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03/14/2010 - Orem, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jake Thomas scored 24 points and South Dakota earned a postseason trip with a 91-86 victory over Houston Baptist in the championship game of the inaugural Great West Conference Tournament.
Kendall Cutler added 21 points and eight assists for the top-seeded Coyotes (23-9), who won their 13th straight game. They received an automatic bid to the Collegeinsider.com Tournament.
Steve Smith finished with 14 points, Louie Krogman 13 and Roman Gentry 10 for South Dakota. Krogman had the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:54 left in the game.
Mario Flaherty had 23 points and 17 rebounds for Houston Baptist (12-22), which also received 20 points apiece from Andrew Gonzalez and Wendell Preadom.
Gonzalez tied the game with a layup, but Krogman's long-distance shot moved the Coyotes to an 85-82 edge. A turnover from Shawn Echols led to a Krogman layup for a five-point edge with 1:13 remaining.
Flaherty hit a pair of free throws with 46 seconds left for an 87-84 margin, but Smith and Thomas each hit two foul shots down the stretch to seal the win for the Coyotes.
The Huskies trailed by a 25-15 count following a Gentry three-ball with 11:13 left in the opening half. South Dakota was ahead by as many as 17 before holding on to a 46-31 advantage at intermission.
Houston Baptist finally whittled the deficit to single digits at 52-43 inside 17 minutes left on a Preadom three-pointer. HBU later scored 12 in a row to get within 80-78.
Game Notes
Tyler Cain had 11 rebounds for South Dakota, which shot 47.5 percent from the field...South Dakota went 10-of-19 from beyond the arc, including 5-of-7 from Thomas...The Coyotes went 25-of-30 at the foul line.
<< Butler's layup helps West Virginia take first Big East title
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Da'Sean Butler provided the final theatrics of
the Big East Tournament, pouring home a layup with 4.2 seconds remaining to
give seventh-ranked West Virginia a thrilling 60-58 win over 22nd-ranked
Georget
<< Spurs crush Clippers...again
San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Bonner had a team-high 21 points, as
the San Antonio Spurs cruised to a 118-88 win, their 16th consecutive victory
over the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Spurs also completed the series sweep for the
<< Scola sizzles as Rockets cut down Nets
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luis Scola poured in a career-high 44 points on
20-of-25 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds, as the Houston Rockets got past the
New Jersey Nets, 116-108, at the Toyota Center.
Scola topped his previous career
<< Smith leads Nuggets' fourth-quarter charge in win over Memphis
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - J.R. Smith scored 16 of his 30 points in the
fourth quarter, as the Denver Nuggets used a huge final period to defeat the
Memphis Grizzlies, 125-108.
Smith made 11-of-16 field goals, including a 7-for-10
Curry and Ellis lift Warriors over spiraling Raptors >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rookie Stephen Curry finished with 35 points
and Monta Ellis had 31, as the guards helped the Golden State Warriors end a
six-game slide with a 124-112 win over the Toronto Raptors.
Curry, who was one po
Report: Jets head coach Ryan undergoes lap-band surgery >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan reportedly
underwent a procedure Saturday at NYU Medical Center to help him battle his
obesity.
According to the New York Daily News, Ryan was released following the sur
Nadal, Djokovic move on at BNP Paribas Open >>
Indian Wells, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were
both second-round winners Saturday at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open, an
ATP World Tour Masters event.
Nadal, the reigning titlist and third seed, ea
UC Santa Barbara drops Long Beach State in Big West final >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Orlando Johnson finished with 20 points as UC
Santa Barbara pulled out a 69-64 win over Long Beach State in the Big West
Conference Tournament final.
James Nunnally added 19 points for the top-seeded Gau
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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