{"id":3788,"date":"2009-03-13T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/friday-sec-big-east-big-10-acc-tournament-betting-and-more\/"},"modified":"2009-03-13T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-13T15:48:00","slug":"friday-sec-big-east-big-10-acc-tournament-betting-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/friday-sec-big-east-big-10-acc-tournament-betting-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday SEC, Big East, Big 10, ACC Tournament Betting and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>A complete preview from the standpoint of bettors is up for both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=4822\">day card<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=4823\">night betting card<\/a>. All the big games in the Big East Tournament, ACC Tournament previews, SEC, Big 12, Conference <\/span><\/font><st1:country-region><st1:place>USA<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and more are up as are <a href=\"http:\/\/scoresoddspicks.com\/ncaabodds.html\">college basketball odds<\/a> for all the contests. <\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The limping Celtics get a visit from the Grizzlies, while the big guns of the ACC begin their quest for a conference crown.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>The march toward Madness . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Some of the country&#8217;s top teams will finally hit the hardwood in college hoops&#8217; conference tournaments on Friday night, including the big guns in the ACC. No. 1 North Carolina, No. 8 Wake Forest, No. 9 Duke, and No. 22 Florida State will also see their first postseason action at Atlanta&#8217;s Georgia Dome, with <span class=SpellE>matchups<\/span> finalized late on Thursday evening and games tipping off all throughout Friday.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>No. 7 Michigan State will also get back on the floor on Friday afternoon as they begin their Big Ten tournament, as will No. 24 Purdue. As well, LSU, <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>South   Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, and <st1:City><st1:place>Auburn<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> begin their trek through the SEC tournament at Tampa&#8217;s St. Pete Times Forum. Meanwhile, the Big 12, Big East, Conference <st1:country-region><st1:place>USA<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, Mountain West, Pacific-10, and Atlantic-10 conferences will all stage their semi-finals on Friday, with each of those tournaments finishing off on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'>Who to bet on&#8230;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>If you somehow missed out on the <\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"12\" Minute=\"0\">noon<\/st1:time> EST Game of the Year winner from GodsTips, don&#8217;t despair, there <span class=GramE>is<\/span> plenty of night winnings and many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbooks<\/a> always pay on time. &#8220;Perfect&#8221; is the word of the day for clients of <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font color=blue><span style='color:blue; font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>The Great One<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> Stevie Vincent, the founder of forensic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\">sports handicapping<\/a>. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>PLAYS UPDATED! <\/span><\/b>It&#8217;s worth the wait. Like all legitimate handicappers, the consecutive days delays our winners a bit, but now get six winners. This includes a PERFECT PLAY for night action and an <st1:STREET><st1:ADDRESS><st1:Street><st1:address>INNER   CIRCLE<\/st1:ADDRESS><\/st1:STREET><\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> play. The IC plays are a stunning 10-0 all-time in the <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle>NCAAB<\/span><\/span> postseason, conference tournaments on. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>  <o:P><\/o:P>  <\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Tipping off on the hardwood&nbsp; . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The Celtics will play host to the Grizzlies in one of 11 games on the NBA&#8217;s schedule for Friday night. Boston guard <span class=SpellE>Rajon<\/span> Rondo (ankle) and forward Glen Davis (ankle) have already been ruled out for that matchup, as the team looks to shake off their 107-99 loss to Miami on Wednesday night. The Grizzlies are coming off a loss as well &#8211; they were pounded 104-79 by <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>LeBron James and the Cavaliers will be looking to pick up an easy win in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Sacramento<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Friday night, while Dwight Howard and the Magic will be in <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to take on the lowly Wizards. <span class=GramE>Rounding out the schedule: <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Houston<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Charlotte<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Detroit<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Toronto<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Chicago<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:place><st1:City><span   class=GramE>Philadelphia<\/span><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:State><span   class=GramE>Indiana<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:place><st1:City><span   class=GramE>Atlanta<\/span><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:State><span   class=GramE>New York<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Minnesota<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Dallas<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:place><st1:City><span   class=GramE>Golden State<\/span><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, <\/span><st1:State><span   class=GramE>New Jersey<\/span><\/st1:State><\/st1:place><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Portland<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>, and <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>New Orleans<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE> at <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=GramE>Milwaukee<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=GramE>.<\/span> The Hornets beat <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 109-98 Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The National Hockey League offers up just a pair of contests on a Friday night dominated by pro and college hoops. The first game features a couple of Central Division rivals, as the Blue Jackets travel to <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> to take on the <span class=SpellE>Blackhawks<\/span>. Those teams have met just twice so far this season, with <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> coming out on top both times &#8211; a 3-1 home win in <span class=GramE>December,<\/span> and a 4-3 road win in November.<\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The late game is then a west-coast matchup between the Kings and Canucks in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Those two clubs just met on the ice on Monday night, with <st1:City><st1:place>Los   Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> pulling out a 3-2 victory at home. <span class=SpellE>Jarret<\/span> Stoll scored twice for the Kings in that game, while Jon Quick stopped 20 of 22 <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> shots. Alex Burrows and Taylor <span class=SpellE>Pyatt<\/span> provided markers for <st1:City><st1:place>Vancouver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in the losing cause on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size: 9.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Rounding out the Roundup . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=2 color=\"#333333\" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The World Baseball Classic doesn&#8217;t begin its second-round games until Saturday afternoon, which means Friday&#8217;s diamond action is limited to the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues. The Yankees will take on the rival Red Sox in the top matchup on that slate, with <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>New   York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> still reeling from the news that third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be out until May after undergoing hip surgery. The Vegas oddsmakers still have <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at 11\/4 to win the World Series this year, although that could drop if they struggle early. The <span class=SpellE>BoSox<\/span> are sitting at 15\/2 odds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A complete preview from the standpoint of bettors is up for both the day card and the night betting card. All the big games in the Big East Tournament, ACC Tournament previews, SEC, Big 12, Conference USA and more are up as are college basketball odds for all the contests. Today in the Daily Sports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/friday-sec-big-east-big-10-acc-tournament-betting-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday SEC, Big East, Big 10, ACC Tournament Betting and More<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788","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=3788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}