Top-25 showdown in Stillwater

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01/16/2007 - Stillwater, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two outstanding Big 12 teams will collide in Stillwater tonight, as the 12th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys host the 21st-ranked Texas Longhorns.

Texas comes into this contest with a five-game winning streak that has enabled the club to move to 13-3 overall and 3-0 in Big 12 action. On Saturday, the Longhorns showed a great deal of toughness in an 80-69 victory over Oklahoma. All three league victories have come by double figures.

Oklahoma State was slated to take on Nebraska on Saturday, but poor weather conditions restricted travel and caused the game to be postponed. The Cowboys are eager to get back to action, as they dropped a 30-point decision to Kansas last time out. Despite that ugly defeat, OSU is still 15-2 overall and a perfect 10-0 at home, as the only other loss came against an outstanding Tennessee squad by two points.

Texas owns a narrow 34-33 edge in the all-time series with Oklahoma State.

College basketball's best player was at it again on Saturday, as Texas star freshman Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead his team over Oklahoma. Durant has led the Longhorns in scoring in seven straight games, and he has topped 20 points in all of those tilts. He racked up 37 points against Colorado in the league opener and followed that performance with a 34- point effort against Missouri. Durant is averaging 23.7 ppg and 11.0 rpg while shooting 50 percent from the floor, and he has blocked 29 shots as well. The fact that he is shooting 38 percent from three-point range and 85.6 percent from the foul line suggests that there is no apparent weakness in his game. Durant does get some help from A.J. Abrams (16.7 ppg) and D.J. Augustin (13.4 ppg, 6.5 apg), but the 6-9 freshman phenom is clearly the headliner. Texas connected on 54.7 percent of its field goal attempts against Oklahoma on Saturday and earned a 34-23 rebounding advantage.

Oklahoma State relies heavily on the duo of Mario Boggan and JamesOn Curry to be productive at the offensive end, and those two players have responded in a big way. Boggan is scoring 21.1 ppg on 59.7 percent shooting from the floor, and he is pulling down 7.4 rpg as well. Curry does his damage from the backcourt, as he is racking up 18.5 ppg on 42.1 percent accuracy from three-point range to go along with 78 assists. Oklahoma State is averaging 83.2 ppg on 50.2 percent shooting from the floor, and it is holding the opposition to 69.4 ppg. The Cowboys shot a lowly 32.1 percent from the floor and committed 20 turnovers against Kansas last week in a game that featured few positives. Defensively, Oklahoma State permitted the Jayhawks to hit 57.6 percent of their field goal attempts. Boggan was limited to eight points on 4-of-16 shooting from the floor, and he failed to grab a single rebound in 26 minutes of action.

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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds

The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.

Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”

“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”

MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:

Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:

"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:

"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

Film To Win Most Oscars:

Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1

Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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