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02/16/2012 - Moraga, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Drew Viney dropped in a team-high 17 points while Anthony Ireland added 16 with seven assists as Loyola Marymount handed No. 21 Saint Mary's its first home loss in almost a year with a 75-60 decision.
Jarred DuBois finished with 15 points and Ashley Hamilton contributed 11 for Loyola Marymount (17-10, 10-4 WCC), which halted an 11-game losing streak to Saint Mary's.
"We won this game defensively," said LMU head coach Max Good. "We did a great job on their guards, and really kept fighting the entire night. And it was another team win for us. They played very well as a group tonight. The entire team contributed to this win."
Rob Jones recorded his 16th double-double of the season with 25 points and 15 rebounds for the Gaels (23-4, 12-2), who had their 16-game home win streak snapped. Saint Mary's had not lost a game at McKeon Pavilion since dropping a 71-70 decision to Kent State on March 15, 2011.
Ireland opened the game with a three-pointer, sparking a 9-2 run to give Loyola Marymount the early lead.
The Gaels battled back with an 11-2 spurt to take a two-point advantage, but the Lions responded with a 19-7 run to take a double-digit lead, 30-20, with less than six minute remaining in the first half.
Saint Mary's, though, closed out the half scoring nine of the last 13 points and trailed by a mark of 34-29 at the break.
A pair of Matthew Dellavedova jumpers followed by a Jones layup put the Gaels on top, 35-34, a little over two minutes into the second half.
But that would be the last time Saint Mary's would be on top, as the Lions responded with an 18-7 run to retake their double-digit lead, 52-42, just past the midpoint of the second half.
The Gaels would not get any closer than five for the remainder of the game as the Lions' defense, which forced 14 Saint Mary's turnovers in the contest, never let the Gaels put an extended run together.
Game Notes
Loyola Marymount improved to 4-4 in its last eight games against ranked opponents...Dellavedova had 10 points, six assists and five rebounds for Saint Mary's, leaving him one assist shy of becoming the school's all-time leader...The Gaels held a 41-32 rebounding advantage.
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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.
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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