NBA Betting Preview: Jazz at Pistons

The Utah Jazz used to be a team that couldn’t win on the road but that has changed this season. The Jazz have been right around the .500 mark all season on the road and that is a major difference for this year’s team.
In the past, the Jazz excelled at home and collapsed on the [...]

2010 NCAA Conference Tournament Odds

The following charts list the odds to win the following NCAA Conference Tournaments: ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, WAC, C-USA.

Odds to win ACC

Bodog

Sportsbetting

5Dimes

Bookmaker

Boston College

3000

2500

10000

3000

Clemson

1200

800

1250

1500

Duke

-150

100

-145

-115

Florida State

650

550

950

790

Georgia Tech

1500

1200

2300

2000

Maryland

300

250

360

240

North Carolina

1200

3000

8500

2000

Virginia Tech

800

900

1200

1000

Wake Forest

1200

1400

2200

1600

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Horizon League Championship: Wright State vs. Butler

The Butler Bulldogs will try to help some of the bubble teams when they face Wright State on Tuesday in the Horizon League Championship (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).
The No. 12 Bulldogs are going to make the NCAA Tournament regardless of whether they win on Tuesday or not. If Wright State can pull off the upset [...]

Crazy Million-Dollar March Madness Contest

The Madness is almost upon us and it appears one online sportsbook has already gone a little insane.
SPORTSBETTING.com will award a staggering $1,000,000 to a player who can correctly predict 61 or more NCAA tournament games in its Hoops Madness contest.
If a player can predict 58 to 60 games correctly, he’ll collect $20,000, and if [...]

NBA Betting Preview: Spurs at Cavaliers

The San Antonio Spurs will have to learn to win without guard Tony Parker who will likely miss the rest of the regular season with a broken hand. They might have an easier time on Monday at Cleveland if LeBron James does not play for the Cavaliers (7:05 p.m. ET, NBA TV).
James sat out on [...]

Cokin and Feist’s Weekend Podcast

NBA Betting Preview: Hornets at Spurs

Nap time is over for the aging San Antonio Spurs, who had four days off after beating the New Orleans Hornets, 106-92, in the Big Easy on Monday.
In what will be their first of 15 games over the next three and a half weeks, the Spurs return to home court on Friday night to [...]

Odds for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Odds for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7 in Hollywood:

Best Picture

BetUS

Bodog

Sportsbook

A Serious Man

+8000

+7500

+5000

An Education

+6000

+7500

+5000

Avatar

-175

-300

-250

District 9

+10000

+7500

+6000

Inglorious Basterds

+1600

+1500

+1400

Precious

+3500

+4000

+2500

The Blind Side

+7000

+3500

+1500

The Hurt Locker

+120

+125

+120

Up

+6000

+7500

+5000

Up In The Air

+1400

+2000

+800

Best Director

James Cameron (Avatar)

+150

+125

+120

Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)

+2000

+2000

+1500

Kathryn Bigelow (The [...]

SharpBettor.com’s Mid-Week Podcast

Free College Hoops Pick: Arkansas at Tennessee

This is a good matchup for the uptempo backcourt of Arkansas, which is averaging 75 ppg behind its two guards, Courtney Fortson and Rotnei Clarke.
The Razorbacks take on a Tennessee team that has been overvalued for a while – the Vols are on a 4-9 ATS run, including 3-6 ATS their last nine as a [...]