The 2009 NCAA Final Four is ON
The final four teams in college basketball will collide this weekend.
The cliché ‘’time flies when you’re having fun’’ is an old and dusty one, but it really holds true when it comes to the 2009 March Madness bracket tournament.
It seems like it was only yesterday when it was just Selection Sunday and with a blink of an eye, the opening round, the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight are all in the rearview mirror and now, the 2009 NCAA Final Four is here.
Last year, there weren’t really any surprises as each of top four seeds; the Memphis Tigers, the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Kansas Jayhawks and the UCLA Bruins all made the Final Four.
While there are two no.1 seeds this year with the North Carolina Tar Heels (again) and the Connecticut Huskies making it, the Michigan State Spartans and the Villanova Wildcats decided to crash the party as well, shocking some college hoops fans in the process.
Of the four, SPORTSBETTING.COM has UNC as the odds-on favorite to win the NCAA championship at -125 followed by the Connecticut Huskies at +250. Michigan State is listed at +500 and Villanova at +600.
Listed as a -7.5 point favorite, North Carolina will try to prevent the Villanova Wildcats from reliving its magical 1985 run (shocked Georgetown), while UConn, favored by 4.5-points, will try to punch a ticket to the final by defeating Michigan State.
With the big match-ups come a full menu of interesting prop wagers. Checking the board at SPORTSBETTING.COM, we see several props that are attracting a lot of early attention. One of which is the option to bet on your most outstanding player.
And when it comes to the tournament’s ‘’Most Outstanding Player’’ there are a number of ways to go.
North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough is the odds-on favorite to be named the 2009 MOP at +250 and you need only take a look at the numbers to see why. With the exception of his team’s Elite Eight tilt against Oklahoma, where he was limited to only 8 points, Hansbrough has averaged 20.3 ppg during March Madness and complemented that with 2.5 steals and 7.3 boards a game.
Not to be outdone, Hansbrough’s teammate Ty Lawson has been playing despite a toe injury, even missing the team’s opener to Radford. In three games this tournament, Lawson has averaged 20.3 ppg and 6.7 assists. He’s listed at +350.
When it comes to the ‘’team to score the most points,’’ the North Carolina Tar Heels are, like many other wagers, the odds-on favorites at -200.
But at +400, the UConn Huskies could be a better option. In its four games this tournament, the Huskies have gone 3-1 on the Over/Under, outscoring opponents 103-47, 92-66, 72-60 and 82-75.
Much like the Most Outstanding Player prop, the ‘’player to score the most points in the Final Four’’ sees Lawson (+300) and Hansbrough (+200) as options.
But there are other players on the betting menu as well.
Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas is a long shot at +1500 averaging 12.8 ppg this tournament. At +250, UConn’s A.J. Price might be worth a wager as he is averaging 20 ppg in the last four games. Ditto for Villanova’s Dante Cunningham, who is listed at +500 and is averaging 17.8 points during this tournament.
The player who will be the Final Four’s top rebounder proves to be an interesting proposition as well.
Tyler Hansbrough is once again an option at +400 with his 7.3 rpg but is not the odds-on favorite as he is in other props. Villanova’s Dante Cunningham is averaging 8.3 boards and is at +400 while Michigan State’s Goran Suton, with his 11.5 rebounds per game, is listed at +250. UConn’s Hasheem Thabeet and his 11.3 rpg is the odds-on favorite at -130.
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Can the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Villanova Wildcats and play for the national title? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Villanova Wildcats +7.5
Can the Connecticut Huskies beat the Michigan State Spartans and play for the national title? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Connecticut Huskies -4.5
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