NCAA Bracket Odds 2010 -East Regional: Here we will take a look at the NCAA Bracket odds of the 16 mens D-1 basketball teams assigned to the East Regional of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The first NCAA Bracket odds 2010 round will be played out Thursday and Friday, March 18-19.
No. 2 ranked Kentucky (32-2), of the SEC, drew top seed and will play 16-seed East Tennessee State (20-14) of the Atlantic Sun Conference at New Orleans Arena Thursday (6:30 p.m. Eastern). The Wildcats, at 3-to-2 odds, are the favorite to win the East and advance to the final four. Bodog.com oddsmakers list Kentucky as 20-point favorites versus East Tennessee. Bodog lists the Buccaneers chances of advancing to the final four are slim at 200-to-1. No 16-seed team has ever defeated a No. 1 seed.
The Kentucky/ETSU winner will play the winner of the (8) Texas/(9) Wake Forest game on Saturday for the right to advance to the East Regional finals to be played at Syracuse, N.Y. Bodog lists Texas as 4 1/2-point favorites versus the Demon Deacons.
East No. 2 seed West Virginia (27-6 Big East) will play pesky 15-seed Morgan State (27-9 MEAC) at HSBC Arena in Buffalo on Friday. Bodog has installed West Virginia as 17 1/2-point favorites versus the Bears. the winner of this game will face the victor of the 7/10 matchup of Clemson (21-10 ACC) and Missouri(22-10 BIG 12) on Sunday. Clemson is a slight 1 1/2-point favorite versus Mizzou.
Four-seed Wisconsin (24-8 Big Ten) will take on the 13-seed Wofford Terriers (26-8) of the Southern Conference in first round action. The Badgers are installed by Bodog oddsmakers as 10-point favorites versus Wofford . The winner of this game will play the winner of the 5-seed/12-seed matchup of Temple (Atlantic 10) and Cornell (27-4 Ivy League). Temple is a slight 4-chalk favorite versus Cornell in this one.
New Mexico (MWC) earned an East 3-seed with a 29-4 record and will be challenged by 14-seed and Big Sky tournament champion Montana (22-9) at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif on Thursday (8:50 p.m. Eastern) The Lobo's are installed at Bodog.com as 9-chalk favorites versus the Grizzlies. The winner of this game will play the winner of the 6/11-seed matchup of Marquette and Washington. Bodog.com has Marquette listed as a slight 2-point favorite versus the Huskies.
Listed below is the complete Bodog.com betting board of the 16 teams and their odds to win the Eastern Regional to be played at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., March 28.
Clemson 20-to-1
Cornell 80-to-1
East Tenn St 200-to-1
Kentucky 3-to-2
Marquette 20-to-1
Missouri 30-to-1
Montana 200-to-1
Morgan State 200-to-1
New Mexico 15-to-1
Temple 18-to-1
Texas 18-to-1
Wake Forest 70-to-1
Washington 35-to-1
Washington 35-to-1
West Virginia 2-to-1
Wisconsin 15-to-2
Wofford 150-to-1
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