Odds to Win the 2009 NCAA Championship (Revised)

The odds to win the 2009 NCAA Championship have been revised heading into Saturday's games.  These latest odds were available as of March 20, 2009 at Super Book  You will need to lock these odds in immediately to take advantage of the below prices as they will most certainly change after the weekend and will not be available during game time.   Updated odds to win the 2009 NCAA Championship will be available Sunday morning.

Among the big surprises on Friday was Marquette's near loss to Utah State.  They just narrowly avoided a calamity with a 58-57 victory. The Golden Eagles blew a 14-point lead, then overcame a 49-43 deficit.

East Tennessee State game number one seed Pittsburgh a run for its money. 

Playing as a No. 1 seed for the first time but hardly looking the part, Pitt overcame a sloppy performance and a frightful 40 minutes from No. 16 seed East Tennessee State to advance with a 72-62 win on Friday in the East Regional.

ETSU, a small college tucked in the rolling hills of northeast Tennessee, nearly pulled off the shocker of shockers.

A No. 16 has never beaten a No. 1.

"We had them," said senior guard Kevin Tiggs. "We just couldn't get over the hump."

Pittsburgh, trying to shake its reputation as an underachiever this time of year, will play eighth-seeded Oklahoma State, a 75-77 winner over ninth-seeded Tennessee, in Sunday's second round.

Pittsburgh won but failed to cover.

One of the biggest shocker came when number 11-seeded Dayton beat number 6-seeded West Virginia.

"That one was bound to throw off a lot of brackets," commented Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com.  With the win, Dayton got its first tournament victory in 19 years.

Number 12-seeded Arizona did beat number 5-seeded Utah as widely expected.

Number 10-seeded USC beat number 7-seeded Boston College as many had predicted.

Sienna, a number 9 seed, stunned number 8-seeded Ohio State.

Number 12-seeded Wisconsin upset number 5-seeded Florida State in an overtime victory.

But the biggest shocker of the tournament thus far had to be Cleveland State's statement victory over Wake Forest.  Cleveland State was a number 13 seed playing Wake Forest, a number 4 seed.

Some interesting notes:

•  The Vikings stunned the Demon Deacons behind a team-high 22 points from Norris Cole, the third-highest total of his career. 

 In their only prior tourney appearance in 1986, Cleveland State shocked third-seeded Indiana in the first round and advanced to the Sweet 16, one of two teams seeded 14 or lower in NCAA history to do so. 

 The 15-point win is tied for the third-largest margin of victory by a 13th seed over a fourth seed in tournament history. 

 Wake Forest lost in the first round for the first time in their last five tournament appearances (lost to Butler in 2001).

Below are Odds to Win the 2009 NCAA Championship courtesy of Super Book

Note:  If a team is listed with +500 odds, that team would pay out $500 for every $100 bet.  If a team is listed with +5000 odds, the payout would be $5000 on a $100 bet and so on. 

Arizona +6000

Arizona State +4000

Cleveland State +20000

Connecticut +800

Dayton +20000

Duke +1500

Gonzaga +2000

Kansas +3000

LSU +10000

Louisville +400

Marquette +7500

Maryland +7500

Memphis +700

Michigan +10000

Michigan State +1500

Missouri +3000

North Carolina +350

Oklahoma +1500

Oklahoma State +10000

Pittsburgh +500

Purdue +4000

Siena +2000

Texas +7500

Texas A&M +10000

UCLA +3500

USC +7500

Villanova +2000

Washington +3500

Western Kentucky +20000

Wisconsin +10000

Xavier +5000

Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher