Can the Panthers hang on to their spot among the Eastern Conference’s playoff pack? As things stand right now, the winner of the division will lay claim to the No. 3 seed in the bracket. Nobody else, however, is on pace to qualify for the top eight.

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The depth of the rest of the conference makes the early week bout between two division rivals in the Southeast all the more important. Although the Panthers remain on the NHL futures list with 30/1 odds of winning the Stanley Cup, they’ll have their work cut out for them against the Capitals whose reputation as a legitimate contender overshadows any recent misfortune.

With 18/1 odds on the NHL betting line, the Capitals are a threat in the eyes of hockey odds makers. So long as Alex Ovechkin is healthy and in uniform, there’s no real surprise why.

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Although the 76ers have come up big over the course of the first months of the season, they’re a far cry from favorites on the NBA futures board. Odds makers at Bovada currently have the Sixers with just 25/1 odds of winning the championship.

This Monday the 76ers will face a true test on the NBA betting lines. Sure they’ve demonstrated an ability to make short work of teams like Detroit and Washington, but this time they’ll face the Los Angeles Lakers.

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The mark is far from negligible, but as they currently sit tied for the second best record in the league, it’s more than a little discouraging. Can the continually impressive core of Philly’s offensive weapons continue to thrive while sharing the scoring load? An impressive eight players average more than nine points per game.

In what is a modern day recreation of the 2001 NBA Finals, the 76ers will look to reap the benefits of the regular season matchup in the form of momentum. It also wouldn’t hurt for them to build up their confidence against elite contenders if they plan on staying at the top of the pack.

NBA is back on track.

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NASCAR Odds

To Win Sprint Cup Championship

• Carl Edwards +450
• Clint Bowyer +2500
• Dale Earnhardt Jr +1200
• Denny Hamlin +1000
• Greg Biffle +2500
• Jeff Gordon +1000
• Jimmie Johnson +350
• Juan Pablo Montoya +2500
• Kevin Harvick +450
• Kurt Busch +1500
• Kyle Busch +300
• Mark Martin +3000
• Matt Kenseth +1500
• Ryan Newman +3000
• Tony Stewart +1200
• Field (Any Other Driver) +8000

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Tony Stewart has no one to blame but himself if he is not able to move into the top dozen in Sprint Cup points this week. The former Sprint Cup champion is sitting in 13th place, one point behind Mark Martin, and he is listed at +1200 in the NASCAR odds to win the Cup. He is also the competitor in Sunday’s race who has the highest Driver Rating out of anyone at Texas. Stewart’s 104.5 out-distances Matt Kenseth’s 101.9, and comes as a result of some very strong showings. Stewart’s won only once in Texas (2006), but he has had ten top ten finishes in 18 races there, and he won last year’s pole (even though he got into an accident and came 32nd).

Speaking of Kenseth, the Wisconsin-based driver, who is ninth in the standings and +1500 in the NASCAR odds, has an absolutely outstanding resume at Texas. Kenseth won there in 2002, coming from a qualifying spot of 31, which is the farthest back any winner has started. But in the last ten races there, not only has he been in the top ten eight times, he has finished as the runner-up FOUR times. So you are looking at someone who is unquestionably one of the people to beat. Kenseth has been on something of a roll, finishing fourth in the Jeff Byrd 500 and the Auto Club 400, and sixth in the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500.

Carl Edwards lost his Cup points lead to Kyle Busch after Martinsville, though he is still in second place and one of the favorites to win the Cup at +450 in the NASCAR odds. In the last three races at Texas Motor Speedway, he’s finished 39th, 33rd and 19th (in the first two, he had accidents), and I guess you could say that is a dry spell at this venue, considering the three wins he’s had there in the past, including a sweep of the two races in 2008. In six races this year, Edwards has already won the pole twice, and while that resulted in a second-place finish in the Jeff Byrd 500, he was just 28th in Phoenix. At Texas, Edwards started in 2nd position and won the race in the spring of 2008, but last fall, he could only manage 19th after qualifying third. He’s got the most Cup wins of anyone at this track, followed by Denny Hamlin (+1000 in NASCAR odds) and Jeff Burton (+8000) with two apiece.

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If Mickelson doesn’t win the Masters then perhaps Nick Watney will. He is the third choice in the betting at 12-1.  He has played the Masters three times and finished in the top 20 every time.  He leads the PGA Tour this year in all around and in adjusted scoring average.  It would not be a surprise if he was in contention on Sunday.

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The two top ranked players in the world are Martin Kaymer and Lee Westwood.  Kaymer is ranked first in the world rankings but has not played well in the past month and has never done anything at Augusta.  Westwood is second in the rankings and his game has been up and down so far this year.  He is known for playing well in the majors though, with top three finishes in four of his last five starts in majors. He was second last year behind Mickelson in the Masters.  Both Kaymer and Westwood have odds of less than 20-1 as do Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose.

Matt Kuchar and Hunter Mahan are each listed with odds of 22-1 at SBG. Kuchar is second on the PGA Tour in all-around and fourth in putting.  Mahan has finished in the Top 10 at Augusta the past two years and on Tour this year he has finished in the top 10 in five events.

If you are looking for a couple of longshots this week then KJ Choi and Ryan Moore are worth a look. Choi is listed at 55-1 to win the Masters while Moore is 60-1. Choi tied for fourth last year at the Masters and two weeks ago he tied for sixth at Bay Hill.  Moore has two Top 15 finishes in his two career starts at the Masters.

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College Basketball Betting

NCAA Championship

Butler Bulldogs (28-9 SU, 20-14-1 ATS) vs. UConn Huskies (31-9 SU, 22-12 ATS)

Live at Reliant Stadium

Houston, TX

Monday, April 4 — 9:21 PM ET

TV: CBS

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College Basketball Betting Odds:

UConn -3.5

Butler  +3.5

Odds  129.5

These teams are loaded with credentials in this college basketball betting matchup. UConn is 13-0 SU on neutral courts in what would be considered “knockout” games, where one loss means elimination. They are also unbeaten when going outside the conference (11-0 SU, 10-1 ATS). They are the champions from the best conference in America. They have the best player on the floor in Kemba Walker. And they have the coach in Jim Calhoun who is a veteran of two national championship teams.

Butler brings a streak of 14 consecutive wins into this game, and they have covered ten straight NCAA Tournament games in college basketball betting. In addition tho this, they have covered eight straight as a dog. They have the best and most versatile big man in the game in Matt Howard. And remember that the core of this group went to the national title game last year.

In analyzing the advantages in this game for college basketball betting purposes, I would say that UConn has more depth in its front court personnel, while Butler might be a little better in defending the perimeter. The Huskies probably make their free throws a little better, but I am going to give Butler a slight edge in mental toughness, only because they have continued to beat teams from bigger conferences  that seemingly have more talent.

And interestingly, UConn is probably the team with more balance. That’s unusual for a team that has Kemba Walker on it, and it’s got to be a factor in our college basketball betting here. Jeremy Lamb, the freshman, has scored in double digits in ten straight games, and that seems to have made a big difference, as Connecticut has won all those games. Shabazz Napier has developed as a point guard and that has enabled him to team with Walker in the backcourt at times. There is some scoring up front with Alex Oriakhi. So this is not a one-dimensional team.

Still, you have to figure that Walker is the dominant factor here, having taken so many more shots than anyone else in the lineup. And Butler may have the guy who can upset his rhythm. We’re talking about Ronald Nored, who can’t shoot that much but is a defensive specialist who helped limit the likes of Erving Walker, Jordan Taylor and Ashton Gibbs, among others. It will be no picnic for UConn on the outside, as it wasn’t for the long-range bombers from VCU, who were only 8 of 22 as Butler covered another one in college basketball betting.

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NHL Betting Odds:

Los Angeles Kings +1.5

San Jose Sharks -1.5

O/U 5

The Sharks are currently on a 7-0-1 streak, their only loss to the Kings, a game in which the Sharks fell 4-3 in a shootout in Los Angeles. San Jose has won three in a row, including a 4-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks last Saturday.

As an NHL betting fan you should know the Sharks have not only beaten their rivals, but they also outscored their last three by a combined score of 14-3, proving the high-power offense they have so far and also how good they are on the defensive side.

On the other hand, Los Angeles knows they have the mental advantage after they beat San Jose a few days ago and they are fourth in the standings tied with the Phoenix Coyotes. The Kings are on fire, too, as they have gone 9-2-1 in their past 12.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick is 2-0-1 with a 0.97 GAA in his career at HP Pavilion after making 24 saves on Saturday’s victory 3-1 over Dallas.

Keep in mind the Sharks are 2-1-2 against the Kings and haven’t lost the season series since 2001-02.

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Consider these betting trends before making your pick:

LOS ANGELES is:

16-3 ATS after three or more consecutive unders

15-8 ATS after a win by two goals or more

12-7 ATS after a division game

22-15 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record

SAN JOSE is:

9-13 SU off BB home games

4-1 ATS in a home game where the total is 5 or less

15-6 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season

Simmons’ pick: Take the Sharks.

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The first thing that we are going to do when we make our 2011 Final Four predictions is throw out the field. One of these 14 men are going to win this award unless all of a sudden, the NCAA turns around and rules one of the four teams ineligible and slots some other team in its place.

The next order of business is eliminating the players from the teams that we really don’t feel are going to even be in the title game. That means you, Connecticut Huskies and VCU Rams. And yes, that immediately takes away the favorite to win this award, Kemba Walker. We know that Walker is probably the only guy that could win Final Four MVP without actually winning the National Championship, but he doesn’t stand a chance if he’s not playing in the game on Monday night.

For the next step in our Final Four predictions, we’ll take away both Brandon Knight and Josh Harrellson. Knight’s odds just aren’t strong enough in this situation. Kentucky is +140 right now to win the NCAA Tournament, and you can’t possibly argue that Knight would be that much of an odds on favorite from his own team to win the award if the Cats were to be cutting down the nets.

Harrellson is largely looked at as a giant stiff on the inside, and though he has had some nice games in this tournament, there is no way that he would be voted the game’s MVP.

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Still, we tend to believe that Butler isn’t going to be able to win this game either, so we’ll eliminate the likes of Shelvin Mack and Matt Howard as well, though we think that Mack has some decent odds at +650 that might be worth using as a hedge just in case the Bulldogs actually do win the whole enchilada this year.

Terrence Jones is the man that we are going to pick right now for our 2011 Final Four predictions due to the fact that he is really set to explode. This is a man that averaged 15.8 points and 8.7 boards per game this year, and he is also a dynamo on the defensive end of the court with 70 blocks. He has faced a tremendous set of big men to date in this tournament, something that he won’t be facing in the Final Four. There has to be at least a one in eight chance that Jones is the man that is honored at the end of this tournament.

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Join us today as we make our 2011 Final Four predictions for which man will be the MVP of the Final Four.

Final Four Odds

• Alex Oriakhi (+1500)
• Bradford Burgess (+2000)
• Brandon Knight (+250)
• Brandon Rozzell (+2000)
• Darius Miller (+1500)
• Doron Lamb (+1500)
• Jamie Skeen (+1200)
• Jeremy Lamb (+800)
• Joey Rodriguez (+1800)
• Josh Harrellson (+1000)
• Kemba Walker (+200)
• Matt Howard (+1000)
• Shelvin Mack (+650)
• Terrence Jones (+800)
• Field (+800)

My 2011 Final Four Predictions: Terrence Jones (+800)

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At the onset of the tournament there were very few people who could’ve made a Final 4 prediction that somehow included the VCU Rams. Hell, even I thought they’d lose outright to the USC Trojans to get in to the round of sixty-four to begin with. How scared are the oddsmakers of VCU? Very scared.

VCU has posted as the longshot, but at a measly +550 to win the National Title. To do so they need to get past Butler and then topple the winner of Kentucky-UConn. I know that seems farfetched, but look at the trail of asses that VCU has left in their wake.

Beating USC wasn’t such a big deal after all. The Trojans have been a wobbly team all season long. Dismantling Georgetown, no matter how good or bad the Hoyas are, is a feat in itself but crushing Purdue was unheard of. The Rams seemed to come back down to reality a bit when they nearly lost in a one-point thriller against FSU, but erased all doubts by undressing the Kansas Jayhawks 71-61 by literally running them off the floor.

The VCU Rams aren’t a great team. They’re a hard working one. There’s a very big difference here. This is very much a case where the sum is greater than the parts and it’s all thanks to head coach Shaka Smart.

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The unenviable task that Smart has had in rebuilding VCU in to a contender began with keeping things simple. VCU was never going to get the type of big name recruits that made major programs worthy Final 4 prediction teams every season. And Smart neither had the clout or reputation to steal a gem from any of the bigger schools.

Frankly, he looked in to Wake Forest reject, Jaime Skinner who has been one of the tournament’s best players thus far. Skeen averaged just 6.1 points in 21.4 minutes over his first two years at Wake and has thundered in to his own right as a senior with 15.4 points per game in 31.9 minutes. He is far and away the most talented player on the VCU Rams, and as a 6-foot-9 big man, he’s as good as anyone left trolling the paint in March Madness.

Having Skeen is a god send to the VCU Rams, but the team itself has stepped up big when they needed to. You can’t say enough about Joey Rodriguez leading the team as a 5-foot-10 point guard who isn’t a great scorer, nor a fantastic athlete. What he does do is lead and Rodriguez’s relentless attitude permeates the entire team. He is a perfect conduit for the energy that Smart generates on the sidelines.

VCU will never beat you by being flat out better than you. We just think that they’re good because of their absolutely insane +11.8 point differential. The difference is actually simplistic: they just work harder than everyone else.

You saw it in the game against Kansas, where everyone had the highly touted Jayhawks passing through as a Final 4 prediction. The VCU Rams hit the ground running…and then never stopped. Kansas played with a sense of entitlement, and were left stunned when VCU simply wouldn’t let up.

The inside-outside combination of Skeen and Rodriguez is pretty good. Not great, but worthy. What sets VCU apart is that “nothing to lose” factor. When Rodriguez isn’t making jumpers – and he misses a lot – the VCU Rams keep running and running. And then they run some more until their opponents are exhausted. They seem undeterred, as if they know that mistakes are part of their game. Not the game, but their own. It’s as if they know they’re aware of their limits, but show a defiant urge to work hard to prove that talent doesn’t matter and effort does.

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Final 4 Odds – National Semi-Finals

Kentucky Wildcats (29-8 SU, 17-14-1 ATS) vs. Connecticut Huskies (30-9 SU, 21-12 ATS)

Live at Reliant Stadium

Houston, TX

Saturday, April 2 — 8:49 PM ET

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Final 4 Odds:

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Kentucky -2

UConn  +2

Total  140

Yes, some people get the general impression that UConn’s chances in the Final 4 odds begin and end with Kemba Walker. And indeed he averages 23.9 points a game. There is no question that throughout the season, opposing coaches knew that if you wanted to throw in a monkey wrench that would toss the UConn offense completely off-balance, it was to dedicate all resources to making Walker take bad shots.

In some of those games, it worked. Louisville, in a pair of regular season games, held Walker to ten field goals in 33 attempts. Against St. John’s he was just four of 16 as the Huskies lost in the Garden by 17 points. In UConn’s fist loss of the season, at Pittsburgh, he was wild, hitting just ten of 27 shots. He has taken 300 more shots than any of his teammates in the UConn offense, which comes out to almost nine more per game. As a dog to Kentucky in Final 4 odds, John Calipari’s team will try to take him off his game AND make him take a lot of bad shots.

Of course, the wild card here is the way Walker penetrates and gets to the line; something he has done with great effectiveness. Walker averaged almost eight free throw attempts per game, and he happens to be an excellent free throw shooter, hitting 82% of his chances. If you look at the last ten games, he has had ten or more free throws in six of them. That’s important when he is not having a particularly good shooting night. And it improves those Final 4 odds for the Huskies, who will try and clear a path for him to penetrate.

For Walker, a former New York City high school standout who was a teammate of Momo Jones, who he faced off against in the West Regional finals, it was a matter of taking on more of a scorer’s role on a team that had lost the likes of Jerome Dyson, Stanley Robinson and Gavin Edwards from last year’s squad. On a young team, someone had to supply offense.

For those who looked upon him as a “chucker” without conscience, we offer a 2-to-1 assist-turnover ratio and 5.3 rebounds a game, which ranks second on the squad. Walker also averages almost two steals a game, and if he can get it done on “the other end,” that will definitely improve the Final 4 odds of this team.

Walker did enough to be named a first-team All-America by the Associated Press this season, but he really got himself some added respect when he led his team to five wins in five days in the Big East tournament, an event grueling enough that Bob Knight, now an ESPN commentator, suggested that it might be more difficult than winning the NCAA Tournament. During that five-day period, Walker hit 41 of 87 shots, but also hit 46 of 54 shots from the charity stripe. He averaged 26 points a game, and has improved upon that in the NCAA’s, with almost a 30 ppg average. Other weapons have emerged, like Jeremy Lamb, but in the opinion of many, the team’s chances of cashing in at +220 in the Final 4 odds hinge on what Kemba does.

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The World Champion San Francisco Giants open up the 2011 baseball betting season on the road against division rival Los Angeles on Thursday night. The game will be televised on ESPN and it should be a great pitching matchup with Tim Lincecum going for the Giants while the Dodgers counter with Clayton Kershaw.

The current betting line at SBG Global.com is Dodgers – 107, Total 6.5 Over – 115

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The Giants begin defense of their World Series title without two very important players as closer Brian Wilson is on the DL with an oblique injury while postseason hero Cody Ross is out for a couple of weeks with a calf injury.  The Giants still have a great pitching rotation led by Tim Lincecum.  He was great last year in the betting season opener for the Giants as he struck out seven in seven shutout innings against the Astros.  He has pitched well against the Dodgers going 5-1 in his career with a 3.43 ERA.

The Dodgers will send their ace on Thursday night as Clayton Kershaw heads to the mound.  He was great last season within the division as he went 9-2 against the National League West. He was almost unhittable against the Giants last season with a 1.55 ERA. In his career against San Francisco he is 1-1 with a 1.46 ERA.

The Giants and Dodgers have split their last 20 meetings overall and they have also split the last ten games in Los Angeles.  Here are more betting stats for Thursday’s game. The Giants are 4-0 in their last 4 road games vs. a left-handed starter. The Giants are 8-3 in their last 11 vs. the National League West. The Giants are 5-0 in Lincecum’s last 5 road starts. The Giants are 7-1 in Lincecum’s last 8 starts vs. the Dodgers. The Dodgers are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. the National League West. The Dodgers are 5-1 in their last 6 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Dodgers are 13-3 in Kershaw’s last 16 starts vs. the National League West

The Under is 4-0-1 in the Giants last 5 road games. The Over is 4-0 in Lincecum’s last 4 starts vs. the Dodgers. The Under is 5-1 in the Dodgers last 6 home games. The Under is 15-5 in Kershaw’s last 20 starts vs. the National League West. In this series, the Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Los Angeles.

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