NCAA Bracket Odds 2010 – West Regional: Here we will take a look at betting odds of the 16 mens D-1 basketball teams assigned to the West bracket of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Bracket Odds 2010 – West Regional first round will be played out Thursday and Friday, March 18-19 at various sub-regional locations.
Big East regular season champs Syracuse (28-4), drew the top-seed in the Western Regional Bracket and will play American East Conference tournament champions Vermont Catamounts (25-9) in first round at HSBC Arena in Buffalo N.Y. on Friday. Bodog.com oddsmakers, expecting the Orangemen will have little problem with the Catamounts, are listing them as 17 1/2-chalk favorites for this game . The Syracuse/Vermont winner will advance to play the winner of the 8/9 matchup of the Gonzaga Bulldogs (WCC) and Florida State Seminoles (ACC). Bodog.com has installed the Seminoles as slight 1 1/2-point favorites for this game.
The Kansas State Wildcats (Big 12) drew the second seed in the West and will play the 15-seed Mean Green of North Texas (Sun Belt), Thursday at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. Oddsmakers at Bodog list Kansas State as 16-chalk favorites versus North Texas. This games winner will advance to play the winner of the 7/10 seed matchup of BYU (MWC) and Florida (SEC) on Saturday. Bodog.com lists BYU as a 5-point favorite versus the Gators.
The Pitt Panthers (Big East), seeded third in the West will play 14-seed Oakland (Summit) in their first round game on Friday at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Bodog has installed the Pitt as 10-point favorites for this game. The Pitt/Oakland winner will advance to play the winner of the 6/11 matchup between Xavier and Minnesota. Oddsmakers expect this game to be close having the Golden Gophers lined as 1-point favorites.
On Thursday, fifth-seed Butler (Horizon) will travel way out west to San Jose, Calif., to play 12-seed Texas-El Paso (C-USA) at HP Pavilion. Bodog.com oddsmakers have installed the Bulldogs as 2 1/2-point favorites versus the Miners. The winner of this game will advance to play the winner of the 4/13 seed matchup of Vanderbilt (SEC) and Murray State (OVC) on Saturday. Oddsmakers list Vandy as 3-chalk favorites versus the Racers.
Listed below is the complete Bodog.com betting board of the 16 teams and their odds to win the West Regional to be played in Salt Lake City March 27-28.
Butler 10-to-1
BYU 12-to-1
Florida 40-to-1
Florida State 15-to-1
Gonzaga 18-to-1
Kansas State 3-to-1
Minnesota 16-to-1
Murray State 75-to-1
North Texas 200-to-1
Oakland 200-to-1
Pittsburgh 8-to-1
Syracuse 7-to-4
UTEP 40-to-1
Vanderbilt 15-to-1
Vermont 200-to-1
Xavier 16-to-1
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