Irish and Mountaineers fight for right to play for Big East title

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03/12/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third-seeded and seventh-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers duke it out with the seventh-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the semifinal round of the Big East Tournament tonight at Madison Square Garden. The winner will move on to the finals against either Georgetown or Marquette on Saturday.

The quarterfinal round was full of upsets on Thursday and WVU adverted one with a last-second 54-51 victory over 11th-seeded Cincinnati. The Mountaineers were the only one of four teams that received a double-bye to move on to the semifinals tonight. Winners of four straight, WVU is making its third straight appearance in the semifinals and is looking to advance to the finals for the first time since 2005.

Notre Dame, meanwhile, continued its red-hot play with a 50-45 upset of second-seeded and 16th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals last night. The Irish have now won a season-high six games in a row, knocking off three ranked opponents during that stretch. Notre Dame, which beat Seton Hall in the first round, has also won two straight Big East Tournament games for the first time since joining the league for the 1995-96 campaign.

The Irish own a 25-10 all-time record against the Mountaineers and ND took a 70-68 decision in the lone meeting during the regular season back on January 9th.

ND's new defensive-minded approach worked again last night, as it held Pitt to just 45 points and only 38.6 percent shooting from the floor. The Irish, who went from a run-and gun style to a more patient attack after star Luke Harangody got hurt, have allowed an average of just 54.6 ppg over their last six games. That is a remarkable improvement for club that was allowing over 70 ppg. Speaking of Harangody, he finished with 12 points off the bench last night and hit a few big free throws down the stretch. Following a 20-point effort in the second round, Harangody appears to be getting back into full form after missing five games and he is still averaging team highs of 22.8 ppg and 9.4 rpg for the season. Tim Abromaitis and Ben Hansbrough check in with 16.6 and 11.7 ppg, respectively, but both players have failed to reach double figures in either tourney game thus far.

Following a Cincinnati turnover with 3.1 seconds left, Da'Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked home a three-pointer at the buzzer to give WVU a dramatic 54-51 win over the Bearcats last night. Butler finished with 15 points on 3-of-6 three-pointers, while the rest of the team went just 1-of-14 from beyond the arc. Kevin Jones led the charge with 17 points and six rebounds and Devin Ebanks added 10 points and six boards. Heading into the tourney, Butler averaged a team-high 17.2 ppg, to go with 6.3 rpg. Jones ranked second with each 13.5 ppg and 7.4 rpg, while Ebanks produced 12.4 ppg and a team-best 8.3 rpg for WVU.

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Super Bowl XLIII Betting - Super Bowl 2009

Super 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.

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