Of the league's 32 current franchises, 17 have won Super Bowl titles. LA is favored by
seven points with a total of 197 1/2.Dallas tries for its 12th straight win tonight
versus the Lakers (8:35 ET), which would be an NBA season-high (Detroit has also won
11 straight this season). 23 North Carolina (9:00 ET). Golden State beat Denver 122-114, giving
the Warriors their sixth straight pointspread win and handing the Nuggets their eighth straight ATS
loss!My free play is in college hoops, Virginia over Maryland at 7:00 ET. However, while
the Vols have lost six straight in Lexington, they are the ranked team this year
(16-3), while the Wildcats are just 15-7, having already lost FOUR games in Rupp Arena
this year. Odom and Mihm will most likely miss again tonight, leaving the already thin
Lakers, even more so. The Titans did lose their first playoff game that year but
they are also the last Super Bowl loser to post a winning record the following
season!The last FIVE Super Bowl losers have gone a combined 31-49 the following seasons, for
a winning percentage of .388. Get them BOTH, right now!Tuesday's action is highlighted by Detroit
going for its 40th win of the season in a game at Atlanta (7:05 ET).
In Monday's NBA, the 76ers went over 15 minutes without a FG (0-for-19) in the
second half and lost to Houston, 87-81. Knowing that teams which lose in the Super
Bowl have struggled the next season as of late (more on that later), I went
back to 1990 and checked on how teams which finished with the best regular season
record but failed win the Super Bowl that same year, did in the following season?The
results show that the 2005 Steelers join only the 1997 Denvner Broncos, as teams to
have won the Super Bowl, the year AFTER finishing with the league's best record (or
tied for the best) and NOT winning the title. Denver in 1997 and Pittsburgh in
2005!That leads me to Sunday's Super Bowl-loser, the Seattle Seahawks. It's also the longest current
home winning streak in the nation and the team's 10 straight overall wins, ties them
with George Washington and Memphis for the nation's longest current winning streak. No. The Broncos
finished the 1996 season at 13-3, tied with Green Bay for the NFL's best record
nike pas cher that season, but while the Packers went on to win the Super Bowl that year,
the Broncos were upset in their first playoff game of 1996 (at home by the
Jaguars who were 14-point underdogs), 30-27.However, the Broncos came back to go 12-4 in 1997
and as a wild card and the AFC's No. The Dukes won at home over
Delaware (74-64) and the Vandals also won on their home court, 72-61 over Fresno State.
However, what I find even more impressive, is that Pittsburgh won a Super Bowl title
the year AFTER it finished with the league's best record!The Steelers were an NFL-best 15-1
in 2004 but lost to New England in last year's AFC Championship Game. The Clipps
have won eight of nine while outscoring opponents by 11.9 PPG, while the Knicks have
dropped five straight and 11 of 12. Iowa is favored by six points with a
total of 124 1/2.Tennessee/Kentucky is the second-most played rivalry in SEC history, with the Wildcats
leading the all-time series, 137-62. No. Four pre-1980 franchises have never even made the Super
Bowl, the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and the New Orleans Saints. The Mavs
(9-2 ATS during their winning streak) are favored by 10 1/2 points with a total
of 199.Gonzaga edged St Mary's last night 62-61, giving the Bulldogs a school-record 35th consecutive
home win. The Pistons lost their last game and have yet to lose back-to-back games
this season. In college hoops, it's one of my exclusive Las Vegas Insider Plays, already
off to a 2-0 start in February. However, the Lakers have beaten the Mavericks in
both meetings this year. The teams' combined ATS records have been even worse, as they
stand 27-50-3, or a winning percentage of just .351!My Super Bowl recap Part 2 covers
coaches Cowher and Holmgren, tomorrow.Ness Notes is available Monday through Friday by 1:00 ET and
by 9:00 ET on Saturday and Sunday.Larry Ness is a documented member of the Professional
Handicappers League. The Rockets are now 13-6 when both Ming and McGrady are in the
lineup and could make a late-season run at the playoffs. Only the Denver Broncos of
1996 and the Pittsburgh Steelers of 2004, have gone on to win the Super Bowl
the following seasons. In all, 13 teams (since 1990) have finished a season with the
tn requin league's best regular season record (or tied) and NOT won the Super Bowl that year.
Detroit is favored by 10 points with a total of 191.The Clippers will try to
move 12 games over .500 for the first time since the club has been in
California, when they visit the New York Knicks (7:35 ET). 4 Villanova (17-2) and 10-9
St Joe's are both 3-0 this year over fellow Big Five members La Salle, Penn
and Temple but these teams are hardly equal, as the Wildcats enter this game favored
by 7 1/2 points with a total of 133 1/2.The nightcap of the ESPN doubleheader
features Duke at North Carolina. Duke is off two "close calls", edging BC 83-81 on
the road and Florida State 97-96 in OT at home.Duke is led by all-Americans JJ
Redick (28.2 PPG) and Shelden Williams (18.4-9.9), while Carolina, after losing four players from last
year's national championship team to the NBA draft lottery (and incredible 81.4 PPG!), is led
by four freshman. The Jacksonville Jaguars (1995) and the Houston Texans (2002) have also never
made the "ultimate" game.Seattle, making its first Super Bowl appearance in its 30-year history, now
joins EIGHT other franchises that have made the 'trip' but not won. 11 Tennessee at
Kentucky (7:00 ET), followed by No.2 Duke at No. 4 seed, went on to capture
their first-ever Super Bowl, by beating the Packers in Super Bowl XXXII, 31-24. 25 Northern
Iowa remained ranked this week (first time in the school's 106-year history!), despite losing last
week to Creighton.The Panthers host Wichita State tonight (9:00 ET) and the 19-5 Shockers (going
for their third straight 20-win season!) are in a three-way first-place tie with the Panthers
and Blue Jays (Creighton) in the MVC at 10-3. The 6-9 Tyler Hansbrough (17.8-7.6) is
the best of the group. 6 seed to win (NFL began its 12-team playoff format
in 1990). No. In Tuesday's NBA, I look to follow my Eastern Conference GOW winner
last night on Washington (94-82), with my Western Conference GOW winner. Pittsburgh had won FOUR
Super Bowl rings in a six-year span (from Super Bowls IX through XIV) and the
26-year gap between Super Bowls wins is the second-longest behind Green Bay's 29-year span between
wins is Super II and Super Bowl XXXI.Of course everyone knows that the Steelers became
the fifth wild card team to win (including the 1969 KC Chiefs as a wild
card team) and the first-ever No. Duke is favored by five points with a total
of 155.Super Bowl recap Part 1 (the teams)Pittsburgh finally won its "one for the thumb."
The Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1) joined the San Francisco 49ers (5-0) and the Dallas Cowboys (5-3)
as the only five-time winners in Super Bowl history, with their win over the Seahawks
in Super Bowl XL. Of course the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings 'head' this
list with FOUR Super Bowl appearances each, but ZERO wins!Will Seattle now be tested in
2006, by the 'curse' suffered by recent Super Bowl losers? Tennessee lost in Super Bowl
XXXIV to St Louis but came back in the 2000 season to finish with an
NFL-best 13-3 record. Atlanta is just 14-32 this year but the team won just 13
games all of last year. 4 Villanova plays St Joseph's at The Palestra (in a
Big Five battle). Gonzaga's win gave them a 9-0 record in the WCC, leaving them
as just one of >SEVEN schools still unbeaten in conference play.Monday was a good night
for 'losers', as both James Madison (CAA) and Idaho (WAC) won their first conference games
of the year last night. New Jersey won its 11th straight home game (8-3 ATS)
by beating the Hornets 99-91 and the Bobcats made it two straight wins (following 13
straight losses!), in a 119-106 win over the Sonics. That leaves just FIVE schools winless
in conference play, one of which (The Citadel), is playing tonight.Bigger games of note for
Tuesday are the ESPN doubleheader, opening with No. The team has held all 11 of
its opponents to less than 100 points in the winning streak (allowing an average of
just 87.5 PPG), a franchise record.After going 9-6 in January with Kobe averaging 43.4 PPG,
LA is 0-2 in February and has opened its seven-game road trip 1-4 SU and
2-3 ATS (0-3 SU and ATS the last three). Carolina is back in the top-25
after a two-week absence but has already lost three times at home this year to
Illinois, Miami-Fla and Boston College. On ESPN2 at 7:30 ET, No. Kentucky is the favorite
though, by 2 1/2 points (total is 152). Read all of his articles at
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