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Courtesy of OddsShark.com: Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Jazz take on the Suns in Phoenix, while the Orange and Blue Devils put their top seeds on the line in the NCAA tourney.
Tipping off on the hardwood . . .
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There are 11 games around the NBA on Friday, including Oklahoma City at Toronto. The Thunder (41-25 SU, 39-27 ATS) fell 100-92 in Charlotte in their last game on Wednesday, with Kevin Durant scoring 26 points in the losing cause. The Raptors (33-33 SU, 29-37 ATS) slipped past Atlanta for a 106-105 win in their last game on Wednesday night; Andrea Bargnani had 22 points and 11 rebounds in that win. The Thunder and Raptors met in Oklahoma City back on February 28, with the Raptors missing star forward Chris Bosh in a 119-99 loss.
Also on the NBA hardwood on Friday: Detroit at Indiana, Philadelphia at New York, Charlotte at Atlanta, Cleveland at Chicago, Boston at Houston, Golden State at San Antonio, Washington at Portland, Milwaukee at Sacramento, Minnesota at the Lakers, and Utah at Phoenix. The Jazz (44-24 SU, 42-23-3 ATS) have won two straight games, blowing past Minnesota in a 122-100 win on Wednesday night. The Suns (42-26 SU, 39-28-1 ATS) have also won two in a row, beating the T-Wolves 152-114 on Tuesday. Utah is 2-0 vs. Phoenix this year.
Over in the NCAA Tournament the first round wraps up on Friday, with top seeds Syracuse and Duke hitting the hardwood. The Orange (28-4 SU, 18-9 ATS) are No. 1 in the West Region, and they'll take on No. 16 Vermont in front of a friendly crowd at Buffalo's HSBC Arena on Friday night; the oddsmakers have Syracuse pegged as big 17-point favorites in that matchup, with the total at 143 points.
The Blue Devils (29-5 SU, 18-14-1 ATS) will take on No. 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night. Duke is listed as a 23-point favorite vs. the Golden Lions, who got the win in Tuesday's play-in contest.
Duke is No .1 in the South; other South matchups Friday: No. 13 Siena vs. No. 4 Purdue (-4), No. 12 Utah State vs. No. 5 Texas A&M (-3), and No. 9 Louisville vs. No. 8 California (-1). In the West on Friday it's also No. 11 Minnesota vs. No. 6 Xavier (PK), No. 14 Oakland vs. No. 3 Pittsburgh (-10.5), and No. 9 Florida State (-1.5) vs. No. 8 Gonzaga.
In the Midwest it'll be No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State (-1.5), No. 12 New Mexico State vs. No. 5 Michigan State (-13), No. 15 UCSB vs. No. 2 Ohio State (-17.5), and No. 13 Houston vs. No. 4 Maryland (-9.5). As well, the East matchups on Friday are No. 15 Morgan State vs. No. 2 West Virginia (-17.5), No. 12 Cornell vs. No. 5 Temple (-4), No. 10 Missouri vs. No. 7 Clemson (-1.5), and No. 13 Wofford vs. No. 4 Wisconsin (-10).
Taking a trip around the rink . . .
Finally, the National Hockey League has four games on tap for Friday, with Minnesota at Columbus, Detroit at Edmonton, the Islanders at Anaheim, and San Jose at Calgary. The Flames helped their playoff chances with a 3-2 win in Colorado on Wednesday night; Rene Bourque scored twice for Calgary in that contest, while Vesa Toskala made 32 saves between the pipes. Calgary, though, was bombed 9-1 in San Jose the last time they took on the Sharks on January 18. Joe Pavelski had a goal and three assists for San Jose in that game, and Dany Heatley scored twice. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 21 of the 22 Calgary shots.
