| Odds to Win the 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament |
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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 Beware of the Ides of March, this Thursday March 15th is the official start date of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Tournament. Online sports betting website BetUS.com has released the odds to win the 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament and they have listed the Florida Gators at +200 to repeat as national champions. The first men's national semifinal on Saturday, March 31 will begin at approximately 6:07 p.m. (ET). Time buffer between games is 40 minutes. The men's national championship game will air at approximately 9:21 p.m. (ET) on Monday, April 2. The Men’s Final Four will be aired on CBS. In 2001, the Men's NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament field expanded to 65 because 31 conferences received automatic bids. The committee selects 34 at-large teams. The two teams seeded 64 and 65 play in an "opening round" game the Tuesday before the first-round games. The winner of this game moves into the championship bracket as the first-round opponent for one of the four No. 1 seeds. Florida A&M +180000 will be playing Niagara +180000 on March 13th, 2007 for the right to be the 64th team in this year's tournament. BetUS.com has posted the odds to win the Men's 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Florida Gators: +200 Kansas Jayhawks: +260 North Carolina Tarheels: +460 Ohio State: +350 Wisconsin: +1400 UCLA: +750 Georgetown: +550 Memphis: +1600 Oregon: +2700 Pittsburgh: +3700 Washington State: +5200 Texas A&M: +920 Maryland: +3300 Southern Illinois: +4800 Texas: +1900 Virginia: +7000 Butler: +12000 Virginia Tech: +7200 Southern Cal: +7500 Tennessee: +7500 Notre Dame: +4800 Duke: +4000 Vanderbilt: +12000 Louisville: +5300 UNLV: +15000 Indiana: +12000 Boston College: +15000 Nevada: +7500 Arizona: +12000 Kentucky: +12000 Marquette: +12000 BYU: +20000 Purdue: +12000 Villanova: +12000 Michigan State: +12000 Xavier: +18000 Georgia Tech: +12000 Gonzaga: +12000 Texas Tech: +15000 Creighton: +7500 Winthrop: +12000 VCU: +18000 George Washington: +18000 Stanford: +18000 Old Dominion: +18000 Illinois: +18000 Arkansas: +18000 Long Beach: +30000 Davidson: +30000 Holy Cross: +30000 New Mexico State: +30000 Albany: +30000 Miami (Ohio): +45000 Wright State: +45000 Oral Roberts: +60000 Pennsylvania: +90000 Texas A&M CC: +120000 Weber State: +120000 Belmont: +120000 North Texas: +180000 Jackson State: +180000 Niagara: +180000 Florida A&M +180000 Eastern Kentucky: +180000 Central Connecticut St: +180000                        |
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