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02/14/2011 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jimmy Hayes scored at the six-minute mark of overtime to lift Boston College to a 7-6 victory over Northeastern in the championship game of the 59th annual Beanpot from TD Garden.
Chris Kreider posted two goals and one assist for the Eagles, who won last year and reached the Beanpot final for the ninth time since 2000.
Tommy Cross added one goal and two helpers, while Pat Mullane, Steven Whitney and Bill Arnold also lit the lamp.
John Muse got the win despite yielding six goals on just 21 shots for Boston College, which has been victorious in three of the last four years.
Brodie Reid tallied twice for the Huskies, who made the final for the second time in three seasons but have not won this tournament since 1988. Wade MacLeod had two assists and the game-tying score late in regulation, with Tyler McNeely, Rob Dongara and Luke Eibler also scoring once.
Chris Rawlings allowed seven scores on 39 shots for Northeastern, which also lost to BC in the 2009 title game.
<< Halak, Berglund lift Blues over Canucks
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jaroslav Halak stopped 23 shots and Patrik
Berglund scored the winner late in the second period as St. Louis clipped
Vancouver, 3-2, at Scottrade Center.
Andy McDonald and Alex Steen also tallied for
<< Syracuse beats WVU; Boeheim gets 850th win
Syracuse, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Triche poured in 20 points to pace the
17th-ranked Syracuse Orange over the West Virginia Mountaineers, 63-52, at the
Carrier Dome.
Kris Joseph added 16 points and five rebounds for the Orange (21-6
<< Hawks begin road trip with win over Pistons
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Smith scored 27 points and pulled
down 14 rebounds, as the Atlanta Hawks started a seven-game road trip with a
94-79 victory over the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Mike Bibby a
<< Spurs dominate Nets
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manu Ginobili scored eight points in the early
part of the fourth quarter to cap off a 22-point performance as the San
Antonio Spurs continued their rodeo road trip success with an easy 102-85 win
over th
Rockets use balanced attack to beat Nuggets >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Courtney Lee was one of seven Rockets in double
figures, ending with a team-high 22 points behind five three-pointers, as
Houston survived a slow start to down the Nuggets, 121-102.
The Rockets trailed by
Blazers record 16th straight win over Timberwolves >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wesley Matthews led all scorers with 23
points and grabbed seven rebounds, as the Portland Trail Blazers earned a 95-
81 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center.
LaMarcus Aldridge fi
Manhattan Mayhem: Pullen's career night gets K-State by No. 1 Kansas >>
Manhattan, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jacob Pullen picked the right night to have
the best game of his career, as the senior guard dropped 38 points to help
Kansas State take down top-ranked Kansas, 84-68.
Pullen went 5-of-6 from beyond t
Griner sparks top-ranked Baylor over Texas A&M >>
Waco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brittney Griner came alive late in the game and
finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Baylor pull out a 67-58
come-from-behind win over the fifth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies.
Odyssey Sims adde
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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