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04/27/2010 - Charleston, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Citadel has named Maryland assistant Chuck Driesell as its next men's head basketball coach.
Driesell recently completed his fourth season on Gary Williams' staff at Maryland and becomes the 28th head coach at The Citadel. He takes over for Ed Conroy, who was head coach for the last four seasons.
"We are excited about the future of Bulldog Basketball as we welcome Chuck Driesell and his family to The Citadel," said athletics director Larry Leckonby. "He has an outstanding reputation of developing skilled athletes and being a top-notch recruiter. Having served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, it is no doubt that his leadership skills will attract and produce principled leaders on and off the court."
Driesell served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Georgetown University in 2003-04 and spent six seasons as head coach at Marymount University (Division III) from 1997-2003 where he guided the Saints to an 88-72 mark. In 1999-2000, he led Marymount to the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and its first Division III NCAA Tournament appearance.
A former hoops player at Maryland, Driesell also served as assistant athletics director at Marymount from 1999-2003.
<< Cards activate C LaRue from DL
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals have activated
catcher Jason LaRue from the 15-day disabled list and optioned catcher Bryan
Anderson to Triple-A Memphis.
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Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning champion Svetlana Kuznetsova
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The third-seeded Kuznetsova pasted Slov
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Champions League final on aggregate, 4-0.
Bayern won the first leg in Munich 1-0 on
<< Bears get Harris from Panthers for Williams
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bears acquired safety Chris
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Harris was picked by the Bears in the sixth round of the 2005 draft and spent
his fi
A's disable P Anderson, make other moves >>
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Oakland Athletics have placed left-hander
Brett Anderson on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation and a
forearm strain.
The move is retroactive to April 25.
Anderson, who recently sign
Braica takes over men's hoops at St. Francis College >>
Brooklyn Heights, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Francis College has announced
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Braica, who has spent the last six seasons as an assistant at St. John's under
Norm Roberts, previous
Papajohns.com Bowl extends ties with SEC, Big East >>
Birmingham, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Southeastern Conference and the Big East
have agreed to four-year extensions through 2013 to continue their respective
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The Mid-American Conference will be th
Flyers' Laperriere most likely lost for remainder of playoffs >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Ian
Laperriere will most likely be lost for the remainder of the playoffs.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced on Tuesday that Laperriere, who
was spared
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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