Brockman owns OT as Huskies top Sun Devils

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02/27/2009 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Brockman owned overtime, scoring on the first two possessions, on his way to 21 points and 11 rebounds, as No. 21 Washington outlasted 14th-ranked Arizona State, 73-70, in a battle of conference heavyweights.

Justin Dentmon added 16 points, Isaiah Thomas donated 11 and Quincy Pondexter notched a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards for the Huskies (21-7, 12-4 Pac-10), who have won five of six overall.

Jeff Pendergraph totaled 24 points with 13 rebounds, James Harden added 19 points and Rihards Kuksiks added 13 for the Sun Devils (21-6, 10-5), who had a chance to claim first place in the conference with a victory.

Dentmon took it then gave it away in the final seconds of regulation. His layup with 47 seconds left gave the Huskies a 61-59 edge, but his defensive rebound turned into a Harden layup with approximately 11 seconds left to tie the game and force overtime.

That is where Brockman took over. He scored twice in succession on the block for a 65-61 lead, and after a Harden layup, Dentmon stepped to the charity stripe and calmly sank three straight free throws for a 68-63 advantage.

Arizona State got within one point, 68-67, before Dentmon again sank two free throws with 27 seconds to go. Derek Glasser missed an open look at a tying three from the top of the circle, Pendergraph fouled out on the ensuing rush for the basketball, and Venoy Overton sealed the victory with a pair of foul shots.

Washington led 35-34 at the half, and a Thomas jumper and two Brockman foul shots increased the edge to 42-36 early in the final 20 minutes. Matthew Bryan-Amaning's layup pushed the edge to eight points at 50-42, but Kuksiks scored eight points during a 14-2 blitz that gave the Sun Devils a four-point lead.

The two clubs battled to the wire from there.

Game Notes

Arizona State still holds a 34-33 edge in the all-time series...Washington won the first meeting this season, 84-71, back on January 31...Washington shot just 38.3 percent from the floor, and made only 2-of-17 threes. It made up for it by going 25-of-31 from the charity stripe...The Sun Devils made 41.8 percent of their shots.

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The Indianapolis Colts know that winning the Super Bowl last season put a huge target on their backs, and they expect opponents to go all-out to knock them from the top of the mountain.

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Not so sound on the ground

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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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