Jayhawks and Wildcats collide for Big 12 title

NCAA Basketball Betting Lines

03/13/2010 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bitter rivals meet in this evening's Big 12 Tournament Championship game, as the second-seeded and ninth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats take aim at the top-seeded and No.1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks at the Sprint Center.

The Wildcats are enjoying one of their finest campaign's in program history and they are hoping to add to it with their first-ever Big 12 Tournament title. KSU navigated its ways to its first finals appearances in this event by beating seventh-seeded Oklahoma State, 83-64, in the quarterfinals and topping third-seeded, Baylor, 82-75, in the semifinal round last night. The Wildcats have now captured a school record 26 wins on their way to the program's first conference championship game of any sort since 1993.

The Jayhawks meanwhile, are trying to added to their record six Big 12 Tournament titles and are seeking their fourth crown in the past five years. Winners of four straight, Kansas took care of ninth-seeded Texas Tech, 80-68, in the quarterfinals prior to defeating fourth-seeded Texas A&M, 79-66, in the semifinals last night. The Jayhawks, who are now 31-2 overall, are making their eighth appearance in the Big 12 Tournament championship game.

Kansas owns a commanding 179-90 lead in the all-time series with KSU and the Jayhawks have won 40 of the last 42 meetings, including both during the regular season.

Denis Clemente and Jacob Pullen accounted for 50 of KSU's 82 points last night, as the Wildcats outlasted Baylor in semifinal play. Pullen led the way with 26 points on 5-of-10 three-pointers, while Clemente finished with 24 points and seven assists. It marked the fifth time this year both players had 20 or more points in a game. Dominique Sutton added a double-double of 14 points and 14 boards for the Wildcats, who scored 22 points off 18 Baylor giveaways. KSU is forcing 17.1 turnovers per game on the season, helping the squad to average a hardy 80.1 ppg. Pullen, a 39.3 percent three-pointer shooter, tops the roster in scoring at 19.1 ppg and he also distributes 3.5 apg. Clemente provides a nice complement with 16.2 ppg and he hands out a team-high 4.2 apg. Jamar Samuels, who erupted for 27 points in the quarterfinals, tacks on 11.8 ppg and Curtis Kelly chips in with 11.2 pg.

Kansas used a 21-2 run late in the second half to pull away from Texas A&M for a 79-66 win in the semifinals last night. The Jayhawks, who trailed 38-35 at the half, shot 56.0 percent from the floor for the game and went 10-of-18 from long range. Sherron Collins led the attack with 26 points and six assists, while Xavier Henry posted 15 points. A leader and one of the top players in the Big 12, Collins paces Kansas in scoring (15.7 ppg) as well as assists (4.4 apg) for the season. Henry is next at 13.9 ppg and he is a 42.0 percent shooter from beyond the arc. Marcus Morris adds 12.1 ppg and 6.0 rpg to the mix, while Cole Aldrich contributes 11.3 ppg, to go with team highs of 9.9 rpg and 3.5 blocks per game.

Wwwthegreek NCAA Basketball Betting News

<< Huskies and Coyotes square off for first-ever Great West title
Orem, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - An automatic bid to the Collegeinsider.com Tournament is on the line tonight as the Huskies of Houston Baptist challenge the South Dakota Coyotes in the first-annual Great West Conference Tournament Championship Game

<< Hoyas and Mountaineers square off for Big East crown
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Big East Tournament title is up for grabs this evening, as the 22nd-ranked Georgetown Hoyas take on the seventh-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers at famed Madison Square Garden. The Hoyas were thought to b

<< Rams and Owls square off in A-10 semifinals
Atlantic City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-seeded and 17th-ranked Temple Owls continue their run for a third straight Atlantic 10 Tournament title today, as they clash with the fifth-seeded Rhode Island Rams in the semifinals at Boardwalk Hal

<< Cougars and Miners duke it out for C-USA crown
Tulsa, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two programs trying to claim their first Conference USA Tournament titles come together at the BOK Center in Tulsa, as the top-seeded and 25th-ranked Texas-El Paso Miners clash with the seventh- seeded Houston Couga

<< Commodores and Bulldogs do battle is SEC Tournament semifinals
Nashville, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Mississippi State Bulldogs and the 20th- ranked Vanderbilt Commodores are set to collide in the semifinal round of the 2010 SEC Tournament. Tomorrow, the winner of this contest will take on either Kentuck

Big Ten semifinals feature Buckeyes against Illini >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Semifinal round action in the Big Ten Conference Tournament will begin this afternoon when the top-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes battle the fifth-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Fi

Bobcats battle Zips for Mid-American Conference crown >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Looking to claim their second consecutive Mid-American Conference Tournament title, the third-seeded Akron Zips will take the floor this evening against the ninth-seeded Ohio University Bobcats at the Quicken Lo

Bears set sights on Bulldogs in MEAC title game >>
Winston-Salem, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Back in the title game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament for the third straight year, the Morgan State Bears try to repeat as champions this afternoon as they tangle with South Carolina State

Boilermakers and Golden Gophers meet in Big Ten semifinals >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A chance to play in the Big Ten Conference Tournament championship game will be on the line this afternoon when the sixth-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers take on the second-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in semif

Rebels and Aztecs seek MWC crown in Sin City >>
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shooting for their third championship in the last four years and the fourth overall, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels are into the title game of the Mountain West Conference Tournament today and will face the San Diego S

NFL Football Office Pool Printable Sheets

NFL Office Pool Sheets

MySportsbook.com is considered one of the finest online sportsbook according to several surveys performed by independent industry analysts considering such factors as payout accuracy and timeliness, overall quality of website, and bettor satisfaction.

MySportsbook is offering a free printable NFL football office pool sheets. Run your own NFL Football Office Pool. Create your own pool, invite your friends to join. Compete with your with co-workers, friends or family for bragging rights every week. Exchange some hard hits without risk of injury. Trash Talk with your fellow co-workers.

To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your nfl football pool sheets needs.

FOOTBALL TRASH TALK

NFL Football Trash Talk

Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).

Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.

Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).

Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.

Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.

The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.

What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.

Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.

But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.

In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.