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76ers visit Atlantic Division-rival NetsBasketball Betting Lines01/31/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia 76ers hope to catch a break this evening, when they pay a visit to the lowly New Jersey Nets at the IZOD Center. The Sixers played tough in Friday's 99-91 home loss to the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, as Allen Iverson pumped in 21 of his 23 points in the second half for Philadelphia, which has lost three straight and five of its last seven games. Elton Brand had 19 points and nine boards, while Samuel Dalembert collected 10 points and 12 rebounds in defeat. "I thought our interior defense was phenomenal," said Sixers head coach Eddie Jordan. "Elton and Samuel were terrific. I thought Andre was terrific against Kobe, making it tough, and that sort of spurred the defense for us." Philly is only 8-15 away from home this season. New Jersey suffered its 41st loss of the season, an 81-79 decision at the hands of the Washington Wizards on Friday night. Courtney Lee had 19 points and Brook Lopez recorded 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for the Nets, who failed to build on its fourth victory of the season against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. "I was just trying to be assertive," Lee said of his 17-point first half. "My teammates were doing a good job of driving and penetrating and finding the open man. Luckily I was the guy on the end of that and I was just able to knock down open shots." The Nets have lost 12 of their last 13 games and fell to 1-1 on a four-game homestand. They own a 3-18 ledger as the host this season. In injury news for New Jersey, guard Devin Harris is doubtful for Sunday's game with a sprained wrist and has missed three straight games. Philadelphia has won the first two meetings with New Jersey this season after losing all four matchups a year ago. The Sixers have lost nine of 13 and 10 of their last 16 contests in the Meadowlands.
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(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic are back on top in the Southeast Division and hope to stay there when they pay a visit to the Detroit Pistons Sunday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Magic are a half-game ahead of Atlanta
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Numerous College Basketball teams take final big step to March Madness betting So, what turned on the lock spigot? Well, after what felt like weeks of teams treading water and slipping back into the bubble muck, a bunch of them finally decided to say "to heck with parity" and won games that should put them into the Big Dance. Disagree with some of these? Then here's the challenge. Take all of the "should be ins" and make a legit case that each should be ahead of the team that's a lock. Then find 10 more teams that also should be placed in the bracket ahead of that lock team. Not so easy, is it? If you want more evidence that these locks should be good to go, check out what our research department dug up. Since the NCAA Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams from a "big six" conference have had a record of 10-6 or better in conference play and not been selected: Colorado (2004) and Nebraska (1999) from the Big 12, Boston College and Seton Hall (both 2003) from the Big East, Indiana (2005) from the Big Ten and UCLA, which somehow went 12-6 in the Pac-10 in 1988 and still missed out. (Note: Five teams went 11-7 and didn't get in, the latest being last season's Stanford team, which had a brutal nonconference run.) Yes, 10 conference wins doesn't always mean what it used to because of unbalanced schedules, but this season, it should be plenty good in all but the extreme cases (see: Iowa). In a way, this is a welcome development, because this is a bubble watch, not a lock watch. We can finally be done with teams like Maryland and Virginia Tech and start really bearing down on at-large battles such as Syracuse-West Virginia and Appalachian State-Georgia Tech. Interestingly, all the shifting of teams into lock status appears to be more administrative than impactful. The number of remaining available at-larges didn't change one iota. The only difference is that teams on the bubble now have a clearer idea of which team(s) they are competing with for those precious bids.
As always, I've tried to be as inclusive as possible while only including teams that would have a reasonable chance of at least being discussed if this were Selection Sunday. If your team's not on here, there's probably a good reason (or three) -- start with the RPI and SOS numbers and work your way down. (Please remember, per selection committee criteria, that records displayed are Division I only. Next update: Feb. 28) If you have a legitimate grievance, or just like talking bubble, send an e-mail. Polite ones with fact-based arguments have a much better chance of receiving a response. I apologize in advance if I can't get back to all of you. Atlantic Coast Conference Work left to do: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech
Work left to do: Clemson [19-9 (5-9), RPI: 41, SOS: 42] The Tigers are closer to locking up the collapse of the year award (in a good battle with OK State) than they are to grabbing an at-large. Clemson's been very competitive, but there's no really positive way you can spin nine losses in 11 games. They now cannot get to .500 in ACC play and still must head to Virginia Tech in the season finale (after hosting Miami). Unless the Tigers win both and/or do some serious work in the ACC tourney, they very well could be left out. There are no great nonconference wins, but ODU, App State, Miss. State, South Carolina and Georgia are all respectable W's. Florida State [18-11 (6-9), RPI: 48, SOS: 14] The Noles got thrashed at Maryland to run their losing streak to five, but then pounded NC State at home to set the table for what likely is an elimination game at Miami. You can at least make a case for the Seminoles at 7-9 in ACC play (and some work in the ACC tourney), but 6-10 is not going to cut it. Wins at Duke and over Florida will resonate, but the computer numbers remain questionable. Beyond Florida, FSU thrashed bubble buddy Providence, but there's not a ton beyond those two games that will help. They didn't show well in big-time opportunities against Pitt and Wisconsin (before the Florida win). Georgia Tech [18-10 (6-8), RPI: 51, SOS: 46] The Jackets beat Wake on Wednesday but couldn't get it done at UVa on Saturday, which could be a crucial loss with UNC and BC (both at home) remaining and 8-8 almost a certain need for at-large consideration. A nonconference win over Memphis helps, but the RPI and SOS are not at-large quality right now; if you combine those with a sub-.500 ACC mark, that could spell NIT for GT. For more College Basketball betting lines go to MySportsbook.com Additional basketball lines can be found at: www.MySportsbook.com To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com - this sportsbook accepts credit cards.
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