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20th-ranked Seminoles play host to HokiesNCAA Basketball Betting Lines02/16/2012 - Tallahassee, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 20th-ranked Florida State Seminoles will try to stay in the race for the Atlantic Coast Conference's top spot as they welcome the Virginia Tech Hokies to the Donald Tucker Center for a league battle. This will be the second meeting this season and 46th in history between the Hokies and Florida State. The Seminoles lead the all-time series 26-19 after their 63-59 triumph in the first matchup this season on Jan. 10th. Virginia Tech had to have felt like it let one get away against Florida State in the first bout, as it shot only 30.5 percent from the field in the four-point loss. Virginia Tech picked up a 66-65 victory over the Boston College Eagles on Sunday to improve to 3-7 in ACC action. Head coach Seth Greenberg has led the Hokies to a 14-11 overall record so far. Virginia Tech was lucky to get past the Eagles, as Boston College shot a season-high 55.8 percent from the field in the contest. The Hokies have a knack at slowing down their opponents, as they allow only 62.2 ppg. Virginia Tech leads the ACC in free throw percentage with a 74.6 percent rate from the charity stripe, and averages 66.6 ppg. The Hokies' Erick Green has been consistently torturing opponents on the offensive end. Green leads the team with 15.5 ppg and carries an ACC leading streak of 26 straight games with double-figures scoring finishes. Dorian Finney-Smith played a huge role in the win over Virginia Tech, as he had 17 points and eight rebounds. Dorenzo Hudson chipped in 11 points and Victor Davila netted 10 points in the same contest to help Virginia Tech avoid back-to-back losses. Head coach Leonard Hamilton has led Florida State to its best start in ACC play in school history, as it is 8-2 in league action. The Seminoles are a tough adversary at home, as they are 5-0 in Tallahassee in conference games. Florida State improved to 17-7 with its 64-59 victory over the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday. The Seminoles hit 46 percent of their field goals and held Miami under 40 percent shooting to find success. Florida State is capable of frustrating its opponents, as it has held opponents to 61.3 ppg this season. Michael Snaer is pacing Florida State with a team-best 13.8 ppg. The junior guard has made just 10-of-29 of his field goal attempts to average 14 points to go along with six rebounds per game over the span of his last two outings. Bernard James took a step into the spotlight versus the Hurricanes, as he scored a team-high 18 points and blocked four shots. Deividas Dulkys showed off his versatility in the same contest, as he netted seven points, grabbed six boards, and pulled down six rebounds.
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FOOTBALL BETTING : Crabtree's base deal: six years, $32 millionIn the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree. And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so. Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal. So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them. Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.) The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money. As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached. The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs. In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season. Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done. And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting. So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year. There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve. So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal. And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million. There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.) Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft. Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey. Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year. So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation. To visit this sportsbook go to MySportsbook.com for all your college football betting needs. |
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