Burke, Fielding and Brennan honored by harness writers

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12/21/2011 - Harrisburg, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trainer Ron Burke, owner John Fielding and driver George Brennan have been recognized by the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) as 2011 champion trainer, owner and driver, respectively. The trio will be honored at the Dan Patch Awards ceremony on Sunday, February 12 in Orlando.

Burke has earned $18,445,083 this year with 790 wins from 3,756 starts. Foiled Again earned more than $1.4 million this year under Burke's watch while winning half of his 28 starts.

Fielding sent out Breeders Crown winners Cedar Dove in the three-year-old filly trot and Uncle Peter in the two-year-old colt trot. His three-year-old filly pacer See You At Peelers won nine of 12 starts in 2011 for $916,611.

Brennan was voted Driver of the Year by the USHWA for the second straight year. He is the first driver to garner the award alone in consecutive seasons.

Based primarily at Yonkers Raceway, Brennan drove Broad Bahn to victory in the Hambletonian and Bold And Fresh in the Hambletonian Oaks. He has won 754 races in 2,725 starts for better than $14.5 million.

Dan Noble is the 2011 recipient of the Rising Star Award. Noble has banked $2.3 million from 2,711 for a leading 755 victories.

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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early.

Memphis vs. Ohio State

Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.

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