Hawpe's game-winning hit helps Colorado edge San Fran

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09/05/2007 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Hawpe slung a base hit into right-center field in the bottom of the ninth, scoring Jamey Carroll with the winning run in Colorado's 6-5 victory over San Francisco at Coors Field.

Hawpe knocked home a pair of runs, giving him 10 RBI in his last 10 games, including the game-winner after a tension-filled final two innings.

The unhittable Brian Wilson, who entered the game with a 0.73 ERA, walked Joe Koshansky in the bottom of the eighth before plunking former Giant Yorvit Torrealba. Umpire Jerry Meals tossed Wilson without a warning then sent manager Bruce Bochy to the showers moments later.

Brad Hennessey (2-4) entered and Kaz Matsui found room with a single to center, plating pinch-runner Clint Barmes to tie the game at 5-5. Ryan Spilborghs grounded into a double play to end the threat.

The Rockies went back at Hennessey in the ninth, with a Todd Helton walk before the right-hander issued a free pass to Garrett Atkins. After a coaching visit, Hawpe laced the game-winning hit to right-center field.

Manny Corpas (4-2) was the beneficiary of the offensive surge, getting the win after throwing a perfect ninth. Troy Tulowitzki hit his 19th homer of the season in the fifth frame, drawing the Rockies within 5-4. Helton was a perfect 3-for-3 with two walks in the victory, Colorado's third straight in moving a season-high six games over .500.

Randy Winn hit a three-run shot as part of a four-run third for San Francisco, which has lost four in a row. Earlier in the inning, Omar Vizquel drove home Kevin Frandsen for a 2-1 lead.

The teams exchanged runs in the second frame as Barry Bonds doubled and scored on Rich Aurilia's sacrifice fly and Colorado answered with Hawpe's run-scoring single.

The Rockies again answered the Giants' four-spot in the bottom of the third with a pair of runs. Cory Sullivan singled, moved to third on Matt Holliday's base hit and scored on Helton's double to center. Holliday crossed home when Chris Iannetta was hit by a pitch.

Game Notes

Bonds has 14 doubles on the season...Each team turned three double plays...Giants starter Tim Lincecum gave up three runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts over three-plus frames, while his counterpart Franklin Morales remained winless in his brief major league career after yielding five runs on five hits over three innings...The Giants recalled infielder Eugenio Velez, catcher Eliezer Alfonzo and southpaw pitcher Erick Threets from Triple-A Fresno earlier Tuesday...Attendance 20,553.

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Numerous College Basketball teams take final big step to March Madness betting

So, what turned on the lock spigot? Well, after what felt like weeks of teams treading water and slipping back into the bubble muck, a bunch of them finally decided to say "to heck with parity" and won games that should put them into the Big Dance.

Disagree with some of these? Then here's the challenge. Take all of the "should be ins" and make a legit case that each should be ahead of the team that's a lock. Then find 10 more teams that also should be placed in the bracket ahead of that lock team. Not so easy, is it?

If you want more evidence that these locks should be good to go, check out what our research department dug up. Since the NCAA Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams from a "big six" conference have had a record of 10-6 or better in conference play and not been selected: Colorado (2004) and Nebraska (1999) from the Big 12, Boston College and Seton Hall (both 2003) from the Big East, Indiana (2005) from the Big Ten and UCLA, which somehow went 12-6 in the Pac-10 in 1988 and still missed out. (Note: Five teams went 11-7 and didn't get in, the latest being last season's Stanford team, which had a brutal nonconference run.)

Yes, 10 conference wins doesn't always mean what it used to because of unbalanced schedules, but this season, it should be plenty good in all but the extreme cases (see: Iowa).

In a way, this is a welcome development, because this is a bubble watch, not a lock watch. We can finally be done with teams like Maryland and Virginia Tech and start really bearing down on at-large battles such as Syracuse-West Virginia and Appalachian State-Georgia Tech.

Interestingly, all the shifting of teams into lock status appears to be more administrative than impactful. The number of remaining available at-larges didn't change one iota. The only difference is that teams on the bubble now have a clearer idea of which team(s) they are competing with for those precious bids.

The Bubble Breakdown
CONFERENCE LOCKS SHOULD BE INS AT-LARGES TAKEN
(assuming no auto bid outlier)
ACC Betting Odds 6 0 5
Big East Betting Odds 5 0 4
Big Ten Betting Odds 2 2 3
Big 12 Betting Odds 3 0 2
Pac-10 Betting Odds 5 1 5
SEC Betting Odds 4 0 3
MVC Betting Odds 1 1 1
MWC Betting Odds 2 1 2
TOTAL 28 5 25

As always, I've tried to be as inclusive as possible while only including teams that would have a reasonable chance of at least being discussed if this were Selection Sunday. If your team's not on here, there's probably a good reason (or three) -- start with the RPI and SOS numbers and work your way down.

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Atlantic Coast Conference

Work left to do: Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech

The ACC moves to six locks as BC, Va Tech and Virginia all got their 10th ACC wins, which should be more than enough this season, and Maryland rallied past North Carolina to get the final piece the Terps needed. After that? It could end there unless FSU, Ga Tech or Clemson picks things up in a hurry.

 

Work left to do:

Clemson [19-9 (5-9), RPI: 41, SOS: 42] The Tigers are closer to locking up the collapse of the year award (in a good battle with OK State) than they are to grabbing an at-large. Clemson's been very competitive, but there's no really positive way you can spin nine losses in 11 games. They now cannot get to .500 in ACC play and still must head to Virginia Tech in the season finale (after hosting Miami). Unless the Tigers win both and/or do some serious work in the ACC tourney, they very well could be left out. There are no great nonconference wins, but ODU, App State, Miss. State, South Carolina and Georgia are all respectable W's.

Florida State [18-11 (6-9), RPI: 48, SOS: 14] The Noles got thrashed at Maryland to run their losing streak to five, but then pounded NC State at home to set the table for what likely is an elimination game at Miami. You can at least make a case for the Seminoles at 7-9 in ACC play (and some work in the ACC tourney), but 6-10 is not going to cut it. Wins at Duke and over Florida will resonate, but the computer numbers remain questionable. Beyond Florida, FSU thrashed bubble buddy Providence, but there's not a ton beyond those two games that will help. They didn't show well in big-time opportunities against Pitt and Wisconsin (before the Florida win).

Georgia Tech [18-10 (6-8), RPI: 51, SOS: 46] The Jackets beat Wake on Wednesday but couldn't get it done at UVa on Saturday, which could be a crucial loss with UNC and BC (both at home) remaining and 8-8 almost a certain need for at-large consideration. A nonconference win over Memphis helps, but the RPI and SOS are not at-large quality right now; if you combine those with a sub-.500 ACC mark, that could spell NIT for GT.

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