Longhorns pull into Madison to take on Badgers
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12/23/2008 -
Madison, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The ninth-ranked Texas Longhorns hope to avenge
a loss in their most recent outing as they take on the Wisconsin Badgers in
Madison this evening.
Texas carried a six-game win streak into Saturday's clash with Michigan State,
but that neutral-site affair resulted in a 67-63 setback. The Longhorns are
now 9-2 overall, as their only other loss came by one point to Notre Dame.
Texas has yet to play a true road game, and Madison is a difficult place at
which to pick up a road victory.
Wisconsin, which is 9-2 overall as well, owns a perfect 6-0 mark at home. The
Badgers are riding a three-game win streak that includes Saturday's 57-46
victory over Coppin State. Both losses have come against ranked foes, while
most of the wins have come against rather weak competition.
Wisconsin has won four of the five previous meetings with Texas, including a
67-66 verdict versus the Longhorns last season.
Texas held a two-point lead over Michigan State at intermission on Saturday,
but the Longhorns struggled mightily at the offensive end in the second half.
They connected on only 8-of-22 field goal attempts over the final 20 minutes,
including a 2-of-9 effort from three-point range. Texas finished the game with
two more turnovers than assists and permitted the Spartans to shoot 50.9
percent from the floor. Gary Johnson was outstanding in defeat, as he
connected on 8-of-12 field goal attempts off the bench en route to 20 points.
Damion James provided 15 points and 10 rebounds, but A.J. Abrams was limited
to eight points in 40 minutes of action. Abrams is the leading scorer for the
'Horns, as he is netting 19.7 ppg on the strength of his 45.1 percent
efficiency from three-point range. James is the only other double-digit scorer
on the roster, as he provides 14.1 ppg and 8.0 rpg.
Wisconsin is netting 66.4 ppg this season while limiting its opponents to 58.4
ppg. Marcus Landry leads the Badgers in scoring with 12.5 ppg on 51 percent
shooting from the field, and he has more blocks (21) than the rest of the team
combined (20). Trevon Hughes is posting 12.1 ppg for Wisconsin, which is
getting 10.6 ppg from Jason Bohannon. Strong rebounding was key to the victory
over Coppin State on Saturday, as the Badgers earned a 36-19 advantage on the
boards, including 12-4 on the offensive glass. Remarkably, only four foul
shots were attempted by both teams combined in that clash. Jon Leuer was the
best player on the floor for the Badgers, as he netted 16 points in 21 minutes
of action off the bench. Bohannon and Landry finished with 11 points apiece.
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NCAA Football Betting : USC's reward: Top spot in Top 25
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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