Aggies top Nebraska, No. 1 Kansas up next in Big 12 semis

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03/11/2010 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Donald Sloan finished with 23 points, as No. 23 Texas A&M defeated Nebraska, 70-64, in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.

Khris Middleton added 17 points while B.J. Holmes provided 11 points for the Aggies (23-8), who advanced to face top-seeded and top-ranked Kansas in one of Friday's semifinals. The Jayhawks pulled away to beat Texas Tech earlier Thursday.

Sloan, Middleton and Holmes combined to go 9-of-18 from three-point range for Texas A&M, which has won its last four games.

Ryan Anderson had 16 points to pace Nebraska (15-18), which had knocked off fifth-seeded Missouri in the opening round. Jorge Brian Diaz and Sek Henry finished with 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Down by double digits more than six minutes into the second half, the Cornhuskers ripped off 11 consecutive points to get back in the game. Anderson ended it with a three to get Nebraska within 49-47.

The game continued to be close, and with 3:20 left, an Anderson jumper had Nebraska within 57-55. However, Texas A&M countered with a Middleton three, and after Anderson missed from long distance, Sloan's jumper made it a 62-55 contest with two minutes left.

It was critical separation for the Aggies, who led by at least two possessions the rest of the way.

Texas A&M scored the game's first eight points and played in front the entire first half. The Huskers were within five just inside the final minute, but the Aggies got a free throw from Ray Turner and three from Sloan to go into the break with a 37-28 advantage.

Texas A&M then scored the first seven points of the second half to push the advantage to 44-28.

Game Notes

Nebraska shot 50 percent and held a 29-25 rebounding advantage...Texas A&M shot just under 43 percent and made 19-of-25 free throws.

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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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