Blue Devils in the Big Apple to take on Red Storm

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02/25/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 18th-ranked Duke Blue Devils are playing with a tremendous amount of confidence, and they will take on the St. John's Red Storm this afternoon in non-conference action from New York's famed Madison Square Garden.

Duke has won its last three games to move to 21-7 overall and 8-6 in league play. On Thursday, the Blue Devils recorded a 71-66 decision over Clemson to move one game above .500 in league play. After today's clash, Duke will close out the regular season against Maryland and North Carolina.

St. John's has lost its last two games to fall to 6-9 in Big East Conference action, overshadowing a more positive 15-13 overall record. The Red Storm were completely manhandled on Wednesday, as they dropped a 72-48 decision to Louisville on the road.

Duke holds a 10-5 lead in the all-time series with St. John's.

Four of the five Duke starters scored in double figures in Thursday's victory over Clemson. Jon Scheyer scored 18 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field, including 3-of-3 from behind the arc. DeMarcus Nelson posted 16 points in the clash, and Greg Paulus finished with 14 points and six assists. On a down note, Paulus committed a staggering total of nine turnovers. The forth and final double-digit scorer was Josh McRoberts with 10 points. The Blue Devils shot 52.2 percent from the floor, including 7-of-14 from three-point range, and they outscored the Tigers 16-9 from the foul line. Nelson leads the team in scoring with 14.1 ppg, and McRoberts checks in with 13.0 ppg. Scheyer, just a freshman, adds 12.5 ppg to the mix, and Paulus rounds out the group with 10.2 ppg. A couple of weeks ago, some fans and analysts were talking about the possibility of Duke missing the NCAA Tournament. Clearly, all that speculation has ceased.

Nothing seemed to go right for St. John's in the ugly loss to Louisville the last time out. The Red Storm shot 26.3 percent from the floor in the contest, including 7-of-28 from three-point range. They also turned the ball over 16 times and played shaky defense. Anthony Mason led St. John's with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Lamont Hamilton pitched in 12 points and nine rebounds. Hamilton leads the team with 13.5 ppg and 6.8 rpg, and Mason checks in with 11.5 ppg. The third and final double-digit scorer in the lineup is Avery Patterson with 10.9 ppg. St. John's is netting only 63.8 ppg on 41 percent shooting from the field, and poor offensive production has played a major role in the team's struggles.

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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.

Thursday, August 21

NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37

NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road

In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):

* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games

Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.

Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.

Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.

That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.

Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.

CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

MySportsbook.com has the Cornhuskers listed at +2500 to win the BCS National Championship odds.

A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.

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