PinnacleSports.Com
Releases Updated NCAA Tournament Odds
Now that the regular season
has ended, over 300 Division I men's basketball
teams enter their conference tournaments this
week hoping to earn an invite to "the big
dance" for a shot at the national championship.
With the field of 65 teams announced on Sunday,
leading online sportsbook PinnacleSports.com
today released updated odds to win the 2006
men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The
largest sports betting site on the Internet,
PinnacleSports.com has listed individual odds
on several likely tournament-bound teams capturing
the NCAA crown. Perhaps the nation's most talented
team from top to bottom, the Connecticut Huskies
are the odds-on favorites to win their third
national championship under Jim Calhoun at 5/2
odds. Despite losing back-to-back games to Florida
State and North Carolina, PinnacleSports.com
lists Duke at 4/1 to survive "March Madness".
Big East regular season co-champions Villanova
currently stand at 8/1 to win the national championship
while reigning champions North Carolina are
at 10/1 to become the first repeat winners in
over a decade. PinnacleSports.com lists the
Texas Longhorns at 11/1 to add the men's basketball
title to the BCS championship they won in January's
Rose Bowl. Other teams that should be in contention
for the national title include: Memphis (12/1);
Ohio State (14/1); West Virginia (19/1); Illinois
(21/1) and Florida (26/1).
In
addition to offering odds on which team will
win the national championship, PinnacleSports.com
has also created a betting option on the Division
I conference of the tournament winner. With
likely number 1 seeds Connecticut and Villanova,
the sixteen-team Big East is an overwhelming
7/5 favorite to win this year's NCAA tourney.
PinnacleSports.com lists the Duke and North
Carolina-led ACC with the second best odds at
14/5 followed by a deep Big 10 conference at
8/1 and the Big 12 at 9/1. With Memphis likely
to earn a high seeding in the NCAA tournament,
Conference USA is 11/1 to capture the title
while the SEC and PAC-10 are at 20/1 and 23/1,
respectively.
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