Panthers come to Big Apple to battle Red Storm
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02/27/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Big East Conference foes square off at New York's famed Madison Square Garden this afternoon, as the 12th-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers come calling on the St. John's Red Storm.
Pitt had a four-game win streak snapped on Wednesday night at Notre Dame, as the Panthers fell in a 68-53 final. As a result, the team currently sits at 21-7 overall and 10-5 in conference. The Panthers, who have won at least 20 games, including 10 in the Big East, for a league-leading ninth straight year, are playing their final three games of the regular season, taking on the Red Storm here, followed by home bouts with Providence and Rutgers in the next week. Pitt is 5-4 in true road games in 2009-10.
St. John's is 15-12 on the year, but just 5-10 in the Big East. The Red Storm dropped a 63-61 overtime decision to visiting Marquette on Wednesday night, and they are now 10-6 at home. St. John's will close the regular season with a pair of road games this coming week -- at Syracuse on Tuesday followed by next Saturday's tilt at DePaul.
St. John's owns a 33-20 advantage in the all-time series with Pittsburgh, but the Panthers have won the last four meetings, and seven of the last nine encounters overall. The two teams met in the Steel City back on January 28th with Pitt notching a 63-53 victory.
Pittsburgh boasts four double-digit scorers on the roster, with Ashton Gibbs and his 16.2 ppg leading the way. A true gunner, Gibbs has attempted 100 more shots than his closest teammate, and his average would be even better if not for a .388 field goal percentage. He has been sensational at the free-throw line however, converting 119-of-134 (.888) attempts. Brad Wanamaker (12.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.4 apg), Gilbert Brown (10.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg) and Jermaine Dixon (10.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg) round out the offensive-minded quartet for Pitt, which is netting 68.1 ppg while allowing just 61.6 ppg. The Panthers are permitting the opposition to shoot just 39.8 percent from the floor and own a +6.0 rebounding margin. Dixon scored 13 points and Gibbs added 11 more, but Notre Dame put four players in double figures, shot 50.0 percent from the floor and outscored the Panthers at the foul line, 14-3, while outrebounding them 34-25 in Wednesday's 15-point win for the Fighting Irish.
The Red Storm led by four at the half against Marquette on Wednesday night, but couldn't hold on as the Golden Eagles took the game to overtime where they prevailed in a 63-61 final. D.J. Kennedy scored 20 points to pace St. John's, while Dwight Hardy was the only other player to reach double digits, chipping in 12 points in 26 minutes of action off the bench. The Red Storm shot just under 42 percent from the floor in the game, while Marquette was limited to 34.4 percent. A total of 15 turnovers and a dismal 4-of-14 showing from three- point range played a significant role in the setback. Through 27 games, Kennedy paces the club in scoring (14.7 ppg), rebounding (6.2 rpg) and steals (32), while Hardy checks in as the only double-digit scorer at the moment, netting 10.6 ppg despite coming off the pine in 25 games. The Red Storm are scoring 66.7 ppg while yielding 64.8 ppg, and they own marginal advantages in both rebounding (+2.0) and turnovers (+1.0).
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
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A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.
A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.
Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.
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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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