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02/19/2007 - Green Bay, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 13th-ranked Butler Bulldogs have lost two of their last three games, and they hope to get back on track in tonight's Horizon League clash with the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix.
Butler appeared to be running away with the Horizon League regular season crown, but a loss to Wright State on February 10th pulled the Raiders even with the Bulldogs. Since that outing, Butler has played two straight non- conference tilts, and after beating a weak Florida Gulf Coast team, the Bulldogs fell to nationally-ranked Southern Illinois on Saturday in BracketBuster action. The loss halted the Bulldogs' 22-game home winning streak, and although their resume' is still strong for the upcoming NCAA Tournament, a loss today could change things.
Wisconsin-Green Bay has recorded back-to-back wins to improve to 16-12 overall and 7-7 in league play. On Saturday, the Phoenix took a break from conference action to post an 82-76 decision over Northern Illinois.
Butler crushed Wisconsin-Green Bay in an 80-59 final back on January 20th, and the Bulldogs own a 22-13 advantage in the all-time series.
Butler's matchup with Southern Illinois was one of the most highly-anticipated games of BracketBuster weekend, and the two mid-major powers did not disappoint. The contest was close throughout, but the Bulldogs suffered a 33-24 rebounding disadvantage and a 27-19 deficit in points from the foul line in the loss. Those negatives overshadowed the fact that Butler turned the ball over only six times in 40 minutes of action. Mike Green scored 18 points for the Bulldogs, and Peter Campbell pitched in 17 points off the bench. Unfortunately, A.J. Graves finished with just five points on 1-of-8 shooting from the field. Graves is the team's leading scorer through 28 games with 17.1 ppg, but his 38.7 percent efficiency from the floor leaves much to be desired. Green adds 14.3 ppg, and he has dished out 113 assists. Butler is limiting foes to 56.8 ppg on 39.9 percent overall shooting, key to the squad's success.
Mike Schachtner scored 25 points to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay to its six-point victory over Northern Illinois last time out. Ryan Evanochko and Ryan Tillema tallied 17 points apiece in the win, while Terry Evans added 10 points and eight rebounds off the bench. The Phoenix shot 50 percent from the floor and turned the ball over six times. Also, a 25-of-29 showing from the foul line also helped the cause. Evanochko leads the team with 15.4 ppg, and he has dished out 145 assists against only 64 turnovers. Schachtner adds 15.0 ppg, and those two players clearly form one of the top duos in the Horizon League.
<< Pitt continues to build head of steam as home stretch approaches
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The seventh-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers
continue their quest for the Big East Conference regular season title, and
they will take another step in the right direction if they can knock off the
Seto
<< Jayhawks and Wildcats square off in pivotal Big 12 clash
Manhattan, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kansas hopes to extend its winning streak
to five games as it battles long-time rival Kansas State in Big 12
Conference action from Manhattan.
The fourth consecutive win for KU came on
<< Flyers, Bruins look to continue good play of late
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of teams that have shown improved play in recent
weeks will get together this evening at the Wachovia Center, where the Boston
Bruins resume a long road trip with a showdown against the Philadelphia
Flyers.
<< Predators try to end recent woes against struggling Coyotes
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Nashville Predators will try to regain possession of
first place in the Central Division as they continue a homestand this evening
with a matchup against the slumping Phoenix Coyotes.
Nashville lost its grasp on
Oilers place Pisani on IR >>
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Edmonton Oilers placed right wing Fernando
Pisani on injured reserve on Monday.
Pisani has missed the past three games after suffering a concussion during the
team's 5-1 win over Atlanta on February 11 in
Wisconsin, Ohio State head men's hoops poll >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wisconsin and Ohio State, the Big Ten's best,
are also the top two teams in the latest Associated Press men's college
basketball poll.
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Zetterberg, Selanne and Sakic earn NHL weekly honors >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Detroit Red Wings left wing Henrik
Zetterberg, Anaheim Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne and Colorado Avalanche
center Joe Sakic have been named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending
Februar
Grand Rapids' Ellis garners AHL weekly honors >>
Springfield, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The American Hockey League announced today
that Grand Rapids Griffins center Matt Ellis has been named the CCM Vector/AHL
Player of the Week for the period ending February 18, 2007. Ellis recorded
four goals a
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
Be sure to logon to MySportsbook.com to see check out all of the early lines and “March Madness” props. Also be sure to enter the “$10,000,000 Perfect Bracket Contest”. If someone has the skills to predict every winner, they will be set for life and walk away with $10,000,000. Even if no one can cash in on the Grand Prize, with a $35,000 guaranteed prize pool and a Mazda RX-8 to the first prize winner, Sportsbook.com’s bracket is a must for all “March Madness” fans.
MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST | National Championship | Region |
| Arkansas | 300-1 | 50-1 |
| Belmont | 1000-1 | |
| Boston College | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Eastern KY | 1000-1 | |
| George Washington | 75-1 | |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| Marquette | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Michigan State | 100-1 | 25-1 |
| New Mexico St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| UNC | 6-1 | 6-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 500-1 | |
| Texas | 15-1 | 5-1 |
| Texas Tech | 200-1 | 5-1 |
| USC | 75-1 | 20-1 |
| Vanderbilt | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Washington State | 40-1 | 15-1 |
| WEST | ||
| Duke | 50-1 | 10-1 |
| Florida A&M | 1000-1 | |
| Gonzaga | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Holy Cross | 300-1 | |
| Illinois | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Indiana | 75-1 | 40-1 |
| Kansas | 5-1 | 13-10 |
| Kentucky | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Niagara | 1000-1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 40-1 | 8-1 |
| Southern Ill. | 50-1 | 12-1 |
| UCLA | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| VCU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Villanova | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| VA Tech | 50-1 | 15-1 |
| Weber St | 1000-1 | |
| Wright St | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
| MIDWEST | ||
| Arizona | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| Butler | 40-1 | 30-1 |
| Davidson | 300-1 | |
| Florida | 4-1 | 4-5 |
| Georgia Tech | 75-1 | 25-1 |
| Jackson State | 1000-1 | |
| Maryland | 30-1 | 6-1 |
| Miami-OH | 300-1 | |
| Notre Dame | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| ODU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Oregon | 40-1 | 6-1 |
| Purdue | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC | 1000-1 | |
| UNLV | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Winthrop | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Wisconsin | 15-1 | 7-2 |
| SOUTH | ||
| Albany | 200-1 | |
| BYU | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Central CT St. | 1000-1 | |
| Creighton | 100-1 | 35-1 |
| Long Beach St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| Louisville | 40-1 | 10-1 |
| Memphis | 30-1 | 4-1 |
| Nevada | 75-1 | 35-1 |
| North Texas | 500-1 | |
| Ohio State | 7-1 | 6-5 |
| Penn | 500-1 | |
| Stanford | 200-1 | 50-1 |
| Tennessee | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| Texas A&M | 12-1 | 11-5 |
| Virginia | 75-1 | 18-1 |
| Xavier | 100-1 | 40-1 |
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