Northern Iowa seeks upset of top-seeded Kansas

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03/20/2010 - Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks clash with the ninth-seeded Northern Iowa Panthers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament this evening at the Ford Center. The winner of this Midwest Regional pairing will move on to the Sweet 16 against either Michigan State or Maryland next week.

The Jayhawks have won 33 of 35 games this season, including a sweep of the Big 12 regular season and tourney titles, as the program landed the No.1 overall seed for the Big Dance. Kansas showed it was deserving of the top seed by bouncing 16th-seeded Lehigh, 90-74, in first-round action on Thursday. It marked the sixth win in a row for the Jayhawks, who are moving on to the second round for the 25th time in the last 27 years. A win this evening would push Kansas through to the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season and the 27th time in school history.

The Panthers have an impressive resume of their own, having won 29 games and both the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and postseason titles. UNI, playing as its highest seed ever in this tourney, pulled out a thrilling 69-66 victory over eighth-seeded UNLV in the first round on Thursday. It marks just the program's second NCAA Tournament win and first since 1990.

UNI and Kansas have met just one time previously on the hardwood, with the Jayhawks notching a 94-60 victory all the way back in 1973.

Ali Farokhmanesh buried a long three-pointer with 4.9 seconds remaining, lifting the Panthers to a dramatic 69-66 win over UNLV on Thursday. It was certainly a thrilling finish and a positive one for UNI, which went 9-of-19 from beyond the arc and 20-of-23 at the foul line. Farokhmanesh finished the night 5-of-9 from downtown for 17 points, while Kwadzo Ahelegbe and Adam Koch posted 13 and 11 points, respectively. Jordan Eglseder, a seven-foot center, added nine points and 10 rebounds and he leads the team with 11.9 ppg and 7.4 rpg for the season. Koch, the MVC Player of the Year, ranks second with 11.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg, while Ahelegbe tacks on 10.7 ppg. Farokhmanesh chips in with 9.5 ppg for UNI, which ranks second nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 54.6 ppg.

Marcus Morris poured in a career-best 26 points and ripped down 10 caroms to complete his seventh double-double, as Kansas pushed its way past Lehigh on Thursday. Sherron Collins added 18 points and six assists for the Jayhawks, who shot 55.1 percent from the floor and scored 52 of their 90 points in the paint. Collins is the driving force behind this Kansas attack, which is netting a healthy 82.0 ppg, as he leads the way with 15.7 ppg and 4.5 apg. Xavier Henry, who had 11 points and two swipes on Thursday, comes in with 13.6 ppg and he also tops the roster with 52 steals. Morris turns in 12.7 ppg and 6.2 rpg, while Cole Aldrich checks in with 11.2 ppg, 9.8 rpg and 3.5 blocks per game. The Big 12 Defensive Player of the year, Aldrich had 11 points, eight rebounds and five blocks in the win over Lehigh.

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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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