11/21/2008 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sam Young scored 26 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead sixth-ranked Pittsburgh to an 86-67 win over Akron in the Legends Classic at the Petersen Events Center.
Levance Fields finished with 19 points and seven assists for the Panthers (3-0), who have scored at least 80 points in each of their three games this season.
DeJuan Blair had 16 points, 13 rebounds and five steals for Pitt, which will play Indiana University-PA on Saturday.
Brett McKnight totaled 23 points for the Zips (2-1), who had beaten Canisius and Winthrop to begin the season. Nate Linhart added 11 points for Akron in the loss.
Pitt built up a small lead early, but didn't get ahead by double-digits until Brad Wanamaker canned a three with 8:16 left in the first half for a 27-17 lead. The Panthers continued to pull away, and got a fastbreak layup from freshman Nasir Robinson and fastbreak dunk from Young with about five minutes left to establish a 36-19 advantage.
Pitt took a 45-27 halftime lead, and went up by 20 on the first bucket of the second half -- a layup from Blair.
It came about 1 1/2 minutes into the new stanza, but holding the comfortable lead, Pitt held Akron at bay the remainder of the contest.
Game Notes
Pitt extended its school-record for consecutive wins against non-conference opponents at Petersen Events Center to 31 games...Akron hosts Urbana on November 25...Tyrell Biggs had 11 boards and six points for Pitt.
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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere.
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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