The selection committee agrees with the 2008 Men’s NCAA
Basketball betting
odds in the West Regional. Top seeded UCLA is the heavy favorite to go to
the Final 4 as sportsbooks have them
at 2/3.
Agreeing with the seedings, the
betting odds say Duke is next at 11/4. Where the oddsmakers disagree is that
No. 4 seed
while the higher seeded Xavier is 11/1. “We concur with the bias in favor of
major conferences,” says Stevie Vincent, Senior Handicapper at OffshoreInsiders.com. Xavier seems to be a popular Final 4 pick among media members.
The Cinderella team of the regular season is given minimal
chance to repeat that role in the Big Dance. Drake is 14/1 to make it to the
April climax to March Madness. Purdue is next 20/1.
Cy McCormick tells us of his favorite
betting value team Baylor. McCormick, head of the online betting syndicate MasterLockLine.com, says that Baylor has
been as streaky as any team in the country and is the classic example of a team
that “can get hot at the right time.”
Who will cover each individual game? The sports betting
experts at OffshoreInsiders.com are
the best source for March Madness pointspread winners.