March Madness NCAA Basketball Betting: Final Four Preview
Saturday, April 02, 2011
by Bodog Sportsbook
There’s not much time left for college basketball betting this season, but the best has been saved for last. Here is your Final Four preview.
This year’s Cinderella squads will clash when the Virginia Commonwealth Rams and Butler Bulldogs tip off at 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. Butler checks in as a 2.5-point favorite and is gunning for its second consecutive March Madness final appearance.
No. 8 Butler (27-9, 19-14-1 ATS) is riding a 13-game winning streak. The Butler Bulldogs have been deadly against the spread over the past few weeks, winning six consecutive games. The stakes shouldn’t faze the team at all. Not only has Butler been here before, it’s already had enough tense moments this March to battle-harden the squad. The Bulldogs have won their four NCAA Tournament games by a combined 13 points.
Many observers scoffed when VCU (28-11, 18-20 ATS) was granted an at-large berth in the tourney. The Rams were just 5-6 in their final 11 games, but they’ve caught fire at precisely the right time. VCU won its play-in game over USC to claim a No. 11 seed and hasn’t looked back, winning five straight—including a 5-0 run against the spread.
A few hours later (7:45 p.m. ET), two traditional basketball powerhouses will collide when the Kentucky Wildcats take on the Connecticut Huskies. The Wildcats are 2-point favorites.
Kentucky (29-8, 17-14-1 ATS) was considered an inferior team compared to last year’s squad, yet the Wildcats have advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1998. The Kentucky Wildcats have won 10 straight games and are 7-1 in their last eight outings against the spread (3-0 ATS in their past three). The last three wins came against impressive competition: No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 North Carolina, and No. 5 West Virginia.
UConn (30-9, 21-12 ATS) might just be the hottest team in the country. The Connecticut Huskies have won nine consecutive games, beginning with an impressive run in the Big East Tournament (wins over Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Louisville). Connecticut also had eight straight wins against the spread before its Elite Eight win over Arizona (the Huskies won 65-63, failing to cover as 3.5-point favorites).
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