This Week in Sports Betting By the Numbers
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 2/13/2014
It is not quite March yet, but the Winter Olympics have featured its share of March Madness-like upsets already with the likes of Shaun White and Bode Miller not medaling. Here in the states, Wichita State survived challenges at Indiana State and Northern Iowa to remain perfect, and Syracuse used a very March-like near-half court heave from freshman Tyler Ennis to remain perfect, stunning Pitt 58-56 at the buzzer.
$115,030. Amount (in US dollars) the Russia government will award its athletes in bonuses for each gold medal won. They will also give bonuses for silver medals ($71,900) and bronze medals ($48,890).
10. Percentage of the US 2014 Winter Olympic Team that attended Westminster College. The 23 Olympians from Westminster College were part of the 230 US contingent in Sochi, Russia.
2,295. Undergraduate population at Westminster, a private, liberal arts college in Salt Lake City.
157. Consecutive primetime nights of NBC Olympic coverage hosted by Bob Costas. The streak ended on Feb. 11 when he was relieved by Matt Lauer due to a double eye infection.
61. Degrees in Fahrenheit at Sochi on Wednesday, Feb. 12, the seventh day of the Winter Olympics.
10. Cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics who had colder temperatures than Sochi on Wednesday.
+190.Canada’s odds of winning gold in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. The favored Canadians are listed ahead of Russia (+245), Sweden (+460) and USA (+550) on 5Dimes.
+250,000.Odds of Austria and Slovenia winning gold in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics.
16: Consecutive seasons Michigan has led college football in attendance.
123: Points allowed by the Philadelphia 76ers in consecutive games against the Clippers and Warriors.
44: Average margin of defeat for the 76ers over those two games, losing by 43 to Golden State and 45 to the Los Angeles Clippers.
8. Points the Utah Jazz (18-33) were favored over Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Utah handed Philadelphia its eight-consecutive loss, but failed to cover, winning 105-100.
3-17-1. Bradley’s record on the “over” this year in college basketball.
4:42. Time it took for Lance Stephenson to be issued a technical foul in a game Wednesday night.
9-0. Pitt’s record at the Peterson Events Center against Top-5 teams before Wednesday night’s loss to No. 1 Syracuse on a last-second 3-pointer.
7. College basketball games that were postponed Wednesday night due to an ice storm that pummeled the southeast.
48. Points scored by Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim during an 84-69 win over TCU on Feb. 8. The 48 points were a Big 12 record.
6. Points scored by Ejim two nights later at West Virginia in a 102-77 loss. Ejim was 1-of-9 shooting, including 0-for-4 from 3-point range. His six points were a season low.
14. First-half points scored by USF on Wednesday night in an 83-40 loss to No. 24 Connecticut.
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