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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. Final Four MVP: Odds Have Tyler Hansbrough Taking the Honor
Oddsmakers have easily instilled Tyler Hansbrough to be named Final Four MVP in 2008. BetUS.com will pay close to $300 for every $100 bet ($275 at press time) should Hansbrough be named the MVP. He's already getting other accolades. Hansbrough, who topped the Atlantic Coast Conference in scoring and rebounding and led North Carolina to the Final Four, was selected The Associated Press college basketball player of the year Friday. The 6-foot-9 junior forward averaged 22.8 points, the highest mark by a North Carolina player since 1970, and 10.3 rebounds for the Tar Heels (36-2), who were ranked No. 1 for all but six weeks this season and were the overall top seed for the NCAA tournament. Kevin Love had the next shortest odds paying $400 for every $100 bet. He plays for UCLA. All other potential Final Four MVP's pay out $650 and up for each $100 bet.
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BetUS.com Final Four Proposition Bets: May Not be Worth the Bother for Vegas Oddsmakers
"Unless the players
are superstars,
college basketball
fans "prefer to bet
teams, not players,"
Walker told USA
Today. "People wouldn't watch these games if they couldn't bet on them," said Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com. The NCAA instead lets the individual colleges decide on the types of prop bets that can be offered at the Vegas casinos, with some schools requesting the props be taken down. Schools reacted with surprise, according to the USA Today report.
"We don't like to
have our players
mentioned in any
fashion pertaining
to gambling," said
Bob Winn, associate
athletics director
at Memphis. This number does not include the vast amount wagered over the Internet. Privately held online gambling firms operating out of such jurisdictions as Costa Rica and Antigua tend not to provide actual dollar figures, but multiplying the March 2007 number by five and factoring in an upward percentage trend for this year would certainly not be much of a stretch. For websites like BetUS.com, there's not a whole lot of proposition offerings for this weekend's Final Four matchups compared to the Super Bowl where one could literally find hundreds of prop bets. The betting menu there consists mainly of which teams will score the most points and who will be named the league MVP.
Pick the NCAA Tournament champion at betED.com
The Final Four gets going Saturday but there’s still time to pick the 2008 NCAA Tournament winner at betED.com. betED is taking wagers on which of the Final Four teams will emerge victorious from March Madness, with the North Carolina Tar Heels the favorite at +200 Moneyline odds, followed by the Memphis Tigers at +250, and the UCLA Bruins and Kansas Jayhawks at +300. UNC is topping many NCAA Basketball bettors’ lists because of its dominant play throughout the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Tar Heels destroyed their first three opponents, winning by an average of 30 points per game. After beating Mount St. Mary's in the first round, the Tar Heels embarrassed SEC tournament runner-up Arkansas 108-77 in the second round. North Carolina went on to beat the Washington State Cougars 68-47 in the Sweet Sixteen and then beat the Louisville Cardinals, the lone member of the powerful Big East to make it to the Elite Eight, 83-73. The Jayhawks skipped through the first three rounds almost as easily as the Tar Heels, winning by 24, 19 and 15 points. In the region final, they finally ended the dream season of Davidson, edging the Wildcats 59-57. Among the Final Four teams, UCLA has been the least impressive, starting with a controversial 51-49 win over the Texas A&M Aggies in the first round. Then the Bruins allowed 12th-seeded Western Kentucky to stay in the game until the final minute, when UCLA pulled away for an 88-78 victory. In the regional final, the PAC-10 champions beat Xavier, 76-57, in their biggest win of the tournament. And finally, Memphis glided through the first round but ran into trouble against Mississippi State, edging the Bulldogs 77-74. The Tigers went on to beat No. 5 Michigan State, racing to a 50-20 halftime lead and winning 92-74. Memphis then won 85-67 over the Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight. Bet the 2008 NCAA Tournament Final Four at betED.com.
NCAA Tournament Betting Odds: Bet on the Two Finalists
There is more to betting the NCAA Tournament this week than simply which teams will win each of the remaining games. One can actually bet on which two teams will be in the Final come next Monday. The favorite pairing of Memphis vs. North Carolina pays nearly $200 for every $100 bet ($180 to be exact) UCLA vs. North Carolina offered slightly better payout odds of $225 for every $100 bet. Memphis vs. Kansas would pay out $300 for every $100 bet. But the best bet of all at BetUS.com - $375 paid out for every $100 bet should UCLA meet Kansas in the final. North Carolina has been favored by -3 to win it all.
"North Carolina is a
3-point favorite
over Kansas, and
would be the
favorite over either
UCLA or Memphis,"
said Michael Seba,
senior oddsmaker
with Las Vegas
Sports Consultants.
He called the
Memphis-UCLA
semifinal "basically
a coin flip."
2008 Final Four Betting Odds: Kansas vs. North Carolina
2008 Final Four betting odds have been released for Kansas vs. North Carolina. North Carolina opened as the -3 1/2 favorite verses Kansas at Bookmaker.com, the oldest established online bookmaker catering to North American gamblers. Kansas just barely escaped against number 10 seeded Cinderella Davidson, winning by two points in the final seconds of Sunday night's exciting game.
After Kansas'
Sherron Collins
missed with 21
seconds left, the
10th-seeded Wildcats
got one last chance.
Curry was
double-teamed, could
not get off a shot
and was forced to
pass to Jason
Richards, whose
25-footer from the
top of the key
thudded off the
backboard.
The Tar Heels have been convincing in their first four wins in the tournament -- winning by at least 10 points in each, which makes them no surprise to be the favorite heading into this Final Four.
Tyler Hansbrough
essentially closed
the door on
Louisville on the
next possession. The
6-9 junior got the
ball on the left
wing with the shot
clock winding down,
then pump-faked to
get Clark up in the
air and step in for
another jumper over
Padgett. The ball
swished cleanly
through while
Hansbrough was
knocked to the
ground, pushing the
lead to 75-66 with
1:33 left. While the 2008 Final Four featuring Kansas vs. North Carolina will feature plenty of prop bets and other wagering opportunities, both Kansas and North Carolina paid around 2/1 odds in the futures market heading into the Final Four as well. See odds here. Kansas paid slightly more than $200 for every $100 bet. North Carolina paid slightly less. Odds were expected to hover around 2/1 for both teams throughout the week. This will be the first Final Four featuring all number one seeded teams. 2008 Final Four Betting Odds can be found here
2008 Final Four Betting Odds: Memphis vs. UCLA
2008 Final Four betting odds have been released for Memphis vs. UCLA. Memphis opened as the -1 favorite verses UCLA at Bookmaker.com, the oldest established online bookmaker catering to North American gamblers.
After reaching the
Final Four for the
third straight time,
UCLA coach Ben
Howland called these
Bruins "by far the
best" of the three.
Kevin Love has had
an outstanding
freshman year at
UCLA. With his
performance in the
NCAA tournament,
Love compares
favorably to some
past UCLA greats
through their first
four games in the
tournament.
Driving, dishing and
dunking, going above
the rim for rebounds
and flying around to
block shots, Derrick
Rose led Memphis
past Texas 85-67
Sunday for its first
trip to the Final
Four since 1985. John Calipari returns to the Final Four with a new team after a 12-year absence. While the 2008 Final Four featuring Memphis vs. UCLA will feature plenty of prop bets and other wagering opportunities, both Memphis and UCLA offered excellent value in the futures market heading into the Final Four as well. The two teams were listed with 3.5/1 odds of winning the Championship. The payout would be around $350 for every $100 bet. This will be the first Final Four featuring all number one seeded teams. 2008 Final Four Betting Odds can be found here
Davidson NCAA Final Four Win: The Ultimate Economic Stimulus Package
Alumni of Davidson College were likely to have placed bets on their team to go all the way and win the 2008 NCAA Basketball Final Four Tournament. Even at a dollar, such a victory would pay out $200! Yes, the dollar can still go far in today's struggling economy. At 200-1 odds early on, a $100 bet on Davidson to get to the Final Four and win the NCAA Championship in 2008 would potentially pay out $20,000. The team gets one step closer Sunday night, though they will have to face a very tough number one-seeded Kansas Jayhawks squad.
The Wildcats are on
a ride few outside
of Davidson
expected.
When the Davidson
fans assemble again
at Ford Field on
Sunday to see their
10th-seeded Wildcats
play top-seeded
Kansas in the final
of the Midwest
Region, they hope to
see history of a
modern kind made by
a college with 1,700
students. The odds are against Davidson making it to the Final Four, however. Kansas has reached the Final Four 12 times and has won two national championships. Davidson, near Charlotte, N.C., is from the Southern Conference, a midmajor circuit. The Wildcats have never been in the Final Four. Davidson lost its only two previous regional finals, in 1968 and 1969. Still, the odds have been against Davidson since Day One. Five buses were being chartered full of Davidson fans, assuring they have a vocal presence Sunday evening. This one tips off at 5:05 pm EST and should be widely viewed. BetOnline is offering betting on all the remaining NCAA Tournament games. - Be sure to claim your cash signup bonus (contingent upon deposit) by mentioning bonus code: Gambling911
Four Number One Seeds in the Final Four?
All four number one seeds remained alive heading into Sunday with both Kansas and Memphis set to still play against two tough opponents. Both teams are looking to make history as there has never been a year where all four number one-seeded teams have made the Final Four. The final has featured two number one seeds only 5 times and the final four has had zero one-seeded teams twice in 1980 and 2006. We now know that this year's Final Four has at least two number one-seeded teams: UCLA and North Carolina. After reaching the Final Four for the third straight time, UCLA coach Ben Howland called these Bruins "by far the best" of the three. "Obviously, it's unbelievable," Howland said after taking the last few snips of the net. "That's really a credit to how good the players are and how well we performed under pressure the last three years."
The North Carolina Tar Heels did not exactly cruise to a victory against Louisville on Saturday even though they still managed to pull off a 10 point win.
Battling in a
physical contest
inside, Tyler
Hansbrough finished
12-for-17 from the
floor in 38 minutes
and was named
regional MVP. That
included a pair of
clutch jumpers over
the outstretched
arms of 6-11 center
David Padgett as the
Tar Heels
desperately tried to
hold their tenuous
second-half lead in
the final minutes. The Tar Heels (36-2) advanced to play the Kansas-Davidson winner next Saturday at San Antonio, setting up a potential matchup between Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams and the Jayhawks program he left behind when he returned to his alma mater in 2003. Not so fast. Davidson has been the talk of the Big Dance thus far. Davidson, a 10th seed, bucked its underdog status for the third straight NCAA tournament game, defeating third-seeded Wisconsin to earn a trip to the final eight Sunday against No. 1-seeded Kansas. Davidson had massive 200-1 odds early on, potentially paying $20,000 for every $100 bet. And let's not take anything away from Texas. The Longhorns initially would have paid out 15 to 1 odds as the number two seed. Both teams are evenly matched up heading into Sunday afternoon's game. BetOnline is offering betting on all the remaining NCAA Tournament games. - Be sure to claim your cash signup bonus (contingent upon deposit) by mentioning bonus code: Gambling911
Louisville Cardinals vs. North Carolina Tar Heels: Most Bettors on Louisville
Louisville coach
Rick Pitino laughed
Friday when he was
told that North
Carolina coach Roy
Williams said he
doesn't believe the
Tar Heels have a big
advantage in today's
regional final
merely because
they're playing
about two hours from
campus. Terrence Williams and the Cardinals entered the Tournament with a 24-8 record and some sore feelings about losing to Pittsburgh for the third consecutive year in the Big East tournament. Louisville's Rick Pitino is the only men's coach to bring three different schools to the Final Four. They were the number three seed. North Carolina had been the early favorite to win the Tournament outright.
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.
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Posted
April 4 2008 12:52 pm by Don Shapiro
Posted
April 4 2008 12:52 pm
by Christopher
Costigan
Things were
different on
Saturday where North
Carolina easily put
away number three
seeded Louisville.
Love was picked as
the most outstanding
player of the West
Regional.
It's the Bruins'
longest string of
Final Four
appearances since
they closed the John
Wooden era with nine
straight trips and
added a 10th
consecutive trip in
1976 under his
successor, Gene
Bartow.
The Louisville
Cardinals vs. North
Carolina Tar Heels
is an interesting
one in that gamblers
believe Louisville
can at least cover
the +5 1/2 line.
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.