March Madness is upon us, and you know what that means. Suddenly, everyone in your office is a college hoops expert, and feels qualified to pontificate on what teams will go to the Big Dance and why. Either that, or they just fill in a bunch of random stuff on their brackets and hope for the best.
We’ll leave it to our devoted readers to determine which category College News falls under. (Hold your tongue!). But lest you think that everyone will be consulting the expert journalists who’ve been covering this beat longer than we’ve been alive, there’s an easier, more profitable way for you to get the latest March Madness 2010 predictions.
In three words: Vegas, baby, Vegas. MSNBC’s Beyond The Rim blog has broken down the odds that Vegas, um, oddsmakers have placed on all the teams participating in this year’s March Madness tournament. Kansas has the best odds of winning the whole shebang, at 2:1, while another team expecting to make it to the Final Four, Villanova, has the worst odds at Villanova 20:1.
Here’s the rest of the odds for college sports teams (via):
Kansas = 2:1
Kentucky = 3:1
Syracuse = 6:1
Duke = 8:1
West Virginia = 10:1
Kansas State = 15:1
Ohio State = 15:1
Villanova = 20:1
Georgetown = 25:1
Baylor = 30:1
Michigan State =30:1
Maryland = 40:1
Wisconsin = 40:1
New Mexico = 60:1
Pittsburgh = 60:1
Purdue = 60:1
Tennessee = 60:1
Butler = 75:1
Vanderbilt = 75:1
Xavier = 75:1
Georgia Tech = 100:1
BYU = 100:1
California = 100:1
Florida = 100:1
Louisville = 100:1
Marquette = 100:1
Notre Dame = 100:1
Temple = 100:1
Texas = 100:1
Clemson = 200:1
Florida State = 200:1
Gonzaga = 200:1
Minnesota = 200:1
Missouri = 200:1
Northern Iowa = 200:1
Oklahoma State = 200:1
Wake Forest = 200:1
Washington = 200:1
Cornell = 300:1
Murray State = 300:1
Old Dominion = 300:1
Richmond = 300:1
St. Mary’s = 300:1
San Diego State = 300:1
Siena = 300:1
UNLV = 300:1
UTEP = 300:1
Utah State = 500:1
Field = 50:1
Our Take
Hey, as far as we’re concerned, Vegas oddsmakers are as good at this as anyone else is. Got a March Madness prediction you’re just begging to share? Write a comment below!
