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Super Blackjack Tips

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Super Blackjack Tips

By Jordan Walters
WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer

Blackjack — for many it’s not just a game, it’s a way of life. Blackjack was the casino game that really got the information products’ ball rolling. It started many years ago, and no other game has spawned so many books, videos, classes and seminars.

I don’t know anyone who has been in a casino at least a few times who hasn’t played a hand or more of Blackjack. With that in mind, let’s talk Blackjack tips. Here are seven super Blackjack tips to absorb.

Blackjack Tip One: Sit at Third Base

If you are playing in the real world, make it a point to sit at third base, which is the seat immediately to the right of the dealer.

Blackjack Tip Two: Counting Cards Online

If you are playing online, don’t worry about counting cards. The computer uses a fresh deck for each hand. Therefore, counting doesn’t help you. Many people don’t realize this, so I thought it was wise to point it out.

Blackjack Tip Three: Single or Double Deck Only

Make it a point to never play Blackjack dealt from a shoe. Single deck games in the real world are the best. Double deck is second, and everything else is trash. If you are playing online, check to see how many decks are used. Most good online casinos will offer single deck.

Blackjack Tip Four: Bet Size

Before you sit down to play, figure out what your typical betting unit will be. If you aren’t sure, try dividing your bankroll by 20. For instance, if you are willing to lose $100 maximum, bet $5 units or less.

Blackjack Tip Five: Don’t Always Double Down

Yes, I know what lots of Blackjack drones say about doubling down — always do it, they say. However, if you become a Blackjack pro, you’ll understand that there are times when doubling down isn’t in your favor. For instance, if the dealer has a 10 or face card up, think twice.

Blackjack Tip Six: Split 8s

If the dealer has a 7 or less showing, split your 8s. The general idea is that you’ll have a decent shot at pulling 18 or better on one hand and pushing — by winning one hand and losing the other. The alternative is to keep your 16, which is a lousy hand. Now, if the dealer has a 6 showing, you might want to stand pat.

Blackjack Tip Seven: Don’t Split 10s or Faces

This is a tip for the new players. No matter how tempting it might be, don’t split 10s or faces. Why would you? Your hand is 20, which is one point under the best possible total. Yes, I’ve seen this done plenty of times by new and greedy players. It usually results in disaster.

There you have it. Seven super Blackjack tips to put in your back pocket. Take a moment and scan through them again. These seven tips are something that every winning Blackjack player must know — and does.

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Bengals Hitting Their Stride

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Bengals Hit Their Stride

By Tim Sullivan
WagerWeb.com contributing writer

They started in September with plans on defending their AFC North Division title, gaining home-field advantage and making it to the Super Bowl.

They now sit in December as the wild-card leaders, and they probably won’t get much better than that.

But that’s just fine by the Cincinnati Bengals (8-5). Especially considering that just four short weeks ago, they were one game below the .500 mark.

“If we want to be the team that we believe we are,” Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis said, “we’ve got to go play and win football games.”

They’ve done a good job of that, obviously, on the four-game winning streak they’re riding. The Bengals have defeated the Saints, Browns, Ravens and Raiders in that span and scored 27 or more points in three of those.

But if you listen to this bunch, you get the idea that they’re just warming up. Forget the three-game losing streak that bridged October and November. Forget the fact that they’re still two games behind Baltimore (10-3) in the North.

As far as they’re concerned, everything’s just fine, thank you.

“Hopefully,” quarterback Carson Palmer said, “we’re playing our best football these next three weeks.”

That won’t be easy, no matter how lethal the offense has been of late. The Bengals travel to Indianapolis (10-3) on Monday to face the suddenly desperate Colts. Cincinnati is +3 on WagerWeb.com.

Then, the Bengals close with the Broncos (7-6) and Steelers (6-7).

“I know I’m a little ahead of myself, but once we get past Indy,” wide receiver Chad Johnson said, “I think we’re kind of home free.”

Of course, Johnson probably had the same feeling when the Bengals opened 3-0, only to lose five of their next six.

But, either way, it’s abundantly clear that in today’s NFL, all you need to do is make the postseason. After that, anything is truly possible. The Super Bowl champion Steelers, after all, were a wild-card team out of this same division last year.

So stay tuned.

JETS JUMPED: The Jets (7-6) spent a good part of last week pronouncing themselves as legitimate contenders in the AFC wild-card race, only to be humbled by Buffalo, 31-13, at home on Sunday.

All is not lost in New York, though. The schedule — as it has been most of the season for first-year Coach Eric Mangini — is favorable down the stretch. The Jets face Minnesota (6-7), Miami (6-7) and Oakland (2-11) to close it out.

So, despite the fact that they’ll need to win out and get some help along the way, the attitude remains positive on Long Island.

“You’re always fighting human nature,” Mangini said at the team’s headquarters in Hempstead, N.Y. “You come off a big win, you fight the human nature of, ‘Everything’s OK, things are good.’ If you come off a big loss, you fight the human nature of, ‘The sky is falling, things are so bad.’ It’s never the case in either of those scenarios.”

He makes a good point, especially considering how much this club has achieved opposed by what it was supposed to achieve.

But the moral-victory stuff needs to wait until the offseason. Whether or not they belong there or were expected to be there, the Jets are still alive and need to be focused solely on that fact.

“We’re,” safety Kerry Rhodes said, “going to keep playing.”

The Jets are 3-point underdogs for their Sunday date at Minnesota on WagerWeb.com.

EXTRA POINTS: Former 49ers and Seahawks coach Dennis Erickson moved one step closer to a return to the NFL, when he left Idaho for Arizona State yesterday. Hey, if he can get a Pac-10 job after leading the Vandals to a 4-8 record, anything can happen right? … Seattle wide receiver Darrell Jackson (turf toe) is unlikely to play Thursday night in the NFL Network game against the 49ers (5-8). The Seahawks (8-5) are -9.5 on WagerWeb.com … The news is worse for Lions running back Kevin Jones, who has a foot fracture that will require surgery and at least six months of recovery time.

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Jags Pound the Rock

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Jags Pound The Rock

By Tim Sullivan
WagerWeb.com contributing writer

You can doubt their quarterback. You can doubt their head coach and his sideline attire. You can doubt the efficiency of their defense.

But you can’t doubt 375 rushing yards in an NFL game.

“It’s hard for words to describe it. I felt like we had some things that we’d be good at, and we executed well.”

Those understated words are of one Jack Del Rio, who coaches one of the more puzzling teams you’ll find the in the NFL. Enter the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that whacked Indianapolis, 44-17, and handled Dallas, 24-17. Yet it’s the same club that lost to Buffalo and, oh yeah, Houston– twice.

Either way, at 8-5, the Jaguars are alive and well in the AFC postseason race. And by virtue of that rushing fiesta against the Colts at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, they are just two games behind Indianapolis for first place in the AFC South.

“We’re not even concerned about the playoffs right now,” running back Maurice Jones-Drew said. “The only thing we’re concerned with is beating the Titans.”

Who is their next opponent, Sunday in Nashville (monitor the line all week on WagerWeb.com). And chances are, with the way Coach Jeff Fisher has his Titans (6-7) playing, they’ll be ready for these rival, runnin’ Jags.

But will it matter?

“We are heating up right now,” running back Fred Taylor said. “The formula for success late in the season is to be able to run the ball and stop the run, and we are doing that pretty well right now.”

And, as a result, they are able to mask some off those bad losses. Because, when it comes down to it, opponents and critics can talk all they want about the mediocrity of backup quarterback David Garrard. Or the fact that the Jaguars defense seems to take a game off here and there. Or that Del Rio, who has donned a Reebok dress suit twice this season, is a little unorthodox.

The reality of the situation is that Taylor and Jones-Drew form one of the most lethal 1-2 backfield punches in the league. And if you can’t stop the run at this point of the season, you’re not beating the Jaguars.

“We wanted to get to 400 (yards),” Drew said.

Don’t worry Maurice. There’s still three games left.

FEELIN’ IT IN PHILLY: Jeff Garcia has now won back-to-back starts and has kept the Eagles in a three-way tie with the Giants and Falcons for the No. 1 NFC wild-card spot. Left for dead in the NFC East, Philadelphia (7-6) is also now tied with the Giants (7-6) for second place.

And as fate would have it, the Eagles play those Giants at the Meadowlands on Sunday. Monitor the line all week on WagerWeb.com.

“We have to keep working,” Coach Andy Reid said. “That’s the reality of it.”

The other reality is that Garcia, booed at Lincoln Financial Field a week ago, still has something left in the tank. The Eagles’ 21-19 win over Washington was Garcia’s third consecutive victory over the Redskins, in various uniforms, of course.

And, don’t forget, Garcia’s biggest moment in the NFL – San Francisco’s miraculous 39-38 comeback win in the NFC wild-card round in 2003 – came against this week’s opponent.

“We can win in any situation,” Eagles safety and unofficial spokesman Brian Dawkins said. “(But) we definitely need to get better at keeping our foot on people’s throats when we get them down.”

EXTRA POINTS: Bills RB Willis McGahee left Buffalo’s 31-13 win over the Jets on Sunday in the first half with an upset stomach, but in the end, it was the Jets who were sick. McGahee returned and finished with 125 yards and a touchdown. … Bengals QB Carson Palmer now has 12 touchdown passes in his last five games. Four of them, by the way, were wins. …. Comfortably at 10-3, keep an eye out for a Ravens letdown at some point in the final three games. Baltimore closes with three teams not headed for the playoffs: Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo.

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Wednesday News and Notes

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Wednesday, December
13, 2006

 

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Wake Forest-DePaul

Press Notes

The Demon Deacons, 5-2, are looking to snap a two-game
losing streak. Wake Forest
hasn’t played since an 87-86 home loss to Georgia
on Dec. 2.

Xavier-Cincinnati

Press Notes

This is the 74th meeting between Xavier and Cincinnati.
Cincinnati leads the series 46-27,
although Xavier has won three of the last four, five of the last seven and
seven of the last 10 meetings. That XU success includes a 73-71 overtime win
last season. Xavier, 7-2, saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with
a 73-67 loss at Creighton on Saturday night.

Massachusetts-Louisville

Kentucky.com

UMass, which was a pre-season
pick to challenge Xavier for the Atlantic 10 championship, is off to its best
start since the 1995-96 Final Four season, but has no quality wins, having
beaten such teams at Dartmouth, Jacksonville
State and Savannah
State. The Minutemen’s losses came
at No. 4 Pittsburgh (85-68) and at home against Boston
College (84-73). UMass is shooting nearly 50 percent from the field and
three of its four leading scorers are all shooting better than 55 percent — 6-9
center Rashaun Freeman (68.2), 6-8 senior forward Stephane Lasme (66.7) and 6-6
junior guard James Life (55.6). Life is also shooting 50 percent from
three-point range (25-51). Lasme posted the second
triple-double in UMass history with 19 points, 10
rebounds and a school-record 11 blocked shots in a 63-49 win over St. Francis
(N.Y.).

Wright State-Marshall

Dayton Daily News

Wright State’s
tiny band of basketball players got tinier Monday when 6-foot-6 junior forward
Scottie Wilson found out his right hand was broken. He is third on the team in
scoring at 7 points a game, and leads the Raiders (3-3) in rebounding with 6.3
a game. Wright State coach Brad Brownell said he wasn’t sure what he would do
with his lineup, but has started either Wilson or 6-6 Drew Burleson with 6-8
Jordan Pleiman in every game but one. He also has not
played the three of them together, keeping at least one on the bench. “Injuries
are circumstances you can’t control,” Brownell said. “We have only three true
post players. Now, we have two. And it happens at a time we have three games in
a week.”

UL Lafayette-New Orleans

Press Notes

The game will also be the 63rd contest between
the schools, and UNO (3-6) will be trying to reverse
recent history. The Ragin’ Cajuns (2-6) have won five
straight meetings and lead the all-time series 32-30. UNO,
though, is looking to start 1-0 in conference play for the fourth time in five
seasons. The Privateers are coming off a 76-52 win over Texas-Tyler on
Saturday. UL Lafayette is coming off an 80-42 loss at Stephen F. Austin on
Saturday.


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Advanced News and Notes

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Tuesday, December
12, 2006

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St. Louis-Pacific

Press Notes

Pacific is 3-6 and in the midst of a three-game skid,
including its first home loss of the season Saturday night. With a 6-2 record
through eight games, the Billikens are off to their
best start since 1997-98.

Louisiana Monroe-Mississippi

Press Notes

The Ole Miss Rebels return four starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s team that finished 14-16
overall and 4-12 (t-fifth) in the Southeastern Conference’s West division. Ole
Miss is off to a strong, 7-2, start and opened with four-straight victories
before falling to No. 10 Connecticut, 77-59, in the championship game of the
Hispanic College Fund Classic in Hartford, Conn.
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Central Florida-Minnesota

Press Notes

The Golden Knights (6-0) are one of just nine undefeated
teams in the country. UCF has won its last four games
by an average of 34.5 points. Minnesota
is 4-7 this season. uesday’s
game will mark the first time this season that UCF
has faced an out-of-state team. What a difference a year makes for UCF’s offense. Through six games in 2005-06, the Golden
Knights were averaging 65 points and shooting 46 percent overall and 33.6
percent from deep. This year, the squad is averaging 84 points and shooting
52.3 percent from the floor and 43 percent from 3-point range. Last season, UCF eclipsed the 80-point mark only once. This year, the
team has already scored more than 80 points five times. The squad boasts a
+25.7 margin of victory in 2006-07.

Wednesday, December
13, 2006

 

Wake Forest-Depaul

Press Notes

The Demon Deacons, 5-2, are looking to snap a two-game
losing streak. Wake Forest
hasn’t played since an 87-86 home loss to Georgia
on Dec. 2. Approved
sportsbooks are at www.linetrackers.com

Xavier-Cincinnati

Press Notes

This is the 74th meeting between Xavier and Cincinnati.
Cincinnati leads the series 46-27,
although Xavier has won three of the last four, five of the last seven and
seven of the last 10 meetings. That XU success includes a 73-71 overtime win
last season. Xavier, 7-2, saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with
a 73-67 loss at Creighton on Saturday night.

Saturday, December
16, 2006

 

Creighton-Fresno

Press Notes

Fresno State
prepares for one home game this week against Creighton at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 16 at the Save
Mart Center.
The Bulldogs are coming off three consecutive road games, going 2-1 against Oregon
State, UC
Santa Barbara and Montana State.
Fresno State
returns home and will play its next six games at the SMC. The Bulldogs carry an
8-1 record into Saturday’s game, while the Bluejays
are 4-2. Fresno State
holds a 0-5 all-time record against Creighton, including a 67-62 loss last
season in Omaha in the Bulldogs’
ESPN Bracket Buster game. Saturday’s game will mark the first time in history
that Creighton will visit Fresno. Joe
Duffy’s sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com


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Sunday News and Notes

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Sunday, December 10,
2006

 

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NFL

Broncos-Chargers

ESPN

Left defensive end Luis Castillo, who missed the past four
games with an ankle injury, will be back on the field for Sunday’s home game
against the Denver Broncos. Last week, the Chargers got linebacker Shawne Merriman back in the lineup following a four-game
suspension for a violation of the league’s steroids and banned substances
policy. Joe Duffy’s sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com

Giants-Panthers

ESPN

Carolina
quarterback Jake Delhomme did not practice for a third straight day Friday with
a right thumb injury, making it more likely Chris Weinke
will start for the Panthers. Weinke, a former Heisman
Trophy winner, has thrown only 13 passes in four seasons and hasn’t been a
full-time starter since 2001 when the Panthers were 1-15. The Panthers only
have two quarterbacks on the active roster. If Delhomme can’t play, they are
expected to promote rookie Brett Basanez from the
practice squad. Stevie Vincent’s BetOnSports360.com
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Eagles-Redskins

Washington Times

Lost in the
midst of Washington’s near-elimination from the playoff race with last Sunday’s
loss to Atlanta was receiver Santana Moss’ return to the form that made him a
Pro Bowl starter last season. After battling a strained hamstring for five
weeks, Moss showed he was back on his initial catch. Moss, who was hurt in an
Oct. 22 loss to Indianapolis, had seven catches for 123 yards against Atlanta.
Despite missing games against Dallas (Nov. 5) and Tampa Bay (Nov. 19) and being
a non-factor against Carolina and at Philadelphia (Nov. 12), Moss still leads
the Redskins with 41 catches. The Eagles, who visit the Redskins tomorrow, have
perhaps the NFL’s top secondary. But they didn’t see the real Moss last time
when he came back too soon from the hamstring injury and caught just three
balls for 17 yards. Offensive tackle Jon Jansen, who has been bothered for
weeks by a strained calf, and reserve tight end Todd Yoder, who injured a thigh
last Sunday against Atlanta, both returned to practice yesterday meaning that
coach Joe Gibbs can choose from the full 53-man roster for the first time all
season. MasterLockLine.com has the top plays from the top sports service
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Brian Westbrook
has averaged 148 yards of offense the past four games, keeping the Eagles (6-6)
in the NFC playoff race despite the loss of quarterback Donovan McNabb, their
longtime focal point, to a season-ending knee injury. Westbrook averaged just 13.3
carries as the No. 1 back in 2004 and 2005 and just 13.9 in Philadelphia’s 4-4
start this season. However, he has 80 carries in the past four games with a
superb 5.1 yards a carry.

Patriots-Dolphins

Boston Herald

The Patriots
are fighting for one of the top two playoff seeds in the AFC. The Dolphins
would like nothing more than to play the role of spoilers. They’ve had plenty
of practice. Miami claimed December victories over the Patriots in 2004 and
2005. Quarterback Tom Brady so invincible against virtually the rest of the
NFL, is a mortal 7-4 against the Dolphins. Joe Duffy’s sports betting
selections are at www.GodsTips.com

Bills-Jets

NY Post

J.P. Losman passed for 328 yards
on Sept. 24, when the Jets beat the Bills, 28-20, in Orchard
Park. Since that first game against
Buffalo, one quarterback has passed
for more than 300 yards against the Jets: David Carr of the Texans, in a 26-11
Jets’ win. Carr threw the ball 59 times. Approved sportsbooks are at www.linetrackers.com

Colts-Jaguars

Indy Star

Through 13 weeks of the NFL season, the Indianapolis Colts
are 10-2, coming off a pair of road losses in their past three games and trying
to fix a defense that ranks last in the league against the run.


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Saturday Advanced News and Notes

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Saturday, December 9,
2006

 

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Xavier-Creighton

Press Notes

Xavier, 7-1, won its fourth straight game with an 88-55
thrashing of former Midwestern Collegiate Conference rival Detroit
on Tuesday in Throwback Jersey Night at Cintas Center.
Xavier shot a season-high 59.3 percent from the field in the win over Detroit,
marking the fourth straight game that Xavier has shot over 50.0 percent from
the field. This is the first time XU has shot 50 percent or better in four
straight games since the 2003-04 “Elite Eight” season. Xavier is ranked 24th
in this week’s Associated Press Poll. The last time Xavier was ranked in the
Associated Press “Top 25” was when it finished 12th in the 2002-03
final regular season poll. XU was ranked as high as 10th that season
by AP, including the preseason poll and the March 5th poll. Xavier, which played VCU, Villanova and Alabama
at the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands, tonight is playing its first
road game on an opponent’s home court. Joe Duffy’s sports betting selections
are at www.GodsTips.com

Illinois Chicago-Illinois

Press Notes

The UIC men’s basketball team
renews its rivalry with Illinois on Saturday afternoon as the Flames (5-4)
square off with the Fighting Illini (8-2) at the
United Center at 1 p.m. UIC enters the contest riding
a three-game winning streak and has won four of its last five games. Saturday’s
matinee is the 13th all-time meeting between UIC
and Illinois with the Illini holding an 11-1 edge in the series. This is the
second time the two schools have squared off at the United
Center with Illinois
winning the last meeting in the arena, 75-60, on Dec. 30, 2003. The Flames are on the heels of a
convincing 71-48 win at Northern Illinois on Tuesday night.
UIC’s defense has been especially stingy of late,
limiting opponents to just 38 percent field goal shooting in
its last three games. UIC’s recent surge has
coincided with the insertion of freshman Spencer Stewart into the starting
lineup. The rookie point guard is averaging 10.0 points and 5.2 assists per
outing and shooting 50 percent from three-point range as a starter. Stewart is
now the team leader in assists (3.3 apg) and ranks
first in the Horizon League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3-to-1).

GA Tech-Vanderbilt

Press Notes

Tech is 2-2 away from home this season, having defeated
Purdue (79-61) and No. 11 Memphis (92-85) before dropping an 88-73 decision to
No. 5 UCLA in the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational. The Yellow Jackets are 20-48 on
the road overall under head coach Paul Hewitt. The Yellow Jackets remain No. 2
in the ACC in scoring offense (86.1 ppg), lead the ACC in field goal percentage
(51.4 pct.) and rank second in three-point field foal percentage (39.0 pct.). MasterLockLine.com has the top plays from the top
sports service in their highest ranked sports.
 Tech also ranks
sixth in rebound margin (plus-5.9), fifth in assists per game (16.5) and fifth
in offensive rebounds (14.5). Defensively, Tech has struggled in its last three
games, allowing its opponents to shoot no worse than 51.7 percent in any one
half. And the Jackets have been outrebounded for
three straight games after beating its first five opponents on the boards by an
average of more than 12 per game. The Yellow Jackets will be tested Saturday by
a team that relies heavily on good three-point shooting.

UCLA-Texas A&M

LA Times

That No. 6 ranking is the highest in Texas A&M history, but it came before the Aggies
suffered their first loss of the season Tuesday at No. 9 Louisiana State.

Indiana-Kentucky

Courier-Journal

Last season in Indianapolis,
IU handed the Cats their worst loss in series
history, a 79-53 shellacking that snapped UK’s
five-game winning streak in the series. The Hoosiers are coming off a 92-40 win
against Western Illinois.

Utah-Rhode Island

Press Notes

Utah had its
three-game winning steak snapped with a 60-57 loss at Utah
State on Wednesday night. Last
week, the Utes defeated Weber State, 67-55, on Nov. 29 and previously unbeaten
Washington State, 69-55, on Dec. 2. Three of Utah’s
four losses have come by a combined seven points. Before its loss at Utah
State on Wednesday night, Utah
had won three in a row for the first time since it won its first four games of
the 2005-06 season. That followed up Utah’s
first 0-3 start since 1970-71. The Utes have shot at least 50 percent from
three-point range in five of the seven games and at least 50 percent from the
field in five of the seven games this season. The Rams are 5-4 overall and 3-1
at home this season. During the past week, Rhode Island
lost at Providence, 95-66, on
Saturday and edged Brown, 72-68, at home on Tuesday night.

Illinois State-Evansville

Press Notes

The Aces have won four straight at Roberts Stadium against
Illinois State
and Indiana State.
That’s the longest homecourt win streak for UE
against MVC opponents. Overall, Evansville
trails in the series against Illinois
State 20-12. The Aces were 2-1
against the Redbirds last season–winning at home 54-47, losing at Normal
65-57, and winning 52-45 in the first round of the State Farm MVC Tournament. Evansville
has won four straight home games after defeating Valparaiso
69-64 at Roberts Stadium on Tuesday behind Matt Webster’s career-high 30
points. This is the Aces’ longest homecourt win streak since they won eight in
a row at home to begin the 2004-05 season. peaking of winning
streaks, Illinois State
has run off six straight after two losses to begin the season. The Redbirds
present a much different look in 2006-07, with three junior college transfers
leading the team in scoring. Stevie Vincent’s BetOnSports360.com is pioneer in forensic
handicapping and part of OffshoreInsiders.com
 Guards Dominitrix
Johnson (12.9) and Boo Richardson (12.8) are the top scorers, and 6-7 forward
Anthony Slack (11.5 ppg, 7.8 rpg) is third in scoring and first in rebounding.
The Redbirds are 6-2 overall after Tuesday’s 64-40 win over Miami of Ohio.

Butler-Indiana State

Press Notes

Butler (9-0)
will play outside of Indianapolis
for the final time before Christmas when it visits Indiana
State (4-3). Indiana
State, ending a seven-day layoff,
has won the last two meetings in the series, including a 59-58 decision at
Hinkle Fieldhouse last year. The #15-ranked Bulldogs
defeated Ball State, 65-41, on Wednesday (Dec. 6), recording their fourth
victory over a school from Indiana
this season. Butler continues to
hold the No. 1 spot in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)
and the Bulldogs have climbed to the top spot in the Sagarin basketball
ratings. It marks the first time that Butler
has held the top spot in both national ratings at the same time! Butler
first grabbed the top spot in the RPI after beating
Notre Dame and Indiana on back-to-back nights in early November. The Bulldogs
have played the seventh toughest schedule in the nation acccording
to the RPI.

West Virginia-Duquesne

Press Notes

Duquesne (2-5), coming off a 73-56 loss at #2 (AP) Pitt on
Wednesday, completes its own version of “rivalry week” by hosting West Virginia.Duquesne’s current stretch of three local rivals
in a week began with a 73-72 loss at Robert Morris last Saturday. The West
Virginia game is Duquesne’s lone home game between Nov.
22 and Jan. 10. The Dukes, who dropped a 67-53 decision to Oakland
on Nov. 22, won’t play at home after the WVU game
until conference play when La Salle visits on Jan. 10.
That’s eight of nine on the road if you’re counting. Six of the past eight Duquesne
vs. West Virginia games have been
single-digit affairs with Duquesne winning four times. The past four games at
Duquesne have been decided by fewer than 10 points with the teams alternating
wins. Approved
sportsbooks are at www.linetrackers.com The Dukes received a lift when 6-10 junior F/C
Kieron Achara played 18
minutes at Pitt on Wednesday. Achara, who missed all
but three games last season with a torn labrum in his left shoulder, was
diagnosed with three stress fractures in his left foot on Nov. 10. Hhe resumed practice on Monday, Dec. 4 and was a surprise
addition for the Pitt game. It was Achara’s first
game action since last Dec. 3 vs. Robert Morris (he underwent shoulder surgery
last Dec. 15). Duquesne is currently competing with nine scholarship players. A
freshman has led DU in scoring in each of the team’s
first seven games.


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Friday Godspicks

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Friday, December 08,
2006

NFL DOMINATION CONTINUES; 2 NBA WG FRIDAY

No handicapper dominates any sport the way Joe Duffy’s
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OHIO +14.5 Louisville

Louisville is
certainly vulnerable as their 2-2 mark shows.
The best team they’ve beaten all year is Northwestern
State. The Cards have not even
played a road game this year (two neutral), which makes their .500 record even
more despicable.

Regardless, there is no panic in Louisville
as they are still in a prepare-for-the-big-boys mode. They have 10 games in the
next 22 days, all at home. Louisville
has had their share of injuries and a big suspension, so no surprise continuity
is a problem.

Ohio is
quick, which will pose problems for the Cards. Pitino said the Mid-American
Conference team is very similar to Dayton,
which beat UofL 68-64 a week ago .

 


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