Sentences with phrase «heavy favorites»

Today's basketball marketplace features some big - name teams as heavy favorites.

It may be tough to grind out winning 45 % of underdogs, but it is a better proposition than winning 55 % of heavy favorites.

In some cases this is because they're taking heavy favorite action and will shade their lines accordingly.

I'd prefer if they were heavy favorites coming into it rather than this wide open race we have at the start of this week.

They have been conservative with heavy favorites, however.

Like everybody else, I lean toward Florida and Louisville as heavy favorites in this year's tournament.

As a general rule I try to tread lightly on betting heavy favorites for the first few weeks.

Although the No. 14 Terps entered as heavy favorites against a Hoosiers team that lost five of its first six Big Ten games, this was a back - and - forth game all night.

They will be heavy favorites over whoever their Elite8 opponent turns out to be..

Other heavy favorites on the board Friday include No. 2 Purdue -LRB--20.5) vs. No. 15 Cal State Fullerton, No. 2 North Carolina -LRB--19.5) vs. No. 15 Lipscomb and No. 1 Xavier -LRB--19.5) vs. No. 16 Texas Southern.

In the large upstate cities — Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse — Democrats are either running unopposed or are considered heavy favorites.

Even though the Patriots were already reigning Super Bowl champs and heavy favorites entering the offseason, they somehow became even better.

Despite narrowly defeating Army last week, Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks remain heavy favorites to defeat visiting Vanderbilt by at least two TDs.

Sure, it was a bit early for most people to think about wagering on this, but with the Cavs and Warriors such heavy favorites to reach the Finals, this provided another opportunity for NBA bettors.

Other heavy favorites in the past have declined, including former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in 2009.

Anderson's performance in Game 6 was a good reminder of what makes Game 7 so scary for even heavy favorites.

But reality set in during an ugly opening round at Valhalla, where heavy favorite Rory McIlroy sits one off the lead following the first round.

The Spartans reached the Division I state final a year ago, nearly knocking off heavy favorite Mater Dei - Santa Ana.

The first day of the Sweet 16 was defined by more chaos, with No. 9 Kansas State stunning heavy favorite No. 5 Kentucky, No. 9 Florida State upsetting No. 4 Gonzaga, and No. 11 Loyola - Chicago pulling out a surprising win over No. 7 Nevada.

Cincinnati was a real heavy favorite.

They will be heavy favorites no matter who their opponent is and not just in the Round of 8 but throughout their Playoff run.

North Coast Section's three top divisions all have favorites, but not necessarily heavy favorites, so it's conceivable Carondelet (Division I), Miramonte (Div.

A back and forth contest between the blue pants - wearing Eagles and heavy favorites App State.

Germany also listed as a much heavier favorite, one in line of what you'd expect for a tournament favorite.

Man City is 9 -5-4 on the road so can you really trust them as heavy favorites given the fact they only win half of their road games?

The Bulldogs are heavy favorites according to the simulation of reaching the title game and Oregon has nearly a 50 % chance of upsetting North Carolina in the Final Four.

It's not too difficult to see Democrats gaining 10, or even 20, seats in November, but gaining the 30 required for a majority is more difficult and will require Democrats winning a large swath of seats where Republicans are currently heavy favorites.

That fall, though the company worked for several heavy favorites that won seats in Albany, its clients in tight State Senate contests found themselves crying into the punch bowl at their election night parties.

I'm not sure which bad metaphor to use after state Senate candidate Cecilia Tkaczyk finally triumphed by a few votes over heavy favorite George Amedore last week: Cecilia, you're breaking (his) heart, or C.C. Rider, see what you have done now.

The Packers were heavy favorites in Super Bowl I -LRB--14) and II -LRB--13.5), and they covered the «point spread» easily in both games.

They will take on Team Deutsch who they are going to be heavy favorites against on Sunday Night before a brutal finish to the schedule with # 5 Team Maione and # 2 Team Wong.

Nova really was a team that should have been heavy favorites for the championship.

And when you factor in that they are heavy favorites over each of their two remaining conference opponents (Maryland, Virginia), you find it will be pretty difficult for them to miss out on a trip to Charlotte.

In an awards ceremony full of heavy favorites, Gravity's Lubezki (full name: Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern) may be the heaviest of all.

Mr. Turner, Timothy Spall (also the recent NYFCC winner) and Mike Leigh come up as heavy favorites and I push Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin as a possible alternate in Best Actress.

The defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide are heavy favorites on NCAA football odds to win the SEC.

Sure, it was a bit early for most people to think about wagering on this, but with the Cavs and Warriors such heavy favorites to reach the NBA Finals, this provided another opportunity for NBA bettors.

On pace to challenge Mark McGwire's rookie home run record, Judge is the heavy favorite to win the AL MVP.

She's the heavy favorite to win gold at Rio this summer.

Maya DiRado of the U.S. kicked things off by snatching gold from Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, the heavy favorite and fastest qualifier in the event, to win her second gold in her first Olympics, while Michael Phelps ended his individual Olympics career with a three - way tie for silver, and Katie Ledecky set yet another world record to defend her 800m title.

We were heavy favorites to win, but at halftime we found...

Here, carrots are the heavy favorite, with onion and celery tagging along.

Although none of the five top prospects are actually California - bred, Santa Anita crowds have already adopted them as Westerners and established them as their leading candidates to dethrone that outstanding eastern colt, First Landing, who is now a heavy favorite to win the Kentucky Derby.

The Seminoles will be heavy favorites in this one, but as long as they're on track to play for the national championship, all eyes will be on Jameis Winston and Co..

Michigan has been the heavy favorite for some time, and unless something major happens, the defensive lineman will be rocking Maize and Blue with fellow New Jersey natives Kareem Walker, Ahmir Mitchell, Brad Hawkins and Ron Johnson.

While Clemson is a potential threat, is looks as though the Wolverines are the heavy favorites to land 247sports» No. 234 player and No. 18 DT in the ’17 class.

Rededicated after a sixth - place finish at the last FIBA World Championship, the U.S. will be a heavy favorite in Japan, with any of seven other teams in contention for a medal.

The defending champ's late stumbles opened things up in a big way for Sunday, but he's still the heavy favorite and in the lead with 18 more holes to go.

Although that number looks impressive, betting every heavy favorite would have resulted in a loss of 8.83 units and a -9 % return on investment.

They would move along to Week 2 and a match - up against # 1 and heavy favorites, Team McNichols.