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02/04/2012 - Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kenny Boynton scored 18 points, as No. 12 Florida earned a 73-65 win over No. 25 Vanderbilt in Saturday's hard-fought SEC showdown.
Bradley Beal added 16 points and seven rebounds while Erving Walker finished with 11 points, five boards and five assists for the Gators (19-4, 7-1 SEC), who ran their season-high win streak to seven games. They have won 19 straight at the O'Connell Center.
Jeffery Taylor scored a game-high 25 points for the Commodores (16-7, 5-3). They had won 10 of 11 before dropping their last two. John Jenkins chipped in 15 points and Festus Ezeli had 11.
Florida was up 32-23 with just over three minutes left in the first half, but Vanderbilt closed on an 11-5 run, finishing with back-to-back buckets from Taylor and Jenkins to make it a 37-34 game at the break.
The Commodores carried the momentum out of the locker room, taking a 43-40 lead less than four minutes in behind seven points from Taylor. Florida was still down three, 49-46, when it reeled off 12 straight to go in front.
Beal supplied a pair of treys and a layup during the burst, as the Gators surged ahead, 58-49, with nine minutes remaining. Yet the back-and-forth action would not cease. Vanderbilt replied with a 7-0 push of its own, making it a two-point game on Jenkins' three-pointer.
Florida was still on top, 66-62, in the final minute when Walker penetrated and found an open Boynton for three, stretching the margin to seven. But Taylor answered on the other end with a step-back trey and the Commodores sent Beal to the line with 38 seconds left.
Beal went 2-for-2, making it 71-65, and Brad Tinsley threw the ball away on the Commodores' next possession, sealing their fate. Boynton capped the scoring with two more free throws, as Florida finished 16-of-17 from the stripe.
Game Notes
The Gators' seven-game win streak is their longest since starting the 2009-10 campaign 8-0. They are 13-0 at home this season...Vanderbilt leads the all- time series, 63-60, though the Gators have defeated the Commodores four straight times.
<< Florida State holds off Virginia
Tallahassee, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Okaro White scored 13 points and pulled
down five rebounds off the bench as No. 21 Florida State held off 16th-ranked
Virginia to earn a 58-55 victory at Tucker Center.
Xavier Gibson added 10 points
<< Bayern held by Hamburg at Imtech Arena
Hamburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich fell two points off the pace
of first-place Borussia Dortmund on Saturday after it was held to a 1-1 draw
at the Imtech Arena by Hamburg.
Borussia Dortmund claimed sole possession of first
<< Advantage City as Citizens edge Cottagers
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester City went top of the Premier
League on Saturday after defeating Fulham, 3-0, on a snowy night at the
Etihad.
The Citizens take a three-point lead in England's top tier as riv
<< Syracuse thumps St. John's as Boeheim ties Dean
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fab Melo returned to the Syracuse lineup after
a three-game absence and the sophomore center paid immediate dividends with 14
points, as the second-ranked Orange controlled the paint and rolled to a 95-70
victory
Pens edge Bruins for ninth win in 10 games >>
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves as the
Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Boston Bruins, 2-1, at TD Garden.
Evgeni Malkin and Matt Cooke tallied goals for the Penguins, winners in nine
of their last 10 ga
Devils hold off Flyers for 6-4 win >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kurtis Foster scored two power-play goals
and collected an assist, as the New Jersey Devils fended off a valiant
comeback effort by the Philadelphia Flyers to escape the Wells Fargo Center
with a
Youzhny to face Lacko for Zagreb crown >>
Zagreb, Croatia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mikhail Youzhny and Lukas Lacko were
semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Zagreb Indoors
tennis tournament.
The third-seeded Youzhny eased into the title match with a 6-3
Capitals shutout Canadiens on road >>
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves to record his third
shutout of the season, as the Washington Capitals snapped a four-game road
skid with a 3-0 victory over Montreal.
Dennis Wideman, Matt Hendricks and Alexan
Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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