UNC kicks off 2009 March Madness
And they have the Radford Highlanders first.
Aside from the fact that North Carolina is the ONLY no.1 seeded team not coming out of the Big East, the Tar Heels are coming in the 2009 March Madness bracket tournament looking to win the national title in Tyler Hansbrough’s last hurrah. Hansbrough has been the face of UNC the last four years and it is only fitting for them to go and win the big one in Hansbrough’s senior year.
But will North Carolina be a good bandwagon to ride on to win a lot of dough until the end of the tournament? Sure, they have Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson but can these guys be enough for UNC to end up with the national title?
No.1 has been a tenuous position atop the polls all year and the North Carolina Tar Heels demonstrated this again last week, when they were dumped by the Florida State Seminoles in the ACC semi-finals. They were beat 73-70, failing to cover as 8.5-point favorites.
While the Tar Heels were hot down the stretch going 16-4 straight up in their last 20 games, they were far from profitable for their backers, as they limped to a 7-13 mark against the spread.
Bettors actually made out okay in the tilt between UNC and Florida State, as the No.1 team in the nation was only getting 54 percent of the betting action at the online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.COM (you just know I had to mention those guys right?) by tip-off. It appears many had this one handicapped right, feeling that was too many points to lay.
SPORTSBETTING.COM reported steady early action flowing in on UNC to win the South Region of the bracket this year, but bettors have been less enthusiastic so far on the Tar Heels to win it all. Perhaps the visions of them dropping that game to the Seminoles is still fresh.
They are still the favorites to cut the nets down on April 6th in Detroit, but the wagering action at the top has been evenly split between them, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Connecticut.
Is this a sign that these sports bettors are no longer confident in taking UNC? Well, if they are, then they’re making a big mistake. Sure, the Tar Heels were dumped by FSU in the ACC championship tourney, but they are still listed by sportsbooks as the odds-on favorites to make it to the 2009 NCAA Final Four from the South Region at -150 and also to win the national championship, with odds at +300.
That means, if some sports bettors are no longer that confident in UNC, these sportsbooks still are. Of course, you can’t let those guys get all the cash right?
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Can the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Radford Highlanders? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Can the Connecticut Huskies beat the Chattanooga Mocs? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.
Connecticut Huskies -20.5
Chattanooga Mocs +20.5
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