{"id":3625,"date":"2009-02-28T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/2009-ncaa-tournament-odds-and-march-madness-predictions\/"},"modified":"2009-02-28T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T23:30:00","slug":"2009-ncaa-tournament-odds-and-march-madness-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/2009-ncaa-tournament-odds-and-march-madness-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 NCAA Tournament Odds and March Madness Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest March Madness betting odds has <\/span><\/font>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> still the favorites to win<\/a> the 2009 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. As overwhelming of a preseason favorite as seen in years, the Tar Heels are currently 5-2 to win the Big Dance.<\/p>\n

Connecticut<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is next at 7-2. Two Big 12 teams have essentially switched spots from the preseason rankings. Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, considered in the preseason as the third most likely team to capture the Final Four championship is now 50-1, while Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has skyrocketed to 12-1. <\/p>\n

As far as expert March Madness predictions are concerned, most handicapping experts seem to agree the race is wide open. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

“The Sooners have the best player in the country Blake Griffin and the top freshman in Willie Warren,” says Joe Bartelle<\/span> of BetOnSports360.com<\/a>, in predicting <\/span><\/font>Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> will emerge as champions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Few teams have plummeted as far as <\/span><\/font>Georgetown<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, now at 100-1. Despite previous postseason early exits, Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is the choice of Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a>. “<\/span><\/font>Sam Young, Levance<\/span> Fields, and DeJuan<\/span> Blair make the Panthers the team with the most true star go-to players,” insists Gould. <\/p>\n

Other strong contenders including <\/span><\/font>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at 10-1, Duke at 15-1, and once top-ranked Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at 15-1. Gonzaga at 40-1 and Butler<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at 60-1 is the mid-major most likely to wear the glass slipper. <\/p>\n

Mike Godsey of GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> projects the four top sees to be <\/span><\/font>North Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/p>\n

Godsey says the best dark horses are the teams that will be the final Big East and ACC entrants. Villanova at 50-1 or even <\/span><\/font>Florida<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at 150-1 could certainly bust some March Madness bracket picks. <\/p>\n

Get the updated live odds rundown for March Madness 2009.<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest March Madness betting odds has North Carolina still the favorites to win the 2009 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament. As overwhelming of a preseason favorite as seen in years, the Tar Heels are currently 5-2 to win the Big Dance. Connecticut is next at 7-2. Two Big 12 teams have essentially switched spots from … Continue reading 2009 NCAA Tournament Odds and March Madness Predictions<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}