Bremen stays alive for one more day

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05/03/2008 - Bremen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Werder Bremen's title hopes will live to see at least one more day after the club beat Energie 2-0 on Saturday to move to within nine points of league-leaders Bayern Munich.

Bayern has a big edge in goal differential and they will need only one point from their final four games to secure a 21st Bundesliga title. Bayern will have a chance to clinch the crown on Sunday when they visit Wolfsburg.

Although the title is all but out of reach for Bremen, Saturday's win put them two points clear of Schalke in the race for second place after Schalke was held to a 1-1 draw by Hannover.

A second-place finish would secure an automatic berth in the Champions League, giving Bremen something to play for in its final three games.

Bremen controlled the game from the start but failed to find a goal until the 68th minute, when Markus Rosenberg opened the scoring by blasting a shot past Energie goalkeeper Gerhard Tremmel.

Torsten Frings set up the opening goal for Rosenberg, who then provider himself in the 79th minute to seal the win.

He played a nice one-two with Tim Borowski, who then picked out an open Hugo Almeida at the back post for an easy tap in and a two-goal win.

Energie's loss leaves them in danger of the relegation zone as they are just four points clear with three games to play.

Both Hamburg and Stuttgart benefited from Schalke's draw to keep their Champions League hopes alive. The two teams are level on 51 points after both recorded wins to move to within four points of Schalke.

Yildiray Basturk scored two goals for Stuttgart in a comfortable 4-1 win over Eintracht, while Hamburg got two goals from Ivica Olic to help them beat Rostock 3-1.

Arminia Bielefeld moved four points clear of the drop zone with a 2-0 win over Bochum, while Hertha Berlin secured its safety by beating Karlsruher, 3-1.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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