It’s the second weekend of NFL Playoff Picks action where the result will whittle down the combatants to a mere four teams for next weeks Conference Championships. After a run of 9-2 ATS for underdogs the first week of NFL Picks saw that proposition only post a 2-2 mark. As of this writing with Baltimore beating Tennessee, this years mark stands at 3-2 ATS (a respectable 60%).
BetUS NBA Basketball Sports Betting Matchup:
Charlotte Bobcats (13-23 SU, 20-16 ATS) at Washington Wizards (7-27 SU, 15-19 ATS)
Verizon Center, Washington DC — 7 PM ET
(Records good through Thursday games)
The Arizona Cardinals travel to Carolina to play in a divisional playoff game where most sports betting fans feel the Cardinals have no chance. Arizona is coming off of a spirited against the spread victory and straight-up victory over the 1 point favored Atlanta Falcons in their last game. Arizona looked very good in that game with running back Edgerrin James suddenly finding his feet.
I’m surprised that the NFL schedulers decided to make this the day game and the Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers the night game this Saturday. To me, this is the much more intriguing game, and I believe most sports bettors would agree with me, as the Baltimore Ravens defense looked absolutely spectacular this past Sunday when dominating the Miami Dolphins.
Matt Fargo takes a look at the upcoming NBA schedule and pulls out important news, injuries, notes and betting trends from around the league.
It’s time to say goodbye to another year of college football – and hello to the beautiful game of basketball. Every handicapper should be absorbed in hoops, given how betting-friendly the sport is. We’ll help you get there as we add some roundball stats and factoids to our coverage of this weekend’s NFL Divisional Round action.
Sportsbook.com members are almost split down the middle regarding Saturday’s highly anticipated matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans.
Friday’s numbers show a slight preference to the Ravens as three-point road underdogs, after Baltimore went to Miami and won easily last Sunday.
Oddsmakers don’t give the Arizona Cardinals much of a chance in Saturday’s night NFC Divisional Playoff, installing them as 9.5 point dogs at Carolina.
Visit our live odds page for this game and all Divisional Playoff action.
It’s the second time that Arizona has played in Carolina this season. In Week 8’s 27-23 Panthers’ win, Cards coach Ken Whisenhunt’s team won the yardage battle, 425-351.
A televised Top 25 college hoops doubleheader highlights the Monday sports schedule.
With college football out of the way, the NCAA Basketball season takes center stage and ESPN has a big night planned Texas at Oklahoma in the Big 12 and Notre Dame at Louisville in the Big East.
All four teams entered the weekend in the Top 25, meaning the game’s on Monday should be quality matchups. Visit our Live Odds page for the latest lines on both of these games.
This divisional round match up is actually a rematch from Nov. 16, 2008 at Heinz Field which finished with a Pittsburgh win 11-10. Pittsburgh didn’t score a touchdown despite making three trips inside San Diego’s 20-yard line. One drive ended when Mewelde Moore was dropped for a 1-yard loss on fourth-and-goal from inside the 1, and Pittsburgh repeatedly hurt itself with 13 penalties.
National horse racing handicapper Michael Dempsey will attempt to pad his bankroll and yours with his daily column. He will feature at least one Pick 3 or Pick 4 play from a major track along during the week and covers major stakes races on the weekends.
We have a couple of interesting stakes on the menu for Saturday as we attempt to pad our bankroll.
Atlanta Hawks (+5.5) at Orlando Magic (-5.5)
The Magic are riding an impressive 10 game home winning streak, and haven’t lost inside Amway Arena since November 22. This is the second game of a home-and-home between the 2 teams, with Orlando winning the previous meeting on Wednesday evening 106-102. Orlando dominated early and got off to a 21 point lead, Atlanta tried to come back riding the home crowd energy back into the game but came up just short.
BetUS NBA Basketball Betting Odds: PHILADELPHIA -6, Total 190.5
Here are some of the NBA pro basketball sports betting trends as they relate to this matchup:
* CHAR has lost four of its last six games SU
* CHAR has covered two of its last six games
* CHAR has played four of its last six games OVER the total
The defending-champion Boston Celtics are mired in their biggest slump since putting their now famous ‘Big Three’ together prior to last season. The Cleveland Cavaliers are generally recognized as the second best team and best threat to defeat the Celtics in the Eastern Conference. Tonight, both teams will be gunning for an SU and ATS victory in the BetUS Sportsbook when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
Saturday 4:30 pm ET
Saturday’s pigskin playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans is going to be an old-school, smash-mouth, heavy hitting brawl. Both teams rely on a dominating defense to set the tempo of games and cause turnovers.
Saturday 8:15 EST
Carolina Panthers
This club seemed to quietly beat the snot out of teams all year long. When you have a running game like the Panthers do with DeAngelo Williams racking up 1,515 yards to go along with 20 TD’s and Jonathan Stewart adding 835 yards and 10 scores, Delhomme can afford to be average. Take the Oakland game for example, Jake was 7/27 with 4 interceptions and they still won by 11.
