Billups, Nowitzki earn NBA honors for February

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03/01/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Pistons' Chauncey Billups and Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks were named Players of the Month in their respective conferences for the month of February.

Billups averaged 17.9 points and 7.5 assists while leading the Pistons to a sterling 10-1 record in the month. He also dished out eight-plus assists five times and moved into 30th place all-time in three-point field goals made during February.

Nowitzki, meanwhile, averaged 27.1 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest in the month. The Mavs star collected 30-plus points in four of the 10 games to lead the club to a perfect 10-0 record.

Other nominees for the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month included Cleveland's LeBron James, New Jersey's Vince Carter and New Orleans/Oklahoma City's Tyson Chandler.

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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

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Memphis vs. Ohio State

Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.

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