Rams and Owls square off in A-10 semifinals

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03/13/2010 - 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 Hall. The victor of this game will meet the winner of the Richmond/Xavier matchup in the finals on Sunday.

The Owls are trying to become the first A-10 program to win three consecutive crowns since UMass took home the hardware five straight times from 1992-96. Temple got things started in convincing fashion yesterday, handling eighth- seeded St. Bonaventure, 69-51, in the quarterfinals. It marked the eighth straight win for the Owls, their longest streak since notching 10 wins in a row in 2000-01. Temple is now 50-19 all-time in this event and eyeing up a record ninth championship.

URI, meanwhile, is in search of its second tourney title and first since 1999. The Rams began their postseason charge with an 87-76 besting of 12th-seeded Saint Joseph's in the first round before knocking off fourth-seeded Saint Louis, 63-47, in the quarterfinals yesterday. URI has now won four of its last six outings en route to its first semifinals appearance since the 2006-07 campaign.

As for the all-time series, Temple holds a 53-15 advantage over Rhode Island, and the Owls took both meetings during the 2009-10 regular season.

The Rams dominated the boards, 38-26, including 17-7 on the offense glass, as they pushed their way past Saint Louis yesterday. URI also shot respectable 45.5 percent from the field, including a 5-of-12 showing from long distance. After scoring 15 points in the first round, Lamonte Ulmer led the Rams with 16 points and five boards in yesterday's win. He currently ranks third on the team in scoring at 12.0 ppg, but he is tops among rebounders with 7.3 rpg. Keith Cothran, who had eight points and three caroms yesterday, leads URI on the season with 14.7 ppg and 56 steals, while Delroy James follows with 12.0 ppg.

The Owls, who never trailed, shot an efficient 52.6 percent from the floor and handed out 18 assists in on their way to a 69-51 victory over the Bonnies yesterday. Temple committed just seven turnovers and controlled the boards, 39-28, in the triumph. Juan Fernandez led the charge, as he scored 17 points and dished out seven assists. Lavoy Allen registered his 13th double-double of the campaign with 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Micheal Eric contributed 13 points. Ryan Brooks chipped in with eight points and he is the team's leading scorer on the season at 14.3 ppg. Fernandez is next at 12.4 ppg and he hands out a team-high 3.6 apg, while Allen averages a double-double with 11.8 ppg and a team-best 10.9 rpg.

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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