{"id":3525,"date":"2009-02-16T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/presidents-day-banks-are-open-for-sports-bettors\/"},"modified":"2009-02-16T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T17:19:00","slug":"presidents-day-banks-are-open-for-sports-bettors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/presidents-day-banks-are-open-for-sports-bettors\/","title":{"rendered":"President’s Day: Banks Are Open For Sports Bettors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The banks may be closed for President’s Day, but the sportsbooks<\/a> continue to distribute pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The Huskies and Panthers have a huge Big East clash in <\/span><\/font>Hartford<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and the Penguins try to get back on track on Long Island<\/st1:place>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The NBA takes Monday off as both players and coaches<\/span> travel back from the weekend’s All-Star festivities. Action resumes on Tuesday with 10 games on tap.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

The march toward Madness . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The top game on the college hoops schedule for Monday has <\/span><\/font>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> taking on Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at the XL Center. The top-ranked Huskies knocked off Seton Hall 62-54 in their last contest, with Hasheem<\/span> Thabeet<\/span> pouring in 25 points. UConn is now at 24-1 straight-up and 12-9 against-the-spread on the season. Streaking Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> dispatched Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 85-69 last time out, with Sam Young tossing in 18 points. The Panthers now have a record of 23-2 SU and 13-6 ATS this season.<\/p>\n

The Panthers-Huskies game is the best bet on the board, literally. Pittsburgh-Connecticut is the Big Monday Game of the Year from the greatest handicapper on earth Grandmaster sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy of GodsTips. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Rock steady GodsTips nails <\/span><\/font>South Florida<\/st1:place> on the heels of a winning Saturday. Friday night it was Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as the Big East Game of the Year winning. Click now to purchase<\/a> <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Then there is the <\/span><\/font>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> fireball. The other matchup of note on Monday night is a Big 12 clash between Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Texas A&M<\/span> at College Station<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Longhorns are 17-7 SU and 9-12 ATS on the season, while the Aggies<\/span> sit at 17-8 SU and 9-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS through their 25 contests. The MasterLockLine has a humungous winning spread pick on that game. Click now to purchase<\/a> sports betting picks from the top sports services or you can get more information<\/a> and a free sports<\/span> pick <\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Hockey League has a half<\/span>-dozen games on its schedule for Monday, including the Penguins on the road in <\/span><\/font>Long Island<\/st1:place>. Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission against the Maple Leafs on Saturday night, but then saw Toronto score six straight goals in a 6-2 Pens loss. The Islanders were also pounded in their last outing, as they fell 5-1 to the Flyers Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Rangers will travel to <\/span><\/font>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to take on the Blues on Monday night, while the Blue Jackets play host to the Stars, the Predators get a visit from the Senators, and the Oilers<\/span> travel south to Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to meet the Coyotes. As well, the Thrashers will be in Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to take on the Kings in a battle of two of the league’s worst teams; that game rounds out the night’s schedule at 10:30pm ET<\/st1:time>.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Roundup . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The bulk of the college hoops regular season concludes on Sunday, March 8, and the conference tournaments and March Madness will then take over the schedule. Oddsmakers have <\/span><\/font>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> pegged as the favorite to win the NCAA Tournament this year, with No. 1 Connecticut just behind them on that list. Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Duke hold down some top odds as well to take the championship. <\/p>\n

Sports Headlines<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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The banks may be closed for President’s Day, but the sportsbooks continue to distribute pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The Huskies and Panthers have a huge Big East clash in Hartford, and the Penguins try to get back on track on Long Island. Tipping off on the hardwood  . . . The NBA … Continue reading President’s Day: Banks Are Open For Sports Bettors<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}