St. Mary's College Gaels 2010 NCAA Final Four odds, picks & predictions: St. Mary's College of Moraga, Calif., has a very good men's basketball team. So good in fact, they have advanced in the South Regional of the NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament to the Sweet Sixteen. On Friday, the Gaels will play the biggest Baptist College in the land, the Baylor Bears of Waco, Texas.
St. Mary's advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in program history by defeating No. 7 seed Richmond (80-71) and followed that up with an upset win over No. 2 seed Villanova (75-68) in Providence, RI. The Bears defeated No. 14 seed Sam Houston State (68-59) and No. 11 seed Old Dominion (76-68) over the weekend in New Orleans, LA.
In spite of their success, oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com list the Gaels as the least likely (+700 odds)to win its way to the Final Four next week from the South Regional. The favorites honer there goes to Duke, a heavy favorite at -140.
Of the 16 teams remaining in the tournament, odds on Gaels winning a national title are last of the bunch at +5000 odds. What this all boils down to, the experts expect Cinderella's slipper to fall off, probably against Baylor Friday night.
With the win over Richmond, the Gaels won their first NCAA Tournament game since the 1959 team and under head coach Randy Bennett, the Gaels are now 2-2 in NCAA Tournament play. Leading the Gaels is senior center Omar Samhan who has scored 60 points, on 24-of-32 shooting, while pulling down 19 rebounds.
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