The top 64 players in the World Golf Rankings (and 16 of the top 25 on the PGA Tour’s money list) will suit up in the Accenture World Match Play Championship this week. Just like in March Madness betting, odds in the sportsbook are listed for the winner of each bracket and the overall winner of the tournament.
By Matt Josephs for Steve Merril Sports
One of the biggest losers coming out of the Bracket Buster Weekend was Davidson who couldn’t defend their home court against the Butler Bulldogs and lost outright 75-63 as a 4½-point home favorite. Davidson is now a bubble team that might need to win the Southern Conference tournament in order to ensure their spot in the field of 65.
The NBA has hit the two-third mark and the games are becoming that much more important. Matt Fargo has been looking into Hot and Cold NBA bets throughout the season and he takes a look at four games that you will want to pay attention to coming up over the next few days.
News flash: Cavaliers/Lakers in the NBA Finals. The Big 3 back in December were the Lakers out West and the Celtics and Cavs in the East.
Two of those three were expected to meet in the NBA Finals. Not much has changed since, with the exception of all the injuries to key players preventing any other team from cracking that elite list.
PGA Golf Betting fans couldn’t be happier as Tiger Woods returns to the PGA Tour this week after a nine-month layoff following knee surgery.
Woods announced last week that he will play in the World Golf Championship -Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona, which gets going Wednesday. It will be his first tournament since having reconstructive ACL surgery after winning the U.S. Open last June.
New Orleans Hornets (32-22 SU, 23-29-2 ATS) at Sacramento Kings (12-45 SU, 26-31 ATS)
BetUS NBA Betting Odds: NEW ORLEANS -7.5, Total 203
Here are some of the NBA sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* NO has covered two of its last six games
* NO has lost four of its last six games SU
The Pittsburgh Panthers are the number one team in the country but it’s the North Carolina Tar Heels who are favored to win March Madness.
Sportsbook.com has just updated its odds-to-win the men’s NCAA title and the Heels remain at the top at 3:1 odds. Pittsburgh is ranked behind them at 4:1 despite just moving up to #1 once again.
The San Antonio Spurs are backed by an interesting nba betting trend Tuesday night as they get ready to host their arch rivals, the Dallas Mavericks.
San Antonio (37-17) is returning from a grueling eight-game road trip that happens every year when the rodeo is in town and using their arena.
A lot of teams coming off long road trips will play flat in their first game at home, but not the Spurs. In the six seasons following the ‘Rodeo Trip’ the Spurs have won and covered the spread every time with the average margin of victory a whopping 18.6 PPG.
We are closing in on March Madness, and the resumes are getting their final touches. Here is my take on the teams that will make the field of 65: CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS (31) : AMERICAN EAST VERMONT ATLANTIC 10 XAVIER ACC N. CAROLINA ATL SUN JACKSONVILLE
Projecting the NCAA Tournament is not easy and is ever changing right up to selection Sunday. The BIG 12 has had a very disappointing year after having a very good year last year. Currently Craig has only four teams that are a lock for the NCAA tournament. There are four other BIG 12 teams that are on the NCAA bubble and need a string of wins to find themselves in the dance.
The Kansas Jayhawks have been extremely profitable this year and they hope to continue that trend Monday night at the Oklahoma Sooners.
Kansas is an incredible 14-5-1 ATS overall heading into weekend play, which was the 4th most profitable record out of the 259 teams listed.
The Jayhawks record also includes a 6-2 ATS mark on the road and a perfect 6-0 ATS on the road in the Big 12 conference.
The Louisville Cardinals have been a great conference bet the last two years. Can they keep it up tonight at the Georgetown Hoyas as two-point chalk?
ESPN will have the contest at 7 pm ET, followed by Kansas at Oklahoma.
Coach Pitino’s teams are 38-10 the last three years in the Big East regular season and are an astonishing 36-11-1 ATS. That is +23.9 units of profit playing some of the fiercest competition any team can face.
We’ve officially reached the NHL’s dog days of winter, though next week’s trade deadline will inject life back into the league. This time of year is dangerous for NHL betting fans, as even the best teams can lag (read: New York Islanders 4, New Jersey Devils 0).
Last week, the Sharks reasserted themselves, the Wings stood pat and the Devils went backward.
Welcome to CappersPicks.com – Monday NHL Hockey Betting! – There’s only one NHL game on tap Monday but it’s a big divisional showdown between the visiting San Jose Sharks and the Dallas Stars (8 pm ET, VERSUS, TSN).
NASCAR heads west for the next two weeks starting with a Sunday evening affair at Auto Club Speedway.
Note we have a contest for this race: Enter the Sportsbook.com ‘Dash for the Cash’ and we’ll add $1,000.00 to your account if you can correctly pick the Top 3 finishers in this weekend’s Auto Club 500.
Get your dancing shoes out. With just 3 weeks remaining in the regular season portion of the 2008-09 college basketball campaign talk of the NCAA Tournament becomes more and more a matter of serious discussion.
