Gonzalez, Montanes roll in Vina del Mar openers
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01/31/2012 -
Vina del Mar, Chile (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Four-time tournament champion Fernando
Gonzalez and fifth-seeded Albert Montanes each posted opening-round victories
Tuesday at the $398,250 VTR Open tennis event.
Gonzalez handled Pere Riba of Spain 6-4, 6-4 in his 2012 season debut at Club
Naval de Campo Las Salinas. The former top-five star and former Australian
Open runner-up missed most of the 2011 season with a knee injury.
The Chilean last won this event in 2009 and was a runner-up here in 2005.
The two-time VTR Open semifinalist Montanes handled qualifier and fellow
Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-2, 6-4.
Meanwhile, seventh-seeded Argentine Carlos Berlocq moved on with a 7-5, 6-0
decision against Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
Federico Del Bonis of Argentina took down two-time Vina del Mar finalist
Nicolas Massu 6-0, 6-3.
Other first-round winners were Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, Portuguese Frederico
Gil, Argentines Horacio Zeballos and Diego Junqueira and Brazilian qualifier
Rogerio Dutra Da Silva.
The 2012 Vina del Mar champion will collect $71,900.
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Charlottesville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Scott poured in a game-high 23
points to go with 10 rebounds and three blocks as No. 16 Virginia edged
Clemson, 65-61, on Tuesday.
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points, eight rebounds, seven blocks and three assists as No. 1 Kentucky
extended its NCAA-best home winning streak to 48 with a 69-44 rout of
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in the game, as Illinois upset No. 9 Michigan State, 42-41, at Assembly Hall.
Paul
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1968, defeating the Toronto Raptors 100-77 at Air Canada Centre on Tuesday.
Atlanta
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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.
Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.
Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early.
Memphis vs. Ohio State
Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.
UCLA vs. Kansas
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