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Durant scores record 46 as sophomores beat rookiesBasketball Betting Lines02/14/2009 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant scored a Rookie Challenge-record 46 points, leading the sophomores over a squad of first-year players, 122-116, Friday night as All-Star weekend kicked off. Jeff Green, Durant's Thunder teammate, added 13 points. Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young also scored 13 for the sophomores, who shot 60.8 percent from the field. Durant finished 17-of-25 from the field, including 4-of-8 from three-point range. He also made all eight of his foul shots to eclipse the record of 36 points set by Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire in 2004. Durant also had seven rebounds. Miami's Michael Beasley topped the rookies with 29 points, while the LA Clippers' Eric Gordon chipped in 19 points in defeat. Portland's Greg Oden, who was supposed to play for the rookie squad, sat out due to a sore left knee. The rookies then went on to lose the challenge game for a seventh straight year. The rookies were ahead 61-58 at the half and expanded the margin to 89-76 with 13:35 remaining following a Beasley jam. The sophomores then came alive thanks to Durant, who nailed a trio of three- pointers during an ensuing 13-point run that tied the game. The second-year players eventually parlayed that into a 20-2 run, moving ahead 96-91 after a Young reverse layup. Durant threw down a reverse jam in the final minute, but O.J. Mayo had the rookies within 119-116 after a long jumper with 12 seconds left. Durant then sealed the win by draining two foul shots. Also Friday, the East beat the West, 60-57, in the celebrity game. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens led the East with 17 points, that included an alley-oop jam during the third quarter. Former LA Laker Rick Fox had 12 points for the East, while Kevin "Special K" Daley, a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, topped the West with 16 points. Dan Majerle's jumper gave the West a 57-54 lead with 1:33 left, but Fox nailed a jumper with under a minute remaining and a layup from Dominique Wilkins gave the East the lead for good with 26.1 seconds to go. After a turnover, Wildkat Edgerson, also of the Globetrotters, made two foul shots, and Majerle's bad pass resulted in a turnover to seal the win for the East. The festivities continue Saturday with the Shooting Stars competition, the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout, and Slam Dunk event at US Airways Center. The 58th All-Star Game takes place Sunday night.
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Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana Should be in: Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it? Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel. Work left to do: Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third. Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim. Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either. Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim. For more College Basketball betting lines go to MySportsbook.com Additional sports lines can be found at: www.Sportsbooks.com To bet on March Madness games this online sportsbook accepts credit cards.
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