Commodores meet Razorbacks in SEC showdown
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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.
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Betting the NFL preseason
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.
Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.
The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.
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