Washington Huskies 2010 NCAA Final Four Odds Picks & Predictions: As an 11-seed in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament East Bracket, the University of Washington Huskies, were not considered serious contenders. Now after surviving the first two rounds against Big East power Marquette and Mountain West champion New Mexico, the Huskies find themselves carrying the Pac-10 banner into the final 16 and facing West Virginia for a chance to move into the final eight.
With four teams remaining in the bracket that once held 16 teams, Washington is still considered a long-shot to make the Final Four at +500 odds according to oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com. Those odds will improve greatly if the team gets past West Virginia Thursday night.The Huskies odds of winning the 2010 NCAA Tournament are even more remote at +4000.
"Throughout this run, I think we have gained a lot of confidence because we're starting to see us playing right," senior forward Quincy Pondexter said. "It just gets you anxious to play the next game and continue for it to go on."
In registering their fourth 25-win season in eight years under coach Lorenzo Romar, the Huskies have rebounded from a terrible start, in which they lost their first seven away from home and then got off to a 3-5 start in conference play.
"Well, I think for one, we've matured," Romar said of Washington's turnaround. "The question for me was how long was this going to take? Because we were running out of time."
One question is how the Huskies will handle playing in the east. They spent the first two rounds of the tournament at San Jose and have played only one game – a 99-92 overtime loss at Texas Teach on Dec. 3 – outside the Pacific time zone this season.
Washington features an opportunistic, high-tempo attack averaging 79.9 points, 11th in the nation. It is led by the one-two of Pondexter, averaging 19.7 points, and sophomore guard Isaiah Thomas (17.1).
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