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02/10/2012 - Honolulu, HI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The University of Hawaii announced on Friday that sophomore forward Trevor Wiseman has been reinstated to the team.
Wiseman was suspended indefinitely by the team on Monday and missed the Rainbow Warriors' 88-79 loss to Nevada on Thursday.
"I am a big believer that you must discipline yourself so others won't have to. As a coach there are times when disciplining a player is necessary even if it may cost you a game or two," Hawaii head coach Gib Arnold said in a statement. "Trevor made some mistakes. He came to me and the team and apologized. I hope he has learned from this and I believe his further actions now give him an opportunity to grow and become a better player and person."
Through 30 games -- eight starts -- for Hawaii this season, Wiseman has averaged 4.2 points and 4.0 rebounds a game.
<< Wi leads by 3 at Pebble Beach; Tiger falls six back
Pebble Beach, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Charlie Wi carded a three-under 69 on
Friday at Pebble Beach to take a three-stroke lead after two rounds of the
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Wi, who was one of three first-round leaders, finis
<< Jackets place Lebda, Methot on IR
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets placed
defensemen Brett Lebda and Marc Methot on injured reserve Friday.
Lebda was signed by Columbus on January 19, and has picked up one goal in five
games since.
M
<< Berdych, Stepanek give Czechs 2-0 lead
Ostrava, Czech Republic (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 7 Tomas Berdych and
countryman Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic a 2-0 lead in Friday's
opening singles rubbers against visiting Italy.
Bolstered by a 90 percent first-
<< Cardinals sign P Linebrink
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals have signed pitcher
Scott Linebrink to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring
training.
Linebrink pitched for Atlanta last season and went 4-4 with a 3.64 earne
DeRozan, Raptors down Celtics >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - DeMar DeRozan continued his hot steak,
following up his 25 point performance on Wednesday night with 21 points, and
the Raptors lead wire-to-wire as they defeated the Celtics, 86-74, at Air
Canada
Paul lifts Clippers over Sixers in final seconds >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Paul hit the game-winning shot with
3.2 seconds remaining as the Clippers downed the 76ers, 78-77, on Friday.
A pair of Lou Williams free throws had Philadelphia up, 77-76, with 18 seconds
left, bu
Bulls rout Bobcats >>
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One can wonder what the score might have
looked like if Derrick Rose had suited up.
Even with the reigning league MVP resting his ailing back, the Chicago Bulls
made it look easy by posting a 95-6
Buccaneers name Mike Sullivan offensive coordinator >>
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers named Mike Sullivan as
their new offensive coordinator on Friday.
Sullivan has spent the last eight seasons as a member of the New York Giants
coaching staff and the past two years as
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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