Buckeyes rout Gophers

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02/18/2007 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Oden had 19 points and nine rebounds, as the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes routed the Minnesota Golden Gophers 85-67 at Williams Arena.

Ron Lewis added 16 points while Othello Hunter netted 15 for the Buckeyes (24-3, 12-1 Big Ten), who have won 11 straight games. Ivan Harris donated 14 in the win.

Ohio State looks to take over the No. 1 spot in the polls after Florida had its 17-game winning streak come to an end at Vanderbilt on Saturday.

Lawrence McKenzie poured in 22 points and Lawrence Westbrook scored 11 for the Golden Gophers (9-18, 3-10), who have lost five in a row.

A Westbrook free throw brought the Gophers within 26-24, but Ohio State netted 10 straight points on its way to a 15-5 run to close the half with a 43-31 margin. Minnesota went more than three minutes without scoring as well as turning the ball over five times to add fuel to the streak.

Mike Conley Jr. began the burst with a jumper before Jamar Butler's shot moments later pushed the lead to 10, 36-26.

The Gophers opened up the second half tallying nine of the first 13 points, narrowing the gap to 47-40, however, the Buckeyes countered with an 18-1 surge, highlighted by Lewis' offensive rebound and subsequent slam, extending the advantage to 65-41.

A pair of Westbrook layups brought Minnesota as close as 67-51 with almost eight minutes remaining but it never made a serious threat thereafter.

Dan Coleman's jumper put the Golden Gophers ahead 7-6, but the Buckeyes scored nine of the next 11 points, capped by Lewis' trey for a 17-8 margin.

Trailing 22-14, McKenzie took over and scored six straight to cut the deficit to 24-23.

Oden began the game slowly missing his first four shots while turning the ball over twice, but then went on to hit four of his next five shots from the floor before picking up his second foul with nearly 7 1/2 minutes to play in the first.

Game Notes

Ohio State leads all-time series 73-46...McKenzie scored 16 of Minnesota's 31 first-half points...The Buckeyes shot 49 percent from the field, including 7- of-16 from long distance, while the Gophers connected on 46 percent of their shots from the floor, including 11-of-22 from beyond the arc...Ohio State won the battle of the boards, 40-30...The Buckeyes welcome Penn State while Minnesota plays at Indiana on Wednesday.

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Pacific-10 Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Stanford

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Should be in:

Stanford [17-10 (9-7), RPI: 40, SOS: 21] No shame in not getting a win in L.A., but that makes the home game against Arizona State a must-win ahead of what could be an intriguing meeting with Arizona should the Cats lose at Cal. Getting to 11 Pac-10 wins would make Selection Sunday much more comfortable, but 10's probably more than enough this season. The Cardinal have nonconference wins over Texas Tech and at Virginia to lean on, although they also lost badly to Air Force and Santa Clara at home.

Southeastern Conference odds
Work left to do: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State

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Work left to do:

Alabama [19-9 (6-8), RPI: 43, SOS: 47] The tough L at Tennessee was understandable, and even created some hope. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed by a home loss to Auburn, which leaves the Tide in some real trouble. There's still no signature win on the profile (no, Kentucky doesn't count), and the computer profile is weakening rapidly. The Tide conceivably could beat Ole Miss and win at Miss. State to get to 8-8 and clinch at least a share of the West crown, but that's probably not enough right now. The Tide will need to do some work in the SEC tourney.

Georgia [16-10 (8-6), RPI: 52, SOS: 23] This is the team with the best chance to make it from this section right now. The Bulldogs rebounded from a terrible performance at Ole Miss to beat down Miss. State. Now they are at Kentucky (king of the RPI 51-100 win) and home to Tennessee. That would be worth a lot of computer points to get both (which is doable), as both teams are in the top 11 in RPI. Finishing at least 9-7 is an absolute must, and I would feel much better about the Dawgs' chances if they got both to get to 10 SEC wins. They also beat Gonzaga, but lost to ACC bubblers Georgia Tech and Clemson.

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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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