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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The red-hot Thunder roll into New York, while Seton Hall takes on West Virginia, and the No. 1 Jayhawks meet Colorado.
Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
There are just seven games on the NBA schedule for Saturday, with Washington at Toronto, Philadelphia at Chicago, Miami at Dallas, Indiana at Houston, Charlotte at Milwaukee, Sacramento at the Clippers, and Oklahoma City at New York. The Thunder have won seven straight games to sit at 31-21 SU and 33-19 ATS on the season; Kevin Durant and company beat Dallas 99-86 in their last game. The Knicks are 19-34 SU and 23-30 ATS after losing five straight games.
New York spent the trade deadline clearing up cap space for a big summer spree.
On the college basketball schedule, top-ranked Kansas will get a visit from Colorado on Saturday afternoon. The Jayhawks (25-1 SU, 10-12-1 ATS) have won 11 games in a row, most recently knocking off Texas A&M 59-54 on Monday night.
Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry, and Marcus Morris each picked up 12 points for Kansas in that victory. The Buffaloes (12-13 SU, 10-11 ATS) got past Oklahoma 77-67 in their last game, with Cory Higgins scoring 18 points in the contest. Colorado fell 72-66 at home to Kansas when the teams met February 3.
No. 2 Kentucky will get a tough road matchup against No. 17 Vanderbilt on Saturday, while No. 4 Purdue hosts Illinois.
Other games involving Top-10 teams on Saturday: No. 7 Kansas State at Oklahoma, and Seton Hall at No. 8 West Virginia. The Mountaineers (20-5 SU, 10-14 ATS) got past Providence 88-74 in their last game on Wednesday; Devin Ebanks scored 21 points for West Virginia on that night. The Pirates (15-9 SU, 6-12 ATS) have won three games in a row. Seton Hall beat St. John's 59-50 last game, with Jeff Robinson scoring 16 points.
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Taking a trip around the rink . . .
Action on the ice at the Olympic men's hockey tournament on Saturday features Norway vs. Switzerland, Germany vs. Belarus, and Latvia vs. Slovakia. The Slovak team pulled off a major upset on Thursday, edging the Russians 2-1 in a shootout. Marian Hossa had Slovakia's lone goal in regulation time in that contest, while Jaroslav Halak stopped 36 of 37 Russian shots. The Swiss team came close to an upset on Thursday as well, but they ended up falling 3-2 in a shootout to Canada. Swiss netminder Jonas Hiller faced 47 shots in that defeat.
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