{"id":1257,"date":"2007-03-20T19:59:42","date_gmt":"2007-03-21T00:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/sweet-16-bettors-notebook\/"},"modified":"2007-03-20T19:59:42","modified_gmt":"2007-03-21T00:59:42","slug":"sweet-16-bettors-notebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/sweet-16-bettors-notebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet 16 Bettors Notebook"},"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'>Joe Duffy (<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">www.OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a>)<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>The latest breaking sports betting industry news at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.casinobettingnews.com\/\">CasinoBettingNews.com<\/a> <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pittsburgh-UCLA<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Pitt guard Mike Cook missed practice time this week after<br \/>\nplaying just seven minutes in the second half Sunday because of a bruised<br \/>\nknee.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>However, he said he will play<br \/>\nagainst the Bruins. UCLA will be performing in their home state, while the<br \/>\nPanthers traveled 2,600 miles. Teams playing in their home state in the NCAA<br \/>\nTournament are 70-15 SU. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has<br \/>\nthe size advantage led by 7-footer Aaron Gray. UCLA\u2019s tallest starter is 6-8<br \/>\nAlfred Aboye, who is playing out of position. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Texas<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> A&amp;M-Memphis<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>A&amp;M is playing a virtual home game against a <st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nteam that will travel 726 miles. The game is in <st1:City><st1:place>San<br \/>\nAntonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> where the Aggie football team drew 64,583 fans<br \/>\nagainst Army. What we just informed you about UCLA also apply to the Aggies:<br \/>\nteams playing in their home state in the NCAA Tournament are 70-15 SU. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has<br \/>\nplayed just three games versus quality opponents in front of hostile<br \/>\ncrowds.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>They lost at <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\n76-58, at <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 79-71, but<br \/>\nedged Gonzaga at Spokane Arena 78-77. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Vanderbilt-Georgetown<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Vanderbilt has done well in revenge this year, beating<br \/>\nboth <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and<br \/>\n<st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in second meetings after<br \/>\nlosing the initial clash. Such applies in this game as in their season opener,<br \/>\nthe Commodores lost to <st1:City><st1:place>Georgetown<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\n86-70. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ohio State-Tennessee<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>On Jan. 13 these two teams met. Leading with 26.5 seconds<br \/>\nremaining, <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> missed a<br \/>\npair of front ends of one-and-one situations allowing <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> to escape with a narrow win<br \/>\n68-66. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Perhaps that\u2019s good news for <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>,<br \/>\nwhich is 3-0 in rematches this year if they lost the initial meeting.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>The revenge victories were to <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>,<br \/>\n<st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Vanderbilt. <span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><br \/>\nis tested, having played six of the Sweet 16 teams. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Butler-Florida<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has<br \/>\na huge height mismatch led by top NBA prospects and likely lottery picks 6-11<br \/>\nJoakim Noah and 6-10 Al Horford.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>The<br \/>\nBulldogs have no starters bigger than 6-7. <st1:City><st1:place>Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s<br \/>\nbest player A.J Graves is in a 9-for-34 shooting slump. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kansas-Southern <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Illinois<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> won<br \/>\ntheir first two games by an average of 26 points per game. Averaging 79.5<br \/>\npoints per game entering the tournament, the Jayhawks have averaged 97.5 in the<br \/>\nBig Dance thus far. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>However, SIU entered having allowed just 56.5 points per<br \/>\ngame and have surrendered a measly 49.5 in the first two games. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Matt Shaw, <st1:place>Southern Illinois<\/st1:place>\u2019<br \/>\nthird-leading scorer and No. 2 rebounder missed Sunday\u2019s game with an ankle<br \/>\ninjury, breaking a string of 82 straight starts. He is questionable Thursday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UNLV-Oregon<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Running Rebels are 22-1 this year when not playing on<br \/>\ntheir opponent\u2019s home court. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Joe Duffy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\">GodsTips.com<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span>continues to be Mr. March, entering the<br \/>\nSweet 16 on 6-1 Big Dance run.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Check out<br \/>\nhis premium picks on <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Duffy (www.OffshoreInsiders.com) &nbsp; The latest breaking sports betting industry news at CasinoBettingNews.com Pittsburgh-UCLA Pitt guard Mike Cook missed practice time this week after playing just seven minutes in the second half Sunday because of a bruised knee. However, he said he will play against the Bruins. UCLA will be performing in their home state, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/03\/sweet-16-bettors-notebook\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sweet 16 Bettors Notebook<\/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-1257","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\/1257","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=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}