Daily Sports Market Trends

Daily Market Trends

3/18/2008 5:00pm EST

By the Team at SportsInsights.com

Moving Today's Market

Smart money was all over the map today as speculators tried to decipher which NIT teams might be able to shake off the end of their NCAA title dreams and emerge King of the Also-Rans.

In the first official game of the NCAA Tournament 20-game loser Coppin State will try to upset Mount St. Mary's: the winner earns the right to lose to North Carolina on Friday.

In the NBA, Houston tries to extend its extraordinary win streak to 23 against the Celts, and in the Motor City it's a classic clash of styles as the Denver Nuggets, fresh off a 168 point effort vs. Sonics, face the Pistons.

Key Injury Updates

NBA

Ron Artest (Sacramento Kings)

Updated	Player	Pos.	Injury	Status	Expected Return
3/18/2008 10:08:44 AM	Ron Artest	F	Elbow	?	Artest, who appears to be winding up his days as a King, is ? due to an elbow injury.

NCAA Basketball

Jonny Flynn (Syracuse)

Updated	Player	Pos.	Injury	Status	Expected Return
3/18/2008 10:00:53 AM	Jonny Flynn	G	back	?	Flynn, who averages 15.9 pts and 5.3 asts, hurt his back last game. ? Tuesday vs. Robert Morris.

Key Market Moves

Game 581 Warriors @ Kings

While the public has steadily driven up the number of points the Warriors are giving the underdog Kings (-1 at the open to –3), Smart Money has been flowing in the Kings direction. Over the course of the day, four Smart Money moves on the Kings have been detected at four different books (Kings +2/+2.5).

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