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Irish and Monarchs open tournament play in New OrleansNCAA Basketball Betting Lines03/18/2010 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thanks to a late run down the stretch, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned the six seed in the South Region and will open the NCAA Tournament with a first round meeting against the 11th-seeded Old Dominion Monarchs at the New Orleans Arena this afternoon. The Monarchs will be making their 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, but in the previous nine showings, the team has gone just 2-9. This will be the third NCAA Tournament for ODU since 2005, and the first since 2007 when the team was bounced from the event in the first round by Butler. This season the Monarchs collected an impressive 26 victory and earned an automatic bid with a 60-53 victory over William & Mary to earn the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title. The Fighting Irish were bounced from the Big East Tournament with a loss to West Virginia (53-51) in the semifinal round, but the team racked up six straight victories beforehand to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Notre Dame was just 10-8 in Big East play, but the team finished with 23 overall victories, landing the squad in the Big Dance for the sixth time in the last 10 seasons. This is the 30th appearance for Notre Dame in this event, as the team is 30-33 in its previous 29 showings. In 2008, the Irish opened the tournament with a victory over George Mason, but followed that with a loss to Washington State. This will be the second-ever meeting between the two schools on the hardwood. The only other matchup took place during the 1983-84 season, ands the Irish defeated ODU, 67-62, in the NIT. The winner of this matchup will move into the second round where they will face either Baylor or Sam Houston State. Defensive play has been the main reason for Old Dominion's success this season, as the Monarchs are limiting the opposition to just 57.1 ppg. Teams are shooting 40.1 percent from the floor, but behind the arc is where the Monarchs really step up their efforts, as the team is holding opponents to a woeful 30.0 percent clip from long range. At the other end of the floor the team has not enjoyed similar success. In fact, Old Dominion comes into this tournament with just one player averaging double figures, and that is Gerald Lee, who is posting 14.6 ppg, to go along with 4.9 rpg. Frank Hassell has been the second best option on the season and is currently netting 8.9 ppg, to go along with a team-high 6.6 rpg for ODU, which as a whole is producing 67.5 ppg, behind a 44.8 percent shooting effort. The Irish are anchored by the play of Luke Harangody down low. The talented forward has been coming off the bench of late and it has paid off for the Irish. Notre Dame possesses other talented players, but the heart and soul of this squad is Harangody, who finished in the top 10 in the nation in scoring with 22.4 ppg. Harangody, who is shooting 48.6 percent on the season, is also leading the Irish with 9.2 rpg. However, the senior has not done all the work on his own, as Tim Abromaitis and Ben Hansbrough have also made solid contributions throughout the campaign. Abromaitis has been a dangerous weapon from behind the arc, connecting on 44.0 percent of his three-point attempts and comes into this matchup averaging 16.3 ppg. As for Hansbrough, he is netting 11.8 ppg for Notre Dame and has also dished out 150 assists on the season. Running the show on the floor has been Tory Jackson, who has distributed a team-best 181 assists, to go along with 9.8 ppg for the Irish, who as a whole are producing 76.0 ppg.
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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009Super Bowl 2009, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go. MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points. Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game. Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again. After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes. Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at. Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds. If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time. Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now. Get free Super Bowl XLIII Betting from top rated online sportsbook MySportsbook.com. Mysportsbook.com online Super Bowl betting with credit cards |
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