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Vegas Odds To Win the Big Dance, North Carolina is the Slight Favorite

by OffshoreInsiders
created March 11, 2008, last edited February 10, 2009
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Who will win the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament? The latest offshore odds have North Carolina as the favorite and it is expected that that Las Vegas odds will follow suit.

The Tar Heels are 9/2, followed very closely by UCLA at 5/1. Kansas it next at 11/2, followed closely by Louisville and Memphis at 8/1 then Tennessee and Texas at 9/1. The Tar Heels are No. 1 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN poll. Tennessee tops the flawed RPI.

As regular clients of GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com know, we believe the Massey Comparison Ratings, combining the strengths and weaknesses of all the top power ratings, is the top rankings from a sports handicapping standpoint.

They have UNC No. 1 followed by Memphis, UCLA, Kansas and Tennessee.

Georgetown is the best dark horse at 14/1 according to Cy McCormick of the online betting syndicate MasterLockLine.com. “They have great big men as almost every National Champion does,” says McCormick. “But they are also well tested coming from the deepest conference in the country, the Big East.”

The odds of course are posted before the major conference tournaments begin, so a sports bettor who sees a Cinderella team can make some serious money by anteing up now. Will rebuilt Florida play their way in and win a third consecutive National Champion? Billy Donovan’s Gators are 200/1 to make it three in a row.

Talk about no respect, this year’s surprise Drake is merely part of “the field” at 25/1. More teams of interest to win March Madness (in which the Final 4 is in April) include peaking Connecticut at 12/1 and Michael Beasley led Kansas State at 22/1.

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Cougar2000All-American
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North Carolina has a lot of depth, so your argument for them being a top seed carries a hell of a lot of weight. Kansas looked good against Texas A&M last Saturday, so you could plead their case as well.

The two wild cards in that bunch are Tennessee, who beat Memphis (who was ranked number one a while back). Tennessee is a better team than Memphis right now and if they were to meet again (which could happen), the results could be the same, because Memphis' main problem is at the free throw line.

The sleeper in all of this is UCLA. Kevin Love is no slouch and could easily be in the NBA. The Bruins are either lucky or good and given what I've seen the last two weeks, it looks like a little bit of both.
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