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2008 March Madness Betting Odds Find all the latest 2008 March Madness betting odds news in this pivotal blog that will cover the 2008 March Madness season including the Sweet 16 teams and their odds to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Davidson Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Could Pay $20,000
Friday night, they dismanteld the Wisconsin Badgers. It was unclear at press time how many bets were placed on Davidson to win the 2008 Men's Basketball Tournament Championship, however, it can easily be assumed that students and alumni of that school had placed early bets when the odds were as long as 200 to 1 for a payout potential of $20,000 for every $100 bet. Stephen Curry is the big star of Davidson. Curry, the son of former NBA 3-point specialist Dell Curry, wanted to play for his father's alma mater, Virginia Tech. But the big schools shied away from the baby-faced Curry, who has grown four inches to 6-foot-3 since signing with Davidson, and now has put the Wildcats into the second round of the Midwest Regional against the Georgetown-Maryland-Baltimore County winner.
Alex Lazaridis, a
19-year-old Davidson
sophomore, was one
of the hundreds of
students who took
advantage of the
North Carolina
college's offer of
free transportation,
lodging and a ticket
to see the men's
basketball team
continue its run in
the NCAA tournament
at Ford Field in
Detroit.
Two days earlier,
Davidson's trustees
made the pledge to
offer any student
bus transportation,
two nights lodging
and a ticket to see
Davidson play
Wisconsin in
Detroit, 650 miles
to the north.
NCAA Men's Basketball: Live In-Play Betting Now Offered Through Rest of Tournament
Sportingbet.com is now offering NCAA Men's Basketball betting fans In-Play Live wagering for the remainder of March Madness. Starting with the two Elite Eight games on Saturday, Sportingbet.com will have In-Game betting for all NCAA Tournament matchups, including the Final Four next weekend and the 2008 Men’s Championship game April 7. Sportingbet.com also has a full slate of In-Play Live betting games outside of the 2008 NCAA tournament, including four Major League Baseball games on opening day on Monday, and an NBA game each day through April 7. The Elite Eight round kicks off Saturday with the No. 3 Xavier Musketeers taking on the West Region's top seeded UCLA Bruins, followed by the No. 3 Louisville Cardinals battling East No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels. UCLA is a 6-point favorite at Sportingbet.com while North Carolina is favored by 5½ over Louisville. Xavier Musketeers beat the West Virginia Mountaineers 79-75 in OT in the Sweet Sixteen round on Thursday. Xavier won as a 1½-point underdog, and the score went well over the total of 137. Meanwhile, the Pac-10 champion Bruins built up a 21-point lead at halftime on Thursday and managed to hold off a late surge to beat the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 88-78 in the NCAA West Regional semifinal. UCLA failed to cover the 11½-point spread and the score went over the total of 135. Louisville had five players reach double figures in Thursday's 79-60 win over Tennessee in East Region Sweet Sixteen action. Louisville covered the 3-point spread and the score went under the total of 145. North Carolina dominated from start to finish in defeating the Washington State Cougars 68-47 on Thursday night in the NCAA East Regional semifinals. North Carolina covered the 9-point spread, while the score was under the total of 141. Take advantage of this live NCAA Men's Basketball betting platform here *Sorry: US Customers Prohibited at this time
Louisville Wins Big Over Tennessee
Louisville's
suffocating defense
has Rick Pitino a
step away from a
sixth trip to the
Final Four. Center David Padgett’s quick return from a knee injury has been a dream for the Louisville Cardinals.
“I just walked out
of his room and
cried in the hallway
because I new
without him …
there’s new
technology where you
can drive some cars
without a key, but
that’s the key to
everything on our
team,” said forward
Terrence Williams
when he found out
about Padgett’s
injury.
Villanova Wildcats Bet Could Pay Hundreds of Dollars
Sportsbook.com was offering a 100 percent bonus on a Gambling911.com reader's first bet....That's right, bet on the Villanova Wildcats or any other Sweet 16 team for that matter and you are eligible for a 100 percent bonus on your first winning wager. Learn more here Heading into the Sweet 16 we were looking at the Villanova Wildcats.
One of only a
handful of teams to
be playing in their
third Sweet 16 in
the last four years,
Sportsbook.com
currently has the
Villanova Wildcats
as 11 ½ point
underdogs Friday
evening and 100-1 to
cut down the nets on
April 7th.
Davidson vs. Wisconsin Betting Odds; Villanova vs. Kansas Betting Odds
Wisconsin betting odds have the Badgers favored by -4 1/2 points heading into their game against the Davidson Wildcats while Kansas was a huge -11 1/2 point favorite against Villanova. Betting odds on all the Sweet 16 games are now available at BetOnline.com here The “Sweet 16” tips off for the Midwest Region on Friday, and Detroit will be the host city for a region featuring a pair of lower-seeded teams looking for more upsets. Davidson will try to continue their Cinderella run with a win over Wisconsin., while Villanova will take aim at top-ranked Kansas. No.10 Davidson at No.3 Wisconsin – 7:10 PM ET The Wildcats could be the hottest team left in the tournament in terms of momentum, as they have now won an amazing 24 games in a row after gutsy wins over Gonzaga and Georgetown in the first two rounds. If you did not know about Stephen Curry after his fantastic freshman debut last season, you would be living under a rock if you did not know now. Curry has put up 70 points in the first two games, and 55 of those points have come in the second half when the Wildcats need him most. The Badgers have been their efficient selves over the first two rounds, disposing of Cal State-Fullerton before dropping Michael Beasley and Kansas State. The Badgers stuck to their gameplan of letting Beasley get his points, while shutting the rest of the team down, and Wisconsin executed their plan perfectly. Wisconsin was the -4 1/2 betting odds favorite in this contest, and they could utilize a similar style of play on Davidson and their star player, Curry. Look for the Badgers to use their size and discipline to stop the Wildcats. No.12 Villanova at No.1 Kansas – 9:40 PM ET These Wildcats took down Clemson in the first round, before riding the hot hand of Scottie Reynolds to a victory over Siena. Reynolds has shown glimpses of being a gamebreaker in his first two years on campus, but the Villanova guard has averaged 23 points over the first two games of the tournament. The Jayhawks have beaten Portland State and UNLV by an average margin of 21.5 points, and they did it the same way they have all year: with an emphasis on depth and defense. Top to bottom, the Jayhawks may be the most talented team in the nation, with Brandon Rush and Mario Chalmers the best of the bunch. These two have met twice in the past, with the home team winning on each occasion. Betting odds on Kansas were set at -11 1/2 in this clash, and as well as Villanova has played thus far, they are going to have to play the perfect game to get past the Jayhawks, who are building up steam heading into the Elite Eight.
CBS Sportsline Numbers Way Up For March Madness: CBS Ratings Down
The TV ratings may
be down for the NCAA
Tournament on CBS,
but the online
numbers already have
surpassed their
online numbers for
all of 2007. Source: AOL Fan House North Carolina Tar Heels Odds to Win 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (Updated)
North Carolina still pays well if you were to bet them to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament now. In fact, they would pay out close to $300 for every $100 bet ($275 to be precise). Player of the year candidate Tyler Hansbrough led the 32-2 North Carolina Tar Heels to the ACC regular season and tournament titles. They entered the Big Dance with odds of 9 to 2 to win the Tournament. Thus far, the Tar Heels have been among the most dependable teams in the Tournament.
North Carolina made
everything look easy
in its first two
NCAA tournament
games, from running
out to big early
leads to cracking
the 100-point mark
with plenty of time
left on the clock. Several say North Carolina is peaking at the right time. It may be hard to argue after the Tar Heels scored at least 100 points in each of their first two tourney games for a total of 221 points, good for third all-time in the first two games.
By contrast, Washington State would pay out $4500 for every $100 bet if they were to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Here were all your
2008 NCAA Men's
Championship Odds --- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com Originally published March 24, 2008 6:28 pm EST
Sweet 16 Betting odds are now available at betED.com. In addition to the Sweet 16 betting odds you can also find the latest updated 2008 NCAA Men's Championship odds. North Carolina pays close to $300 for every $100 bet. And how about those big upsets, perhaps the most remarkable of which was Davidson, which knocked off the heavily favored Georgetown. Davidson would pay out $6000 for every $100 bet. As Anna K. Clemmons of ESPN writes, Davidson has now become a household name....at least among College Basketball fanatics.
For most of my
post-collegiate
life, whenever
someone asks me
where I went to
college, I answer in
two parts. "Davidson
College … it's
outside of Charlotte
in North Carolina."
Why the geographical
tag? Because few
people outside the
Tar Heel state have
heard of the small,
liberal arts college
30 minutes from the
Queen City.
Remember, you can
bet on either the
individual games or
the team futures to
win it all here
2008 NCAA Men's
Championship Odds ---- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com Originally published March 24, 2008 5:51 pm EST
Davidson Wildcats Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half and little Davidson upset mighty Georgetown 74-70 on Sunday. Curry, the son of former NBA 3-point specialist Dell Curry, wanted to play for his father's alma mater, Virginia Tech. But the big schools shied away from the baby-faced Curry, who has grown four inches to 6-foot-3 since signing with Davidson, and now has put the Wildcats into the second round of the Midwest Regional against the Georgetown-Maryland-Baltimore County winner. "This is what March Madness is all about!" hollered Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com, understanding of course that Davidson has broken many a bracket thus far. Georgetown was a number two seed. Davidson was a number 10 seed. The Georgetown Hoyas would have paid $1200 for every $100 bet if they were to win the 2008 NCAA College Basketball Tournament. Instead, Davidson has a shot at paying $20,000 for every $100 bet. There weren't many cupcakes on Davidson's non-Southern Conference schedule, which featured No. 1 seeds North Carolina and UCLA and No. 2 seed Duke. The Wildcats (27-6) didn't beat any of them, losing by an average of seven points. But coach Bob McKillop's team gained a measure of confidence simply by hanging tough. Hence, the reason they didn't fear going into this matchup against Georgetown. "I'd be foolish not to allude to the fact that our guys have played against [UCLA's] Kevin Love and [North Carolina's] Tyler Hansbrough. ... not that we did anything extraordinary against them, but we hung in there," McKillop said. "We came out on a losing end, but we learned some valuable lessons."
Michigan State Spartans Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Michigan State Spartans odds to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament had been set early at +4000 for a $4000 potential payout on a $100 bet. The team has inched closer to that goal, securing a spot in the Sweet 16 and beating a heavily bet on Pittsburgh Panthers team.
When the game was on
the line, Drew
Neitzel and Kalin
Lucas were Exhibits
1 and 1A.
"I just wanted to be
aggressive," Neitzel
said. "That's what
this team needs from
me. Coach has been
preaching that."
Pitt shot 2 for 17
from three-point
range and 32 percent
overall, and got the
number that high
only because it
warmed up toward the
end. Sam Young
finished with 15
points and four
blocked shots for
the Panthers. DeJuan
Blair had 10 points
and four blocks, as
well. Pittsburgh on Saturday was the most bet on team, making for a big win with the online bookmakers.
Xavier, Washington State Odds to Win NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Xavier was listed with +5000 odds to win the 2008 NCAA College Basketball Tournament. At 40 to 1 odds of winning the 2008 NCAA College Basketball Tournament, Washington State would pay out $4000 for every $100 bet. Both teams won their respective games on Saturday, providing them a ticket to the Sweet 16.
The group that
revived Washington
State's moribund
basketball program
will get one last
ride in the NCAA
tournament and set
yet another
milestone.
Derrick Low scored
18 points and Kyle
Weaver added 15 as
the Cougars won a
clash of styles,
beating Notre Dame
61-41 in the second
round of the East
Regional on Saturday
night.
Robbie Cowgill added
12 points for the
fourth-seeded
Cougars (26-8), who
are headed for
Charlotte and a
regional semifinal
game with either
North Carolina or
Arkansas. Xavier, meanwhile, won its battle against the number 6-seeded Purdue. Xavier was a number three seed coming into the Tournament.
C.J. Anderson and
Drew Lavender each
scored 18 points,
Josh Duncan had 16,
Stanley Burrell
added 11 and two
other Musketeers
scored eight apiece
Saturday in an 85-78
victory that carried
Xavier into the
semifinals of the
West Regional.
West Virginia Mountaineers Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
At +1600 odds to win the 2008 NCAA College Basketball tournament, the Wisconsin Badgers would pay $1600 for every $100 bet if they were to win the title. Over the weekend they moved much closer to that goal, heading into the Sweet 16. Brian Butch (shown here in March 2006) led the 29-4 Badgers to the Big Ten regular season and conference tournament titles. Wisconsin lost to UNLV as a two-seed in the second round of last year's tournament. Wisconsin beat Kansas State on Saturday by a score of 72-55.
Wisconsin's 12th win
in a row and 25th in
27 games broke the
school record for
victories in a
season. The Badgers
head to the regional
semifinals in
Detroit against
Georgetown or
Davidson as just
about the hottest
thing going in
college basketball. UW was out-rebounded by the Wildcats (36-26), and was out-scored in the paint (40-26), but continually hit shots and stopped the little runs that Kansas State put together in the second half to win its 31st game and move onto the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth time in program history. You can bet on the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Here
West Virginia Mountaineers Odds to Win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
West Virginia's odds of winning the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were set at +12500 for a $12,500 payout on every $100 bet. After beating Duke, they were on their way to the Sweet 16.
Joe Alexander had 22
points and 11
rebounds, and No.
7-seeded West
Virginia reached the
NCAA tournament's
round of 16 in
Huggins' first
season at his alma
mater by beating
second-seeded Duke
73-67 in the West
Regional on
Saturday. Coach Bob Huggins is no stranger to the Sweet 16, but after Saturday's 73-67 upset of Duke, he'll be going there for the first time with West Virginia. Huggins went 3-1 in Sweet 16 games as the coach of Cincinnati.
Huggins was fired
from Cincinnati -- a
school he led to the
1992 Final Four --
after a drunken
driving arrest, then
sat out a season
before surfacing at
Kansas State in
2007. He took that
team to the NIT,
losing in the second
round. Gambling911.com will be presenting odds on each of the Sweet 16 teams as they become official throughout the week. The odds noted above were those heading into the tournament. Where available, updated odds will be presented. All odds courtesy of BetUS.com
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Posted
Mar 28 2008 9:07
pm by Don Shapiro
The Davidson
Wildcats odds to win
the 2008 NCAA Men's
Division I
Basketball
Tournament could
result in a massive
payout for a few
lucky folks.
Posted
Mar 28 2008 6:27 pm
by Jodi Klein
Posted
Mar 28 2008 12:44 am
by Carrie Stroup
