Tulsa takes on UTEP in C-USA Tournament semifinals

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03/12/2010 - Tulsa, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-seeded and 25th-ranked Texas-El Paso Miners come together with the fifth-seeded Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the semifinal round of the Conference USA Tournament today at the BOK Center. The survivor of this bout will advance to the finals against the winner of the Southern Miss/Houston matchup.

The Miners, who are ranked for the first time since 1992, continued their magical run with a 76-54 trouncing of ninth-seeded UCF in the quarterfinals last night. It marked the 15th win in a row for UTEP, which its coming off its first outright regular-season title since 1987. The Miners are now 4-4 all- time in the C-USA Tournament and are making their second semifinals appearance in the last three years.

As for the Hurricane, it finished outside of the top four during the regular season, so it did not receive a bye unlike UTEP. After rallying past 12th- seeded Rice in the first round, Tulsa upended fourth-seeded Marshall, 80-64, in the quarterfinals last night. The Hurricane, which has the luxury of playing in its own backyard basically, is now just one win away from a third straight title game appearance.

Tulsa leads the all-time series with UTEP, 26-13, but the Miners swept a pair of meetings from the Hurricane during the regular season.

The Hurricane closed the game on a 27-7 run, as it pulled away for an 80-64 win over Marshall last night. Tulsa shot 50.0 percent from the floor for the game and also went 19-of-26 at the foul line. Jerome Jordan registered a double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds to head the charge, while Ben Uzoh logged 18 points and six assists. The versatile Uzoh leads Tulsa in scoring (15.5 ppg) and assists (4.6 apg), to go with 4.7 rpg. Jordan, a seven- foot center, adds 15.3 ppg and a team-high 8.8 rpg to the mix, while Justin Hurtt averages 14.0 ppg.

The Miners opened the game with a 15-3 run and never looked back en route to a 76-54 romp of UCF last night. UTEP shot a scorching 56.0 percent from the floor and scored 19 points on 15 UCF giveaways. Jeremy Williams led the way with 17 points, while Randy Culpepper chipped in with 10. UTEP emptied the bench with the game out of reach and no starter played more than 24 minutes. Culpepper, the C-USA Player of the Year, is a presence at both ends of the court, leading UTEP with 17.8 ppg and 53 steals. Derrick Caracter adds 13.8 ppg and a team-best 8.1 rpg to the rotation, while Williams tacks on 10.5 ppg.

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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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