2010 NCAA Tournament Championship Odds to Win
BetUS.com has released its 2010 NCAA Tournament Championship odds to win with Kansas the obvious favorite at 7/4 odds. Another number one-seeded team, Duke, would pay out $700 for every $100 bet or $70 for every $10 bet.
"Any team not a number one seed will pay double digit odds should they win the 2010 NCAA Tournament Championship," explains Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com.
Ohio State, for example, would pay out $120 for every $10 bet.
Some important trends to keep in mind when reviewing top seeded teams:
Since the NCAA started seeding teams (1979), only once have all #1 seeds made it to the Final Four (National Semifinals):
▪ 2008 Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA, Memphis (Memphis' season was later vacated by the NCAA due to use of an ineligible player)
The championship game has matched two #1 seeds only six times:
▪ 1982 North Carolina defeated Georgetown
▪ 1993 North Carolina defeated Michigan
▪ 1999 Connecticut defeated Duke
▪ 2005 North Carolina defeated Illinois
▪ 2007 Florida defeated Ohio State
▪ 2008 Kansas defeated Memphis
At least one #1 seed has made the Final Four in every year except:
▪ 1980 -- Louisville - #2, Iowa - #5, Purdue - #6, UCLA - #8
▪ 2006 -- UCLA - #2, Florida - #3, LSU - #4, George Mason - #11
The only team to beat three #1 seeds in a single tournament was #4 seed Arizona in 1997. Due to tournament structure, it's impossible to play a team from each one of the regions in a single tournament, thus it is impossible to play all four #1 seeds in a single tournament.
▪ 2009 marked the first time in tournament history that all 12 of the 1, 2, and 3 seeds made it to the Sweet 16.
Kansas 7/4
Kentucky 7/2
Syracuse 7/1
Duke 7/1
Ohio State 12/1
West Virginia 10/1
Kansas State 20/1
Villanova 18/1
Georgetown 20/1
New Mexico 35/1
Pittsburgh 50/1
Baylor 30/1
Maryland 30/1
Wisconsin 40/1
Vanderbilt 80/1
Purdue 60/1
Michigan State 25/1
Temple 60/1
Butler 75/1
Texas A&M 100/1
Tennessee 50/1
Marquette 80/1
Xavier 80/1
Notre Dame 80/1
Oklahoma State 100/1
Clemson 150/1
BYU 100/1
Richmond 300/1
UNLV 250/1
Texas 100/1
Gonzaga 100/1
California 100/1
Northern Iowa 250/1
Wake Forest 150/1
Florida State 200/1
Louisville 80/1
Georgia Tech 100/1
Missouri 100/1
Florida 125/1
St Marys CA 300/1
San Diego State 250/1
Washington 150/1
Minnesota 200/1
Old Dominion 300/1
New Mexico State 300/1
Cornell 300/1
UTEP 200/1
Utah State 350/1
Houston 250/1
Wofford 1000/1
Murray State 350/1
Siena 300/1
Ohio 250/1
Montana 1000/1
Oakland 500/1
Sam Houston 500/1
UC Santa Barbara 750/1
Morgan State 1000/1
North Texas 750/1
Robert Morris 1000/1
Lehigh 1000/1
Eastern Tennessee State 1000/1
Vermont 750/1
Arkansas Pine Bluff 1000/1
Winthrop 1000/1
