The Atlanta Hawks (20-10 SU, 18-12 ATS, 11-17-2 O/U) finished off their eight-game homestand with an emphatic 109-91 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday, easily covering the spread for BetUS NBA sports betting backers as a 5-point favorite in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Hawks got 25 points from shooting guard Joe Johnson and 20 points from veteran point guard Mike Bibby.
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The Atlanta Falcons (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 7-9 O/U) are arguably the biggest surprise story of the 2008 NFL season. Led by gifted rookie quarterback Matt Ryan, running back Michael Turner and first-year head coach Mike Smith, the high-flying Falcons make their surprise appearance in the playoffs riding a three-game winning streak in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Arizona Cardinals (9-7 SU, 9-7 ATS, 11-5 O/U) are making their first playoff appearance in a decade and have one of the league’s most explosive offenses.
The Washington Wizards (6-23, 12-17 ATS, 12-16-1 O/U) have been in a season-long battle just to reach respectability in what has been an absolutely horrific start for the longtime NBA franchise. The New Orleans Hornets (18-9, 11-14-2 ATS, 10-17 O/U) are hoping to keep making strides as the 2008-09 regular season rolls along in the BetUS Sportsbook.
The Oregon Ducks and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, who were thrashed by both Texas Tech and Oklahoma in November, meet at Qualcomm Stadium.
Oddsmakers currently have the Cowboys listed as 1-point favorites versus the Ducks, while the game’s total is sitting at 75½.
The Texas Bowl is played every December at Reliant Stadium, the home of the Houston Texans, and has partnerships with the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA. The Texas Bowl drew over 50,000 fans in it’s inaugural game in 2006.
The TCU Horned Frogs edged the Houston Cougars 20-13 to win the 2007 Texas Bowl, holding off a furious Houston rally in the closing minutes.
The Milwaukee Bucks (14-17 SU, 20-10-1 ATS, 16-15 O/U) are coming off a disheartening 87-76 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday in the BetUS Sportsbook. The San Antonio Spurs (20-10 SU, 14-15-1 ATS, 11-18-1 O/U) have won five straight games for NBA sports betting backers. Tonight, the two teams will each look to pick up a victory when they meet at the Alamodome.
The Humanitarian and the Texas Bowl are two of the lower profile bowl games but each represents a great betting opportunity.
The NFL Playoff fields are set with the New York Giants being a prohibitive online betting favorite to win their second straight Super Bowl.
How big of a favorite are the G-Men? They’re + 250 in the BetUS online sportsbook while the second choice, the Tennessee Titans, are a full + 500. That’s a + 250 difference!
It’s a big difference because an extra one-hundred and fifty for every hundred bucks could seriously make or break any NFL betting fan.
Oklahoma State was unbeaten and a top ten team this season until the Cowboys suffered a 28-24 loss to Texas. What followed was a 36-point loss to Texas Tech and a 20-point defeat to Oklahoma, and teams like that wind up in places like San Diego for the Holiday Bowl.
BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: OKLAHOMA STATE -2.5, Total 76.5
Here are some of the NCAA college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
Neither of these teams come from a power conference; after all, Rice is part of Conference USA, while Western Michigan is a member of the Mid-American Conference. Neither team has stepped up in a very big way against upper-echelon competition, though it should be mentioned that Western Michigan beat Temple and Buffalo on the road and beat Illinois at Detroit, a neutral site, while Rice won its big regular season game in a 56-42 shootout over cross-town rival Houston.
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According to a report from the Associated Press, Vegas bookies are listing the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans as the odds-on Super Bowl favorites for the NFC and AFC respectively.
SPORTSBETTING.COM has the Giants (+250) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (+450) as its odds-on faves.
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Maryland was a Jekyll-and-Hyde act for much of the season. At home they beat California, North Carolina State and North Carolina, and shut out Wake Forest (26-0). Away from home it was largely a different story.
BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: NEVADA -1.5, Total 58
Here are some of the NCAAF betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* NEV has won four of its last six games SU
Having a first-round bye is huge in the NFL Playoffs and nowhere is that reflected more than in our updated Super Bowl Odds.
The four teams resting this week are the prohibitive favorites with the New York Giants (+250), Pittsburgh Steelers (+450), Carolina Panthers (+500) and Tennessee Titans (+600) leading the way.
The Giants are not surprising at all as the overall favorite, as the defending champs beat Carolina in the Meadowlands by running all over them to the tune of 301 yards. And while that was a close game overall, New York should be 4-6 point favorites if they meet in the NFC title game.
