Point-Spreads.com is using a Final Four Picks alert for the No. 3 seed Kansas Jayhawks Final Four Odds. The Jayhawks (27-7) beat No. 11 seed Dayton by the score of 60-43 in Minneapolis to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Kansas will be taking on No. 2 seed Michigan State Spartans (28-6) on Thursday in Indianapolis for the Midwest Region Semi-Finals. Sportsbook.com has the Kansas Jayhawks +1.5 point underdogs against the Michigan State Spartans.
“Any time you can win a league, it’s a good season,” stated Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self before learning he had been voted the Henry Iba College Basketball Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. “You can’t have a great season unless you do well in the NCAA Tournament. We’ve had a great season now. Now, we’ve got to try to make the season special…I think we’ve got the potential. And we’ve just got to put all the things together and play good. I think we can make a run in the tournament. We started one already.”
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“Michigan State will send Kansas back to the farm after their Sweet Sixteen match up on Friday,” stated Point-Spreads.com Publisher Thomas Jensen when asked about the Kansas Jayhawks Final Four Odds, Picks & Predictions. “Self is a great coach but the Spartans will edge the Jayhawks out to move on to the the Midwest Region Finals.”
The Final Four odds makers at Sportsbook.com have Michigan State Spartans Final Four Predictions listed at +1800 odds to win the 2009 NCAA Basketball National Championship Game.
“They’re going to have to send me out of this tournament kicking and screaming,” stated Michigan State Spartan Travis Walton. “I think you saw a team that stepped up and made a commitment not to lose this game. That meant doing whatever needed to be done to win.”
The Louisville Cardinals was one of my Final Four Picks in my Midwest Region Preview before the start of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. I had them edging out Michigan State in the Midwest Finals but had this to say about the Jayhawks: “Other teams to keep your eye on include the Kansas Jayhawks.”
Kansas vs Michigan State takes place on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 21:35 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 Kansas Jayhawks +1.5 point underdogs against the Michigan State Spartans with the total set at 138 points. The money line for Kansas +115 odds and the money line for Michigan State -135 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
