March Madness has lived up to its name in 2011 ending up with a NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final-Four that defies imagination. None of the top-seeds survived and only one NCAA Basketball Odds favorite, Kansas, made it to the regional finals. Not only are there any remaining number-one's, there are no two's either, Connecticut is the highest remaining seed, a three. Filling out the Final Four are four-seed Kentucky, eight-seed Butler and 11 Virginia Commonwealth.
At the tournament's beginning, oddsmakers offshore and Las Vegas, installed championship betting odds on Virginia Commonwealth as part of the field at +10,000 along with other programs given little or no chance of winning. Now that VCU is in the Final-Four, the line has shrunk considerably to +400, still a good betting value for a team looking like the class of the field.
According to sports handicapper John Day, Virginia Commonwealth is the best value NCAA Basketball Picks wager at +400 odds to win the 2011 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.
Sportsbooks like the big schools, UK and UConn, championship odds best installing Kentucky at +150 and Connecticut +200. Butler's championship odds, at +350, are only slightly better than VCU's.
For Saturday's semifinal's action, Butler is chalked as 2 1/2-point favorites versus VCU with a 133 1/2 total. VCU backers are getting +125 odds on the off shore money line while the ML price on Butler is – 145. Kentucky is favored by a bucket (-2) against Connecticut with a 140 1/2 total. UConn backers get +110 ML odds while the ML price on Kentucky is -130.
