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North Carolina Tar Heels Final Four Betting Preview

North Carolina Tar Heels: Final Four Breakdown

North Carolina Tar Heels have all the pressure on them as the odds on favorite to win it all. This is the third year in a row that they have been the favorite for almost the entire season. Last year this UNC team fell short of winning the Championship losing to the eventual champion in the semifinal game.  Coach Roy Williams and this experienced team have had a one track mind all year all focusing on winning the Championship in 2009.  Now the Tar Heels are only two games away from realizing all their goals.

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Villanova Wildcats Final Four Betting Preview

Villanova Final Four Preview

Villanova has had everyone tell them all year what they could not do but they have proven time after time they are worthy of this Final Four berth. The lesser known of the two Big East Final Four attendee’s, Villanova coached by Jay Wright will be ready for UNC come Saturday! You can bet that everybody will be rooting for the underdog Wildcats and it might feel like a home game by the end of the night.

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Tournament Handicapping: ACC Teams

ACC Odds Breakdown and Predictions for NCAA Tournament

The second best conference all this season in the college basketball has been the ACC. With three teams reaching #1 ranking during the year many think this conference will bring the NCAA Championship team back to the ACC. With seven teams receiving bids to enter the NCAA tournament they tie for the most teams in the tournament with both Big East and Big Ten.

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Tournament Handicapping: Big Ten Teams

March Madness is such an exciting time of year. Everybody is out looking for this year’s Cinderella team and filling in their office pool brackets. Sports Handicapper Craig Trapp is going to give his conference break down on odds to win the NCAA Championship this year. Craig goes out filling his bracket a little different than most.

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2009 Final Four Bracket Predictions

2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament’s Final Four Predictions

As I watched the brackets unfold on Selection Sunday, there were few surprises as the number 1, 2, and, 3 seeds went pretty much to the teams I expected. Some could argue that Memphis should have been a number one seed instead of Connecticut, but to me it is a mute point as the pairings placed them on a collision course in the West final either way.

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Tournament Handicapping: Big East Teams

NCAA Tournament BIG EAST Teams Can Anyone Beat Them??

Well another regular season in college basketball is thru and we are knee deep in March Madness NCAA Tournament style. This time of year is so exciting for everybody no matter how much you like college basketball. How many people fill out March Madness Brackets and put a few dollars in a company pool in hopes to winning much more.

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Selection Sunday Preview

NCAA Selection Sunday Preview

So many things have changed with the conference tournaments and many upsets have definitely created some questions for the selection committee. Which teams deserve the No. 1 seed bid or which bubble teams are heading to the NIT, everything has been shaken up with the Conference Championships thus far.

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NCAAB Tournament Trends

NCAA Tournament Seed Records and Trends

NCAA Tournament is always exciting and we all know why we call it March Madness. Everybody is always looking for the next Davidson or Kent State that can upset and make it deep into the tournament. Winning your bracket though is not about picking the big upsets instead it’s about picking the most winners overall.

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March Madness Odds – NCAAB Tournament Trends

March Madness odds: being a high seed doesn’t guarantee a great run

Still, A No. 1 seed has never lost in the first round

If you’re No. 8 seed or worse, you likely won’t be making the Final Four

64 teams, one tournament, one winner. Sounds fairly straightforward, right?