Bayern bounce back with win over Wolfsburg

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02/24/2007 - Munich, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayern Munich got a much-needed win on Saturday against Wolfsburg at Allianz Arena as the home side built a two-goal lead and held on for a 2-1 win to move to within five points of second-placed Stuttgart.

Lukas Podolski converted a penalty kick in the 26th minute and Mark van Bommel doubled the lead 10 minutes after the restart. Cedric Makiadi pulled a goal back for the visitors 11 minutes from time, but Bayern were not to be denied three points on this day and keeper Oliver Kahn made sure the lead held up.

Kahn did well early on to keep Wolfsburg off the scoreboard, making a nice save on a Marcelinho free-kick and an even better stop on Alexander Madlung's effort from a corner kick.

Despite the positive start, the visitors found themselves trailing after 26 minutes as Madlung handed Bayern a penalty kick for pushing Claudio Pizarro inside the box. Podolski then stepped to the spot and sent keeper Simon Jentzsch the wrong way to put the hosts up 1-0.

Wolfsburg continued to pressure Kahn and nearly evened things before the break. Mike Hanke's shot beat Kahn but struck the inside of the post and was cleared away by defender Andreas Gorlitz.

After a strong 45 minutes, Wolfsburg had to feel unlucky to be down a goal, but soon went two down after the restart. Bastian Schweinsteiger slid a pass to Van Bommel at the top of box and the Dutchman drove his shot past a diving Jentzsch and inside the left post to double the lead.

Wolfsburg did not go away, however, and cut its deficit in half with 11 minutes to go. Substitute Isaac Boakye worked his way inside the box and fired a shot towards goal. Defender Philipp Lahm blocked the shot but the ball fell for Makiadi, who beat Kahn from close range to make it 2-1.

That was as close as the visitors would get on this day though, and Bayern held on to record its second league win in its last six tries.

In other Bundesliga play on Saturday, Energie scored two second-half goals to defeat Arminia Bielefeld 2-1, Hamburg recorded a big 3-1 win at AOL Arena against Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover got a pair of goals from Arnold Bruggink to beat Dortmund 4-2. Mainz continued its winning ways as Mohamed Zidan scored twice in a surprise 2-1 win against Nurnberg and Matthias Lehmann scored in the second half to equalize for Aachen in a 2-2 affair with Bochum.

Sunday's action features league-leaders Schalke hosting Bayer Leverkusen and a struggling Werder Bremen side looking to get back on track at Monchengladbach.

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MySportsbook.com favors Bears, Bengals, Chargers and Colts to remain perfect

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Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds  
As of February 9, MySportsbook.com has released its coveted 2007 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament betting odds. “March Madness betting ” only a month away, the top ranked Florida Gators are favorite at 7-2 to win it all. The defending champs have not disappointed at all this season and currently have a 22-2 record and are undefeated (9-0) in SEC play. The Gators’ thrive off of their extremely balanced, experienced and versatile attack. All five starters started in last seasons National Championship game. What is most impressive with this group is their balance; the five starters all average between 10.7 and 13.6 PPG. The Gators have been on an absolute roll having won 15 straight by an average of 16.4 PPG.

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Other teams that the MySportsbook.com members seem to believe will win it all include the west coasts’ top team #2 UCLA (6-1), #3 OSU behind man-child Greg Oden (8-1), and #4 Wisconsin (10-1) behind their defense which has given up 70+ points only three times all season.

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Arizona 20-1

Butler 20-1

Duke 30-1

Florida 7-2

Georgetown 30-1

Indiana 35-1

Kansas 15-1

Marquette 25-1

Maryland 40-1

Memphis 50-1

Nevada 50-1

UNC 9-2

OSU 8-1

Oregon 30-1

Pittsburgh 15-1

Texas 30-1

Texas A&M 18-1

UCLA 6-1

Wisconsin 10-1

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