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02/01/2012 - Lawrence, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thomas Robinson netted 20 points and pulled down 17 rebounds as No. 8 Kansas thumped Oklahoma, 84-62, at Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday.
Tyshawn Taylor finished with 21 points, while Jeff Withey put home 15 points for the Jayhawks (18-4, 8-1 Big 12), who bounced back from a tough 72-64 loss to Iowa State on Saturday. Travis Releford contributed 12 points and six rebounds in the victory.
Romero Osby paced the Sooners (13-8, 3-6) with 19 points and seven rebounds, while Steven Pledger had 17 points. Andrew Fitzgerald donated 14 points in the loss for Oklahoma, which failed to carry over momentum from a 63-60 win over Kansas State on Saturday.
Kansas jumped out to a quick 11-4 lead, capped by a Taylor slam with just over three minutes gone in the opening half.
A jumper by Fitzgerald snapped the run and Oklahoma scored five of the next seven points to climb within 13-11 with 12:46 to play in the first half.
Kansas responded with the next five points to take an 18-11 lead, but a slam by Cameron Clark with 8:30 left in the half pulled the Sooners within five.
A trey by Elijah Johnson sparked a 10-4 burst to give the Jayhawks a 30-19 advantage with 5:37 left.
The Sooners closed the first half with a 12-4 run to get within three at the break, 34-31.
Kansas broke the game open in the second half, opening the second stanza with a 14-4 burst, capped by a Robinson dunk to give the Jayhawks a comfortable 48-35 lead.
Kansas continued to score and a trey by Taylor put the Jayhawks up 20 with 11:48 to play and they cruised to the easy win.
The Jayhawks shot an incredible 71 percent from the floor in the second half, while holding Oklahoma to 40 percent en route to outscoring the Sooners, 50-31, in the half.
Game Notes
Kansas holds a 138-64 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1920. The Jayhawks have dominated the Sooners of late, winning each of the last nine meetings overall and the last 11 matchups at Allen Fieldhouse...Kansas shot 55.4 percent from the floor, while Oklahoma shot 41.4 percent...Oklahoma turned the ball over 15 times to only 12 for Kansas...Kansas dominated inside, scoring 46 points in the paint, while the Sooners managed only 20 points in the paint.
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Gary Neal added 15 points for the Spurs, who overcame a 13-point ha
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Timberwolves, 109-99.
Darren Collison filled the stat sheet with 20 points, n
<< Magic waive Hughes
Orlando, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orlando Magic waived guard Larry Hughes
following Wednesday's win over the Wizards.
Hughes, who did not play in the NBA last season, signed a free agent deal with
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No. 11 UNLV fends off Colorado State >>
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chace Stanback and Oscar Bellfield each
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Rams, 82-63, to remain undefeated at home this season.
Mike Moser finished with 13
No. 17 San Diego State edges Boise State >>
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down eight rebounds as No. 17 San Diego State survived to take a 58-56 win
over Boise State.
The game came down to the final shot after Chase Tapley hit 1-
Stars start second half with win over Ducks >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Ryder and Jamie Benn each had a goal
and two assists as the Dallas Stars took a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks at
Honda Center.
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Doughty scores in final second as Kings down Jackets >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Drew Doughty rammed home the game-winning
goal with two-tenths of a second remaining to send the Los Angeles Kings to a
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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