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02/28/2009 - Chapel Hill, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tyler Hansbrough finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and set an NCAA record for made free throws, as fourth-ranked North Carolina dominated Georgia Tech, 104-74.
Hansbrough, who entered the contest with 899 career free throws, went 8-for-8 from the foul line. His 907 free throws move him past Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric, who previously held the all-time record with 905.
Danny Green added 23 points and six rebounds for North Carolina (25-3, 11-3 ACC), which rebounded from an 88-85 loss at Maryland last Saturday. The Tar Heels, who have won 11 of 12 overall, also got 10 points apiece from Wayne Ellington and Deon Thompson.
Lewis Clinch had 22 points to pace Georgia Tech (10-17, 1-13), which has lost seven consecutive games. Alade Aminu ended with 19 points and seven rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, and Gani Lawal chipped in 12 points.
The game was close for most of the first half, and with 6 1/2 minutes to play Clinch's three-pointer got Georgia Tech within 30-28.
But North Carolina responded with a 13-0 run to take control. Bobby Frasor had a three-pointer during the stretch, and closed it out with a layup for a 43-28 lead.
The Tar Heels went into halftime ahead 46-33, and quickly expanded their advantage beyond 20 points in the second half. UNC began the half with a 14-2 run, during which Green had six points and Ellington added four. Ellington's dunk ended the surge for a 60-35 lead nearly three minutes in.
From the time Clinch made his three pointer late in the first half to Ellington's run-ending dunk, UNC outscored Georgia Tech 30-7. Thanks to the sprawling run, the Tar Heels were in complete control throughout the second half.
Ty Lawson's two free throws made it a 76-53 game with 10 minutes left, and with less than five minutes left, UNC went in front 90-63 on a Thompson dunk, then cruised to the finish.
Game Notes
UNC holds a 60-20 series lead over Georgia Tech, and has won four of the last five meetings...Hansbrough moved closer to becoming the ACC's all-time leading scorer. Duke's JJ Redick holds the record with 2,769 points, while Hansbrough now has 2,678...The Tar Heels shot 53.6 percent from the field despite making only 4-of-14 three-pointers, and sank 26-of-29 free throws...Georgia Tech made 44.9 percent of its shots, but only 9-of-25 from beyond the arc and 3-of-10 from the foul line.
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Signed wide receiver Brandon Jones.
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Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
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