{"id":3815,"date":"2009-03-16T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/2009-west-regional-sportsbooks-have-connecticut-and-memphis-as-co-favorites\/"},"modified":"2009-03-16T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T21:05:00","slug":"2009-west-regional-sportsbooks-have-connecticut-and-memphis-as-co-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/2009-west-regional-sportsbooks-have-connecticut-and-memphis-as-co-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 West Regional: Sportsbooks Have Connecticut and Memphis as Co-Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Need help in picking your NCAA Tournament Brackets? Certainly the oddsmakers do it for a living and have posted odds to win the West Region<\/a>, not to mention a betting line for each regional. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Most experts said there were five teams battling for the four top spots and the sportsbooks<\/a> seem to agree. The one regional that had two of the consensus top five teams, the West Region has <\/span><\/font>Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> as the co-favorites to win the 2009 NCAA West Region championship. Each team is 1-1.<\/p>\n

Third seeded <\/span><\/font>Missouri<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 11-2, followed by Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at 13-2 and Purdue at 8\/1. Joe “Maverick” Clements of BetOnSports360.com<\/a> won’t be wagering on the Huskies as he predicts that No. 13 seed Miss<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> knocks them off in the first round. Mississippi<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in fact is 30-1 to go to the Final 4. <\/p>\n

Once considered a frontrunner, <\/span><\/font>Marquette<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> slides in at 15-1. “The Eagles had perhaps the nation’s best backcourt, but point guard Dominic James is out for the year,” says Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a>, saying the injury has doomed <\/span><\/font>Marquette<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s once realistic hopes to win the Big Dance. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

BYU<\/span><\/font><\/span> is 18-1, followed by dark horse California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at 24-1. “They are efficient with the ball, lead the nation in three-point shooting and have the best coach nobody talks about in Mike Montgomery,” asserts Bob Warner, betting expert of Lines-Maker.com<\/span><\/font><\/a>. Warner believes the Bears are the best long shot of the tournament. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maryland<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Maryland<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> are the only two teams less than 60-1 as each is 35-1 to wear the glass slipper.<\/p>\n

For the game college basketball odds<\/a> and free databases visit ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a> <\/span><\/font>. For winning against the spread picks, only the world class handicappers at OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/b> will do, the only big time sports handicappers. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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