Point-Spreads.com is issuing a betting odds alert on the most updated 2009 NCAA Basketball National Championship Odds posted by Sportsbook.com. As we head into the remaining second round games today, the oddsmakers still show the North Carolina Tar Heels +300 odds as the favorites to win the 2009 Basketball National Championship Game.
"Of course it has to help," stated North Carolina head coach Roy Williams about playing so close to home for the Regional match ups in the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament. "Every one of those teams was really good. Most of those North Carolina teams were going to win wherever. I've never seen a building beat me yet. Never seen a crowd win a game for me yet. It's got to be the players playing the game."
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The Tar Heels beat 8th seed LSU 84-70 on Saturday to advanced to play Gonzaga on Friday March 27th in Memphis in the Sweet Sixteen. The North Carolina Tar Heels are making their 23rd trip to the NCAA regional semifinals. Sportsbook.com has the 4th seed Gonzaga Bulldogs listed at +1800 odds to win the 2009 NCAA Basketball National Championship after beating Western Kentucky 83-81 Saturday in Portland in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
“It was the first time coach has ever called me a ‘tough player,' or anything like that,” stated the injured North Carolina Tar Heels point guard Ty Lawson after the LSU win. “I wanted to show everybody that I am a tough player, that I can play through an injury – and that satisfied me, knowing I could show everybody that.”
Sportsbook.com has posted NCAA Basketball Tournament Betting Odds to win the 2009 National Championship:
Arizona: +6000
Arizona State: +4000
Cleveland State: +20000
Connecticut: +600
Dayton: +20000
Duke: +1500
Gonzaga: +1800
Kansas: +3500
Louisville: +400
Marquette: +10000
Memphis: +600
Michigan State: +1800
Missouri: +4000
North Carolina: +300
Oklahoma: +1200
Oklahoma State: +10000
Pittsburgh: +700
Purdue: +2000
Siena: +20000
Syracuse: +2500
USC: +7500
Villanova: +1500
Wisconsin: +10000
Xavier: +5000
