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2009 NCAA Bracket Predictions - West Region |
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Written by Steve Hastings
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
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 As more and more people begin searching for information to make intelligent 2009 NCAA Bracket Predictions, Point-Spreads.com continues to offer readers across the globe strong insight and analysis on the West Region as the road to the Final Four heats up. Online sportsbook BodogLife.com have the No. 1 seed Connecticut Huskies as EVEN money odds to win the 2009 NCAA Bracket for the West Region.
“I think this team’s body of work is great, but they also have some grit to them,” stated Connecticut Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun said. “That might have helped us in a strange sort of way, even though I said before how bitter it was. And it was bitter. ... But never have I been involved with a greater test of what an athlete has inside. So as we leave for Philadelphia (today), I know I’m taking a pretty gritty bunch of guys.”
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Should the Connecticut Huskies be among your top 2009 NCAA Bracket Predictions? If they did not have Memphis in their bracket, I would say yes. However, they have the Memphis Tigers in their bracket and the bookmakers agree with me. The oddsmakers at BodogLife.com have the Memphis Tigers as EVEN money odds to win the West Region.
“If you looked at what the committee did a year ago, four No. 1s, all four in the final games, and there were very few lower teams beating upper teams,” stated Memphis Tigers head coach John Calipari. “I am going to trust their judgment. If they think we’re a 2 seed, we’ll try to prove them wrong.”
Point-Spreads.com expects Connecticut and Memphis to collide in the Elite Eight and we give the slight edge in this match up to Memphis to make it through to the 2009 Final Four.
Other teams to keep your eye as potential 2009 NCAA Bracket Predictions that could play spoiler include the Missouri Tigers 11 to 2 odds to win the West and the Purdue Boilermakers 8 to 1 odds to win the West Region.
Since 1997, Point-Spreads.com has been a leader that other online sports handicapper website emulate. Stick with the source for all your 2009 NCAA Bracket Predictions needs.
BodogLife.com has posted betting odds to win the 2009 NCAA Bracket for the West Region:
BYU: 18/1
California: 24/1
Connecticut: 1/1
Cornell: 250/1
CSU Northridge: 250/1
Marquette: 15/1
Maryland: 35/1
Memphis: 1/1
Mississippi State: 30/1
Missouri: 11/2
Northern Iowa: 60/1
Purdue: 8/1
Tennessee Chatanooga: 350/1
Texas A&M: 35/1
Utah State: 75/1
Washington: 13/2
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 March 2009 )
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