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02/21/2009 - Boulder, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Big 12 Conference foes collide in Boulder today, as the 11th-ranked Missouri Tigers pay a visit to the Colorado Buffaloes. This is the second meeting of the season between these two, and Missouri had very little trouble disposing of the Buffs in the first encounter, matching a season-high in points with a 107-62 pasting of CU in Columbia back on January 14th.
The Tigers are one of the real surprises in the Big 12 this season, running out to a 22-4 record, which includes a 9-2 mark in conference -- their best- ever start in Big 12 action. Mizzou has won five in a row and nine of its last 10, and a win today would give the Tigers their first 10-win conference campaign since 1999-2000. Missouri took care of Nebraska last Saturday, 70-47, in its most recent outing, and the team has won its last two road games to improve to 4-2 in such bouts this season.
As for Colorado, it is mired in a six-game losing streak, although the last two games have been competitive (85-76 OT loss to Texas, 46-41 setback at Nebraska). The Buffaloes are just 9-16 on the year and 10 of their 11 league games have resulted in defeats. Still, the team is two games over .500 at home (8-6) which should serve as a source of confidence today.
With the win over Colorado earlier this season, Missouri's lead in the all- time series improved to 95-52, although the Buffs own a 33-28 ledger in games played in Boulder. That said, the Tigers have claimed victory in each of their last two visits to the Coors Events Center.
Missouri's success this season stems from its ability to produce at both ends of the floor. The Tigers are knocking down their field goals at a 47.8 percent clip and netting 82.8 ppg as a result. Defensively, they are allowing just 65.5 ppg on 41.0 percent overall shooting, and they take full advantage of the 19.5 turnovers per game the opposition has been guilty of thus far. The frontcourt tandem of DeMarre Carroll (17.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and Leo Lyons (14.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg) are the top options for coach Mike Anderson's club, and both are shooting in excess of 50 percent from the floor -- Carroll actually closer to 60 percent (.576). Carroll and Matt Lawrence each scored 13 points to lead the Tigers past Nebraska last weekend, 70-47. The Tigers limited the Cornhuskers to just 28.6 percent field goal efficiency while shooting 42.4 percent themselves, which included a 51.7 percent effort in the second half. Nebraska turned the ball over 20 times, leading to plenty of easy baskets for Mizzou.
A glaring lack of offensive production has been the Buffaloes' downfall this season, as they are averaging 64 ppg, that figure dropping to 58.9 ppg against Big 12 foes. The team does have a pair of double-digit scorers in guards Cory Higgins and Dwight Thorne II, the pair netting 17.6 and 13.0 ppg, respectively. From there however, the cupboard is pretty bare as no player averages more than nine points per outing. Against the same Nebraska team that Missouri manhandled last week, Colorado managed to shoot just 31 percent from the floor and suffered 16 turnovers compared to just six for the Huskers. Higgins was the lone Buff to score in double figures, going just 3-of-9 from the field to finish with 12 points. The turnover story aside, CU did play solid defense, holding Nebraska to 34.8 percent field goal efficiency, but it wasn't enough the earn the team a victory.
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El Paso, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The fifth-ranked Memphis Tigers hit the road
this weekend, as they invade the Don Haskins Center for a Conference-USA
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come calling on the Saint Louis Billikens.
Dayton has won two straight games and nine of
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Davidson, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The most anticipated Bracketbuster game on the
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Big 12 showdown pits Sooners against Longhorns >>
Austin, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With the top spot in the national polls within
reach, the second-ranked Oklahoma Sooners head to Austin this weekend, to
battle the Texas Longhorns in Big 12 action from the Frank Erwin Center.
Jeff Capel's Soon
Waves hope to crash down on Bulldogs >>
Spokane, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Having already clinched their ninth straight
West Coast Conference title, the 17th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs look to finish
the regular season strong, as they head down the homestretch, starting with
tonight's clash
South Florida seeks first-ever win against top-ranked UConn >>
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-ranked Connecticut Huskies welcome the
South Florida Bulls to Hartford this afternoon, for a Big East battle from the
XL Center.
Jim Calhoun's Huskies had won 13 straight games and were sitting pretty
Tar Heels can inch closer to ACC title with win over Terps >>
College Park, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels
have their sights set on locking down the ACC crown and can move one step
closer to that goal if they can knock off the Maryland Terrapins this weekend
in College Par
NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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