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01/18/2007 - Villanova, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Freshman Scottie Reynolds scored 27 points to lead the sharp-shooting Villanova Wildcats to a 102-87 victory over 20th- ranked Notre Dame.
Curtis Sumpter tallied 21 points, Dante Cunningham 19 and Mike Nardi 18 for the Wildcats (12-5, 2-3 Big East), who have won two of their last three games. Cunningham also had nine rebounds, as Villanova shot 56.7 percent from the field
Russell Carter scored 26 points to pace the Fighting Irish (14-3, 3-2), who had a two-game winning streak broken. Colin Falls ended with 17 points and Luke Harangody added 13 for Notre Dame, which also got 11 points form Rob Kurz. Notre Dame shot just 42.4 percent
It was a quick start for the Wildcats, as Sumpter's three-pointer boosted the lead to 16-6. The double-digit lead remained throughout most of the opening half with Villanova on top 50-40 at the break.
Notre Dame never made a serious run in the second half. Carter's three had the Irish within 79-72 with 5:54 remaining, but Reynolds countered with a shot from beyond the arc. It was one of 10 threes for Villanova, which ended 10- of-21 from long distance.
Villanova also won the battle of the boards, 40-26, which included nine rebounds from Will Sheridan.
Game Notes
The Wildcats will play 21st-ranked Texas in Philadelphia on Saturday...Notre Dame's next game will be Sunday at home versus South Florida...This was the first of two meetings between Notre Dame and Villanova in a span of ten days.
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Butler finished with 27 points and 10 as
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Williams, Jazz edge Pistons >>
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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).
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