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a look at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament from the standpoint of
beating the bookmakers.

All quoted records are against the spread unless
over/under records are specified. For the latest Big Dance Vegas odds and
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basketball odds.

Radford-North style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Carolina style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>

North Carolina
is 26-6 off an straight up loss and 40-18 in class=SpellE>nonconference games. They are 0-7 against teams with a
winning record.

USC-Boston
College style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>

USC is 5-0 overall. Boston
College is 22-8 on neutral courts
and they’ve covered five straight NCAA Tournament games.

Butler-LSU

Butler is
37-15 in nonconference games. The Tigers are 5-0 off
a double digit home loss, but 1-7 on neutral courts.

Michigan-Clemson

Michigan is
3-7 their last 10 on neutral courts.

Morgan
State-Oklahoma

Morgan State
is 3-9 nonconference games. Oklahoma
is 0-5 against teams with a winning record.

Akron-Gonzaga

Gonzaga is 2-6 in the NCAA Tournament.

Western
Kentucky-Illinois

The Hilltoppers are 16-5 on
neutral courts and 40-17 their last 57 nonconference
games according to the sportsbooks. Illinois

Binghamton-Duke

The Blue Devils have dropped four straight Big Dance
games.

Minnesota-Texas

The Golden Gophers come in on a 4-11
slump. Texas is 3-7
against teams with a winning record.

Cal style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>State style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Northridge-Memphis

Memphis is
11-2 their last 13 against teams with a winning record. The Matadors are 7-2
off straight up win.

Maryland-California

California class=GramE> 1-5 overall run.

Mississippi
State-Washington

Mississippi State
is 6-0 overall. Washington is 7-0
off a loss.

Northern
Iowa-Purdue

Northern Iowa is 7-2 to the Big 10
yet 2-10 their last 12 nonconference overall. Purdue
is 0-6 to the Missouri Valley.

Texas style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> A&M-BYU

Texas A&M is 10-1 off a ATS
loss and 46-22 opponent winning percentage of .600 or greater. class=SpellE>BYU 1-6 off ATS
loss.

Chattanooga-Connecticut

Connecticut
has dropped seven straight NCAA Tournament games.

Robert style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Morris-Michigan style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> State

The Spartans are 9-0 off straight up loss.

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