Vanderbilt stays in SEC hunt with win over Florida

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03/02/2010 - Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - John Jenkins tied a career high with six three-pointers and finished with 18 points, as 13th-ranked Vanderbilt held on for a 64-60 win over SEC rival Florida at the O'Connell Center.

A.J. Ogilvy chipped in with 16 points, eight rebounds and four steals, while Jermaine Beal finished with 13 points and six assists for Vanderbilt (23-6, 12-3 SEC), which has won three straight and six of the last seven overall.

Vanderbilt is still within striking distance of the SEC regular season title as it trails only Kentucky, which has a 12-2 record. Vanderbilt has one game left on Saturday against South Carolina while Kentucky has a road game at Georgia on Wednesday and a home game against Florida on Sunday. Kentucky won both games against Vanderbilt this season.

Vernon Macklin led all scorers with 21 points to go along with nine rebounds and Alex Tyus had nine points and nine boards for Florida (20-10, 9-6), which had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 78-76 loss to Georgia on Saturday.

Vanderbilt led 38-35 at the break and maintained the lead until Erving Walker's two free throws finished off a 16-4 run to put the Gators in front 55-50 with 8:26 left in the game.

Macklin's two from the stripe with 4:02 to play kept Florida ahead by two, 59-57, before Jenkins' trey gave the Commodores a one-point lead. Macklin then tied it at 60-all with 1-of-2 from the line with 2:47 left.

However, Ogilvy put back off his own miss to give Vandy a 62-60 lead with 2:24 on the clock and it never looked back. Both teams had difficulty scoring in the remaining time and Beal's turnover with 24 ticks left gave the Gators a chance. Boynton's three, though was off the mark with 10 seconds remaining and Beal was fouled and iced the game with two makes from the stripe.

Jenkins hit a three-pointer to put Vanderbilt up 20-8 in the early going and the Commodores maintained a double-digit lead until Macklin's jumper cut the Florida deficit to eight, 29-21, with nearly five minutes remaining in the opening half.

Vanderbilt quickly restored a double-figure edge, but Ray Shipman's jumper and trey in the closing minute helped the Gators finish out the stanza on an 8-0 run and make it a 38-35 game at the break.

Game Notes

Vanderbilt knocked off Florida in a 95-87 final back in January, and the Commodores now hold a 63-56 edge in the all-time series between the two teams...Vanderbilt finished 42.9 percent from the field and made 10-of-20 from three-point range...Florida shot 36.5 percent from the floor, but made only 2- of-13 from beyond the arc.

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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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