Is Bruce Pearl a dead mam walking? For every game they play it has the possibility to be his last, so the Volunteers in essence are fighting not for a possible NCAA championship but for Pearl's career.
Game odds: Tennessee -1 1/2
Go Vols!
Like turning a blind eye to March Madness office pools.
Although the US Department of Justice stubbornly insists all Internet gambling is illegal, the only law on the books has been interpreted by the courts to specifically bar online sports betting.
Barack Obama showed he shares the people's disregard for online gambling laws by appearing on ESPN to make his own bracket picks.
You know, we have never met anyone or seen a situation where someone was busted for this. People need to freakin' relax. Even this contributes to the economy.
(Editor's note: This is part of an ongoing series focusing on the betting side of NCAA basketball. We never said that we were pure souls and we love to venture to Vegas during March. But our lawya wants us to say "for entertainment purposes only". There, we said it. Happy?)
Hey kids, remember when CBS Sports had that countdown to this game like THREE MONTHS early?
Well, this game is finally upon us. In case you really need the particulars...
North Carolina vs. Duke
Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, NC
6:00 PM PST, February 11, 2009
What Vegas is saying: Prelim line has UNC -3
What M2M is saying:
Duke's got this.
Why: Word has it that both Paulus and Henderson will be on the court together for a spell in some type of hybrid guard role. If that is true, this alone would negate any affect Hansbrough could have on the game. But if not, don't expect Ty Lawson to step it up. It is pretty well known he has trouble with ball screen switches and Duke has been ramping those up as of late. Which leaves Wayne Ellington and Ed Davis for the Tar Heels against Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer for the Blue Devils. Yikes. This can only lead to one thing...
Good night and happy hunting.
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Are you kidding me?! Are we so terrible that opposing teams make bets against us before games??
University of Arizona sophomore forward Jamelle Horne was asked at the press conference if Wednesday’s victory over San Diego State carried any special meaning for him.
"You know, we even had a little wager on the game. So I’ll be going out to dinner, and my dinner will be paid for," Horne said.
Fuck me! Fisher, you better do something about this shit or else we are gonna be the laughing stock of the college basketball world just like our football team is.
*sigh* In other news...
Bettie Page dead? *double sigh* This has turned out to be a sad day indeed. We usually end posts on Friday with "Happy Friday" but that seems inappropriate today.
UCLA almost got upset by fisty Miami (of Ohio, not of Florida). Funny thing is they blamed it on the freshmen.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -UCLA's five freshmen will have to wait. The Bruins' seniors aren't ready to completely hand over control just yet.
With the outcome in doubt Thursday night, (senior) Darren Collison made two free throws with 21 seconds remaining and No. 4 UCLA survived a defensive struggle to beat Miami (Ohio) 64-59 in the 2K Sports Classic.
Highlights of that scare -
C'mon guys, they were only freshmen...
Florida guard Nick Calathes loves his poker. Too bad his poker doesn't love him back...
"I lost money," Calathes said. "I really don't know how much."
...Nick Calathes ran up a significant debt playing poker online, but said Friday night he did nothing illegal. The story first reported by Yahoo.com said Calathes amassed a $600 debt playing poker online.
"The only thing I'm going to say about any of that stuff is the unfortunate part in all this is nobody on our team has done anything wrong," (Florida coach) Donovan said.
And that's, that. No, wait... Something else happened. Can't quite put our finger on it... Something keeps repeating itself. Hmmm....
Dé·jà vu: 1 a: the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time b: a feeling that one has seen or heard something before 2: something overly or unpleasantly familiar
Kentucky once again gets sliced by the most unlikely of opponents.
Billy Gillispie didn't mention Gardner-Webb, but his postgame assessment was verbatim from the last time his Kentucky team was shocked like this.
"They whipped us," Gillispie said of the Wildcats' 111-103 upset to Virginia Military Institute Friday night.
Ok, back to more basketball watching.
