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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: Duke and UConn look for college hoops wins, the Celtics go to SoCal, and the Sharks and Red Wings hit the ice in Detroit.

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

The Celtics will be looking to cruise to an easy victory on Wednesday night when they arrive in Los Angeles to take on the Clippers. Boston (46-12 straight-up, 33-25 against-the-spread) trounced the Nuggets in their last contest, winning 114-76 despite Kevin Garnett’s absence. Los Angeles (14-43 SU, 22-35 ATS) is actually coming off a victory as well, as they beat Golden State 118-105 in their last game.

The Celtics/Clippers matchup will serve to finish off the NBA’s schedule for Wednesday night; there are 10 other games set to tip off earlier in the evening. Starting things off are Philadelphia at Washington and Memphis at Indiana, followed by Orlando at New York, Chicago at New Jersey, Utah at Minnesota, Detroit at New Orleans, Milwaukee at Dallas, Portland at San Antonio, and Atlanta at Denver. As well, the Bobcats will be in Sacramento for a 10pm ET start.

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The march toward Madness . . .

Connecticut, which has been dropped to No. 2 in the rankings this week, will try to get back to impressing voters on Wednesday night when they play on the road against No. 8 Marquette. The Huskies lost 76-68 to Pittsburgh last Monday, then beat South Florida 64-50 to sit at 25-2 SU and 12-11 ATS. The Golden Eagles are coming off a win over Georgetown, and they’re at 23-4 SU and 11-10-1 ATS.

There are three other Top-10 teams in action on Wednesday, with No. 7 Duke at Maryland, Iowa at No. 9 Michigan State, and No. 10 Villanova at DePaul. As well, it’ll be Kansas State at No. 11 Missouri, Virginia Tech at No. 12 Clemson, and Texas Tech at No. 25 Texas. The Longhorns are coming off a big upset win over Oklahoma on Saturday, getting 23 points from A.J. Abrams in the 73-68 victory.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

A marquee Western Conference clash highlights the National Hockey League’s schedule for Wednesday night, with the Sharks on the road to take on the Red Wings. At 41-8-9 San Jose is coming off a 1-0 blanking of the Stars on Monday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 29 saves in that win, while Devin Setoguchi had the lone Sharks goal. The 39-13-8 Wings fell 5-2 to the Wild in their last game on Saturday. Tomas Kopecky and Ville Leino scored the Detroit goals in that defeat.

There are three other games on the ice on Wednesday night, including Los Angeles at Philadelphia, and the Islanders at Pittsburgh. As well, the Rangers will be in Toronto to face the Maple Leafs. New York lost 3-2 in overtime to the Leafs on Sunday, a result which cost Tom Renney his job as the team’s head coach. Former Lightning boss John Tortorella will move in behind the Rangers’ bench.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Tiger Woods returns to action on Wednesday in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain’s Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. Woods’ first-round opponent is Brendan Jones, and the twosome is scheduled to tee off at 12:02pm local time on Wednesday. The Vegas oddsmakers like Woods’ chances of winning this event yet again this week, as he’s been pegged as the 4/1 favorite.

Phil Mickelson, who won last week’s PGA Tour stop, is next at 8/1 odds to win the Match Play Championship, followed by Sergio Garcia at 10/1, Anthony Kim at 15/1, and each of Geoff Ogilvy, Henrik Stenson, Jim Furyk, and Ernie Els at 20/1. Woods won this tournament last year, Stenson in 2007, and Ogilvy in 2006. Steve Stricker, the ’01 champ, is listed at just 35/1 odds to get the win this week.

Sports headlines…

Providence moved on the proverbial bubble with their upset of Pittsburgh, a GodsTips Wise Guy winner…NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has taken a 20 percent pay cut…Future Hall-of-Famer Marvin Harrison has been released by the Indianapolis Colts. Bob Warner of Lines-Maker.com says the Philadelphia Eagles are the frontrunners for his services…Stephon Marbury and the New York Knicks have officially parted ways after reaching a settlement.

Irish sportsbook Paddy Power still has Bobby Jindal as 12-1 to be the next Republican nominee for President and shockingly Michael Steele is not even listed.

Meanwhile Arnold Schwarzenegger, unpopular in his own party and constitutionally ineligible is 50-1. Sarah Palin remains the favorite, though she should be a longshot.

We are not sure what has happened to Sports Crew. We know the so called To Bet a Man Massacre has hurt a lot of sites such as SportsCrew, but the SportsCrew forum was at one time one of the most active.

I had some contacts there but the information has expired. Let me know if you have any details. Meanwhile check out the new and improved ScoresOddsPicks.com to help fill the void.

The Florida Gators take on the LSU Tigers and here is the official betting preview from the staff of ScoresOddsPicks.com. LSU is a 3.5 point favorite with a total of 151.

Florida is 21-6 straight up on the year, but a middling 9-11 in the back pocket including 2-4 their last six to the Vegas college basketball betting odds.

LSU is 23-4 straight up including 18-1 in the Fat Tuesday state. They have though lost three straight to the number.

LSU has outstanding numbers on defense holding teams normally getting 43.7 percent shooting to just 39.6. They also shoot 3.1 percent better than their opponent normally allows.

The Bengal Tigers will be a tough test for the high flying Gators team that averages 79.3 points per game to teams that normally allow 69.4, shooting 48.8 percent against teams normally allowing 42.9.

Florida is below average defensively allowing 44.1 percent to teams normally getting 43.7.

Stevie Vincent, Senior Handicapper at OffshoreInsiders.com points out that LSU is just 17-37 against the sportsbooks as a favorite, but 39-17 against the spread off a home conference win.

As far as motivation—or in the minds of many pro bettors pressure, LSU has a shocking three-game lead in the SEC over Florida, Kentucky and South Carolina and can clinch at least a tie for the overall conference title with a win tonight.

LSU has won 11 straight conference games straight up. The game is televised nationally on ESPN.