{"id":1383,"date":"2008-03-17T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/march-madness-odds-2008-betting-lines-for-east-region-of-big-dance\/"},"modified":"2008-03-17T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T18:33:30","slug":"march-madness-odds-2008-betting-lines-for-east-region-of-big-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/march-madness-odds-2008-betting-lines-for-east-region-of-big-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Odds 2008, Betting Lines For East Region of Big Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do the oddsmakers agree with the 2008 NCAA Tournament
\nselection committee? <\/span>In the Eastern
\nRegional, it will surprise nobody that the top overall seed in the 2008 Big
\nDance North Carolina<\/ST1:PLACE><\/ST1:CITY><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nis a prohibitive favorite to make the Final 4 at 2\/3. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

A modest surprise to sports betting expert Cy<\/span><\/span> McCormick of MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a>
\nis how little respect second-seeded Tennessee<\/ST1:PLACE><\/ST1:STATE><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>
\nhas gotten. They are tied with the No. 3 seed Louisville<\/ST1:PLACE><\/ST1:CITY><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nat 7\/2. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cEntering the major conference tournaments, most
\nauthorities had the Vols<\/span><\/span>
\nprojected as a top seed. One upset loss in the SEC tournament has dropped their
\nvalue too much,\u201d insists McCormick. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Stevie Vincent, Senior Handicapper at OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nsomewhat disagrees saying Louisville<\/ST1:PLACE><\/ST1:CITY><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\ncould screw up a few bracket pools. \u201cIf they were healthy all year, they would
\nlikely be one of the top 5 teams in the country,\u201d says Vincent, further
\nreminding that the Cardinals are, \u201cas healthy as they\u2019ve been all year.\u201d <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Despite the long travel, Washington<\/ST1:PLACENAME><\/st1:PlaceName>
\nState<\/ST1:PLACETYPE><\/ST1:PLACE><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>
\nis still given a decent chance at 9\/1. Fifth seeded Notre Dame is arguably the
\nconsensus dark horse among the CBS and ESPN talking heads. The sportsbooks<\/a> have their doubts, making
\nthem 14\/1 to win the region. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Indiana<\/ST1:PLACE><\/ST1:STATE><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>
\nmay be an interesting long shot at 25\/1 as teams tend to isolate themselves
\nfrom distractions come tournament time. A \u201cwin one for\u201d dispatched coach Kelvin
\nSampson is a likely rallying cry for a team not lacking in talent. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The NCAA men\u2019s basketball poster child for being a
\nCinderella team is of course George Mason. They are 80\/1 to wear the glass
\nslipper straight to the Final 4 a<\/ST1:METRICCONVERTER><\/st1:metricconverter> second time. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Throughout the Big Dance, check out OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>
\nhand-picked game previews from around the Internet in sports betting
\npreviews<\/a> section at OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do the oddsmakers agree with the 2008 NCAA Tournament selection committee? In the Eastern Regional, it will surprise nobody that the top overall seed in the 2008 Big Dance North Carolina is a prohibitive favorite to make the Final 4 at 2\/3. A modest surprise to sports betting expert Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com is how … Continue reading March Madness Odds 2008, Betting Lines For East Region of Big Dance<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[214,213,212],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news","tag-2008-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-march-madness-odds","tag-ncaa-betting-lines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}