Big 12 matchup features Wildcats at Red Raiders

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02/23/2010 - Lubbock, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The sixth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats bring a five-game win streak into tonight's Big 12 Conference clash with the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Kansas State is not on the same level as rival Kansas, at least in regard to record, but the Wildcats have a good chance to earn the second seed in the upcoming Big 12 Tournament. On Saturday, K-State beat Oklahoma on the road by an 83-68 final and is now 6-1 in true road affairs. The Wildcats are 22-4 overall, which includes a 9-3 ledger versus league foes.

Sure, Texas Tech can take some pride in its 16-10 overall record, but that mark is clearly overshadowed by a 4-8 record versus Big 12 opposition. The Red Raiders have lost their last three games, including a 71-67 setback to Texas on Saturday. That loss to the Longhorns was just the third in what was the team's 16th home game.

The all-time series between Kansas State and Texas Tech is tied at 12-12, and the Wildcats won last season's meeting by an 85-73 final.

There is no shortage of talent on the Kansas State roster, as four double- digit scorers provide the bulk of the offensive production. Jacob Pullen continues to pace the Wildcats with 18.5 ppg, and Denis Clemente provides 16.1 ppg and 106 assists. Jamar Samuels generates 11.7 ppg, and Curtis Kelly adds 11.5 ppg. While the Wildcats are racking up 80.9 ppg, they are holding opponents to 69.1 ppg on 41.8 percent shooting from the field. Clemente poured in 27 points and dished out six assists against Oklahoma on Saturday, while Pullen and Kelly finished with 14 points apiece. A total of five players reached double figures in scoring for the Wildcats, who shot 53.3 percent from the field, including 10-of-20 from three-point range.

Overall this season, Texas Tech is averaging 76.5 ppg while allowing 74.6 ppg, but the team is being outscored by 7.1 ppg in Big 12 games. The leading scorer for Tech is Mike Singletary with 15.2 ppg, and he is tops on the boards as well with 6.7 rpg. John Roberson checks in with 14.7 ppg on the strength of his 42.4 percent shooting from three-point range, and he has dished out 138 assists. David Tairu is the third and final double-digit scorer with 10.4 ppg. Against Texas on Saturday, the Red Raiders shot just 37 percent from the floor in the first half and trailed by seven points at intermission. They were more efficient at the offensive end in the second half but still fell narrowly. A 44-30 rebounding deficit clearly hurt the cause for Tech, which got 21 points from Nick Okorie.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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