Point-Spreads.com is issuing a Final Four Picks alert for the No. 12 seed Arizona Wildcats Final Four Odds. Arizona (23-13) took care of Cinderella Cleveland State (26-11) by the score of 71-57 down in Miami to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2005. The Arizona Wildcats have made the NCAA Tournament twenty-five years in a row and will be taking on No. 1 seed Louisville (30-5) in Indianapolis on Friday for the Midwest Region Semi-Finals. Sportsbook.com has the Arizona Wildcats +9 point underdogs against the Louisville Cardinals.
“The Wildcats are the current Cinderella after eliminating former Cinderella Cleveland State Vikings,” stated Point-Spreads.com Publisher Thomas Jensen when asked to comment on the Arizona Wildcats Final Four Picks, Odds & Predictions. “If Pitino says the team has it I got to go with Louisville. The Cardinals are going to roll on through to the Elite Eight to play the winner of the Kansas vs. Michigan State match up.”
Get live point spreads and compare live odds on every 2009 NCAA Tournament Game for all of your Final Four Predictions. "We knew we could be here all along," Arizona Wildcats point guard Nic Wise. "I told my team I want to be in the national championship game. That's the way we're playing. . . . We're proving it now, and we're peaking at the right time."
"I don't think anybody signed up for what has happened," stated Arizona Wildcats forward Chase Budinger. "Making it to the Sweet 16, it feels great for us. We have the team to do it, and we're showing that we're a lot better than people thought of us."
The Final Four odds makers at Sportsbook.com have Arizona Wildcats Final Four Predictions listed at +6000 odds to win the 2009 NCAA Basketball National Championship Game. "I think he's (Chase Budinger) misunderstood," stated Arizona Wildcats interim coach Russ Pennell. "He's a very big team guy when everybody wants him to be LeBron.I don't think anybody could live up to that standard."
"We're in the Sweet 16, and I'm very proud of it," stated Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino. "Not until that point did I ever believe this team had it. I never felt it."
Arizona vs Louisville takes place on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 7:05 PM EST with the winner heading to the Elite Eight and one step closer a birth into the 2009 Final Four in Detroit, Michigan. Get your Final Four Picks and Final Four Predictions in today. The opening point spreads at Sportsbook.com show the Arizona Wildcats +9 point underdogs against the Louisville Cardinals with the total set at 138.5 points. The money line for Arizona +335 odds and the money line for Louisville -430 odds.
Sportsbook.com has posted Final Four Odds to win the 2009 National Championship:
Arizona: +6000
Connecticut: +600
Duke: +1500
Gonzaga: +1800
Kansas: +3500
Louisville: +400
Memphis: +600
Michigan State: +1800
Missouri: +4000
North Carolina: +300
Oklahoma: +1200
Pittsburgh: +700
Purdue: +2000
Syracuse: +2500
Villanova: +1500
Xavier: +5000
