Grosskreutz helps Dortmund continue winning ways

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02/18/2012 - Berlin, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A goal from Kevin Grosskreutz in the 66th minute was enough for Borussia Dortmund to extend its winning streak to six games on Saturday as the defending league champions topped Hertha Berlin, 1-0, at the Olympiastadion.

The loss is the fifth straight for Hertha, which sits two points above the drop zone, and will be taken over by new manager Otto Rehhagel following the dismissal of Michael Skibbe last weekend.

Despite the loss Hertha will be encouraged by the fact that they missed a number of chances against Dortmund and could very well have claimed a point from the game.

Raffael forced Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller into action before the break, while Patrick Ebert just missed putting Hertha in front early in the second half.

But Dortmund snatched the lead when Robert Lewandowski's header was pushed onto the crossbar by goalkeeper Thomas Kraft, who was unable to keep out an overhead kick from Grosskreutz.

The win moves Dortmund three points clear at the top of the league.

Freiburg 0, Bayern Munich 0

Freiburg, Germany - Bayern Munich fell four points back of leaders Borussia Dortmund on Saturday after the club was held to a 0-0 draw at last-place Freiburg.

Bayern beat the home side 7-0 at the Allianz Arena earlier this season, but Saturday proved to be a different story as Freiburg created as many chances as the visitors and had the best opportunity to win the game in the final 10 minutes.

Holger Badstuber had the ball in the net for Bayern after eight minutes but the goal was called back for offsides.

Bayern brought Arjen Robben on at halftime and he tested goalkeeper Oliver Baumann early in the second half, but the hosts defended well and almost grabbed the win in the 84th minute when Daniel Caligiuri forced a save from Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer at his near post.

Monchengladbach 2, Kaiserslautern 1

Kaiserslautern, Germany - Kaiserslautern's relegation fears deepened on Saturday after Monchengladbach came to the Fritz-Walter-Stadion and emerged as 2-1 winners.

The visitors jumped out to a 2-0 lead inside of 15 minutes with goals from Patrick Herrmann and Juan Arango before Kaiserslautern began to mount a comeback.

A long-range effort from Leon Jessen cut the deficit to 2-1 with 25 minutes still to play, but after substitute Dorge Kouemaha went close for the hosts, they were unable to produce a second goal and have gone winless in 12 straight games.

Monchengladbach has won five of its last six to move past Bayern Munich and into second place.

Bayer Leverkusen 4, Augsburg 1

Leverkusen, Germany - Bayer Leverkusen bounced back from a midweek defeat in the Champions League to claim a 4-1 victory at home against relegation- battling Augsburg.

Leverkusen was beaten 3-1 at the BayArena by Barcelona on Tuesday, but got off to a positive start with Stefan Kiessling heading home the first of his two goals in the 25th minute.

Augsburg leveled the match through Koo Ja-Cheol shortly after halftime, but Gonzalo Castro restored Leverkusen's advantage 10 minutes later by scoring from a few yards out.

Kiessling added to the lead a few minutes later after being set up by Andre Schurrle, who put his name on the scoresheet in the 70th minute after Kiessling returned the favor.

Werder Bremen 3, Hamburg 1

Hamburg, Germany - Werder Bremen snapped a string of four successive draws on Saturday by posting a 3-1 win over Hamburg at the HSH Nordbank Arena.

Marko Marin's early strike put Bremen in front before a goal from Tom Trybull just before halftime doubled the advantage.

A free kick from Hamburg's Mladen Petric made its way through the wall and took a deflection on its way past goalkeeper Tim Wiese, reducing the deficit to 2-1 with 15 minutes to play.

But Bremen put the result out of reach in the 86th when Marko Arnautovic latched on to a long clearance by Wiese to notch his sixth goal of the campaign, keeping the visitors in possession of fifth place.

Nurnberg 2, Cologne 1

Nurnberg, Germany - Cologne sustained its fifth loss in six games on Saturday as Tomas Pekhart's goal five minutes from time handed Nurnberg a 2-1 home win.

Alexander Esswein fired Nurnberg in front in the first half when he scored from the edge of the penalty area, but his opener was canceled out in the 66th minute by Milivoje Novakovic, who netted his third goal of the season after being set up by Odise Roshi.

Esswein not only scored the first goal for Nurnberg but he set up the winner five minutes from time when his cross was headed home from the middle of the penalty area by Pekhart, handing Nurnberg three points to move the club seven above the drop zone.

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March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets

With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship.  Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92.  After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points.  Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1.  Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years.  With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed.  UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern.  Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier.  OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak.  Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four.  It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta.  But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.

Be sure to logon to MySportsbook.com to see check out all of the early lines and “March Madness” props.  Also be sure to enter the “$10,000,000 Perfect Bracket Contest”. If someone has the skills to predict every winner, they will be set for life and walk away with $10,000,000.  Even if no one can cash in on the Grand Prize, with a $35,000 guaranteed prize pool and a Mazda RX-8 to the first prize winner, Sportsbook.com’s bracket is a must for all “March Madness” fans.

MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:

EAST National Championship Region
Arkansas 300-1 50-1
Belmont 1000-1
Boston College 100-1 40-1
Eastern KY 1000-1
George Washington 75-1
Georgetown 10-1 3-2
Marquette 100-1 40-1
Michigan State 100-1 25-1
New Mexico St. 500-1 200-1
UNC 6-1 6-5
Oral Roberts  500-1
Texas 15-1 5-1
Texas Tech 200-1 5-1
USC 75-1 20-1
Vanderbilt 100-1 30-1
Washington State 40-1 15-1
WEST
Duke 50-1 10-1
Florida A&M 1000-1
Gonzaga 200-1  40-1
Holy Cross 300-1
Illinois 300-1 60-1
Indiana 75-1 40-1
Kansas 5-1 13-10
Kentucky 100-1 40-1
Niagara 1000-1
Pittsburgh 40-1 8-1
Southern Ill. 50-1 12-1
UCLA 10-1 3-2
VCU 500-1 100-1
Villanova 100-1 40-1
VA Tech 50-1 15-1
Weber St 1000-1
Wright St 1000-1 300-1
MIDWEST
Arizona 50-1 30-1
Butler 40-1 30-1
Davidson 300-1
Florida 4-1 4-5
Georgia Tech 75-1 25-1
Jackson State 1000-1
Maryland 30-1 6-1
Miami-OH 300-1
Notre Dame 100-1 20-1
ODU 500-1 100-1
Oregon 40-1 6-1
Purdue 300-1 60-1
Texas A&M CC 1000-1
UNLV 100-1 30-1
Winthrop 500-1 100-1
Wisconsin 15-1 7-2
SOUTH
Albany 200-1
BYU 200-1 40-1
Central CT St. 1000-1
Creighton 100-1 35-1
Long Beach St. 500-1 200-1
Louisville 40-1 10-1
Memphis 30-1 4-1
Nevada 75-1 35-1
North Texas 500-1
Ohio State 7-1 6-5
Penn 500-1
Stanford 200-1 50-1
Tennessee 100-1 20-1
Texas A&M 12-1 11-5
Virginia 75-1 18-1
Xavier 100-1 40-1

Field                                              100-1

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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