{"id":1233,"date":"2007-03-05T22:59:32","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T03:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/conference-tournament-news-and-notes-for-the-sports-bettor\/"},"modified":"2007-03-05T22:59:32","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T03:59:32","slug":"conference-tournament-news-and-notes-for-the-sports-bettor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/conference-tournament-news-and-notes-for-the-sports-bettor\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Tournament News and Notes For the Sports Bettor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here are some sharp player news and notes from<br \/>\nthe staff of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span style='font-weight:\nnormal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/a><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoDate><st1:date Year=\"2007\" Day=\"7\" Month=\"3\">Wednesday, March 7,<br \/>\n2007<\/st1:date><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Providence-West <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>West Virginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis 4-1 SU on neutral courts. However two of the neutral court wins were in <st1:place><st1:City>Charleston<\/st1:City>,<br \/>\n<st1:State>West Virginia<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>. Stevie Vincent of <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/betonsports360.com\/\">BetOnSports360.com<\/a> reminds us, \u201cOne of<br \/>\nthe biggest blunders that square player makes is handicapping a neutral court<br \/>\nas if it is a road game.\u201d The square may overreact to <st1:State><st1:place>West<br \/>\nVirginia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s 2-6 road Big East mark. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>St. John\u2019s-Marquette<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Although <st1:City><st1:place>St. John\u2019s<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nwill have the closest of any team to a home court advantage, they will enter<br \/>\nthis game without their leading scorer and rebounder Lamont Hamilton. He is a<br \/>\nfirst-team all-Big East selection. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UAB-Marshall<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>It\u2019s the seventh meeting in the last four years with UAB<br \/>\nholding a 4-2 edge.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However the teams<br \/>\nsplit this year and the six games were decided by a total of just 40 points. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Arizona State-Washington<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nenters with great momentum having beaten USC and UCLA.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However the pressure is on as they likely<br \/>\nwill have to win four games in four days to make the NCAA Tournament. Seventeen<br \/>\nof <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s 18 wins have come<br \/>\nat home.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Their only win away from home<br \/>\nthough was to ASU 66-61. This game is at the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Staples<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in <st1:City><st1:place>Los<br \/>\nAngeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Arizona<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><br \/>\nwas competitive down the stretch losing by a combined 10 points to <st1:place><st1:City>Washington<br \/>\nState<\/st1:City>, <st1:State>Arizona<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> and UCLA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oregon State-California<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Golden Bears won both meetings, but each went to the<br \/>\nlast shot of regulation, one going to overtime. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Richmond-Fordham<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Richmond<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> did<br \/>\nnot play a neutral game, but went 2-11 SU on the road.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Fordham enters on a four-game winning streak<br \/>\nin which their offense got progressively better culminating in two games in<br \/>\nwhich they shot 54.9 percent or better. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SMU-Southern Miss<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Cy McCormick of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span\nstyle='color:black'>MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a> says the key to finding dark<br \/>\nhorses in March is betting on teams that lost a lot of close games during the<br \/>\nregular season. SMU has six conference losses by five-points or less. The<br \/>\nMustangs are 2-0 on neutral sites beating <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Illinois<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>McNeese<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>We will keep an eye on game day injury information.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>SMU closed out the year without three key<br \/>\nplayers who could be back: Bamba Fall, Derrick Roberts and Devon Pearson. Fall<br \/>\nis their best defensive player. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>St. Louis-Duquesne<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>After being buoyed by changing to an up-tempo attack, the<br \/>\nDukes have dropped their last seven. Duquesne did win the only meeting this<br \/>\nyear to go to 4-1 all-time in the series. Over\/under bettors will look to see<br \/>\nwhich team can set the pace.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Duquesne is<br \/>\nan up-tempo team while the Bilikens play at a snail\u2019s pace. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoDate><st1:date Year=\"2007\" Day=\"8\" Month=\"3\">Thursday, March 8,<br \/>\n2007<\/st1:date><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Michigan State-Northwestern<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Points will be tough to come by as <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Michigan<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> led the conference is<br \/>\nvirtually every defensive category, only once in 31 games allowing more than 47<br \/>\npercent. Northwestern is fourth in points per game defense, but ninth in the<br \/>\nmore accurate field goal percentage defense. Six of <span class=SpellE>MSU\u2019s<\/span><br \/>\n10 losses were by seven or fewer points. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Joe Duffy\u2019s sports betting selections are at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\">www.GodsTips.com<\/a>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>In his scorephone days as \u201cJD of the ACC\u201d he<br \/>\nwas given the moniker of \u201cMr. March\u201d for his 18 hour days and unparallel<br \/>\nwinning. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some sharp player news and notes from the staff of OffshoreInsiders.com Wednesday, March 7, 2007 Providence-West Virginia West Virginia is 4-1 SU on neutral courts. However two of the neutral court wins were in Charleston, West Virginia. Stevie Vincent of BetOnSports360.com reminds us, \u201cOne of the biggest blunders that square player makes is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/conference-tournament-news-and-notes-for-the-sports-bettor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Conference Tournament News and Notes For the Sports Bettor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_gambling_strategy_articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}