage also goes for teams who have the ability to stop the run. Putting these two factors together can produce some positive results in a team’s record both straight up and against the spread. These numbers show huge differences in teams and the spread may not take those into effect, which is where the value comes into play.
Passing yardage numbers both for and against can be a misinterpreted statistic. However, pass efficiency has always been one of the best ways to look at a teams’ passing game ability both offensively and defensively. But is it really a true indication of how they perform? I wouldn’t say so since they are raw passing numbers with nothing else taken into consideration.
I use pass efficiency ratings when doing my handicapping but I adjust my numbers based on a number of factors including power ratings, strength of schedules, personnel and injuries. This gives a much better picture of a team’s ability to pass effectively and also being able to defend the pass. Tweaking pass efficiency stats instead of raw passing yards is the key.
Turnovers are the single most frustrating, and at times the most gratifying, aspect of a college football lines, mostly because they are so unpredictable. They are part of the game and most of the time nothing can be done to control them. However, turnovers are contagious and they can carry over from game to game and season to season.
It’s important to know how to forecast these unforeseen events and how to use them to your advantage. You can find ways to give yourself an edge by looking at past histories of teams and coaches and how they have fared in turnover wars in the past. Instead of turnovers hurting you at the wrong times, find ways to use them to your advantage.
As you can see, college football handicapping is very labor intensive and isn’t just based on where teams are ranked in the AP and coaches polls. Experience, coaching and match-ups are all important since unlike the NFL, college teams turn over much more often with new personnel at most positions every single year. Keeping current on this information is vital.
Betting NCAA football can be lucrative if done correctly, but more importantly, it’s just plain enjoyable because it can be beat. College football is one of the best sports to watch with some of the best rivalries taking place in all of sports. The only downfall is that a championship isn’t decided on the field but on a computer-based system that is the Bowl Championship Series. That will change someday and we will all be better off for it.
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