NCAA Basketball Conference Championship Odds

NCAA Basketball season is almost upon us and betED has their conference championship odds out now.

This season’s favorite pick to win it all is the Kansas Jayhawks so it’s no surprise that they’re also the heavy favorites to win the SEC East at -875. Jayhawks fans are already clearing their schedule for the Final Four, but the Tennessee Volunteers at +400 might prove to be more than a road-bump along the way.

The ACC features last year’s championship team, the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Tar Heels have another strong team and are the favorites to take the ACC at +122 while the Duke Blue Devils (+150) and Georgia Tech (+400) have the best chances for an upset.

The Big 10 and the Big East promise to have the closest battles for top spot.

In the Big 10 Michigan State (+125) and the Purdue Boilermakers (+150) are both strong teams with a legitimate chance to take the division.

The real dog-fight is in the Big East. The Villanova Wildcats (+205) are favored to take the conference, but the Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Cardinals, and West Virginia Mountaineers are all pegged at +250 to win the conference.

The Pac-10 looks to be a fight between the UCLA Bruins at +175, the California Golden Bears at +200, and the Washington Huskies at +225.

Find the full list of NCAA Conference Championship Odds at betED.

NCAA College Football Picks: Kansas Jayhawks at South Florida Bulls

The No. 13-ranked Kansas Jayhawks visit the No. 19 South Florida Bulls in a clash of unbeaten teams Friday night at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa (8 pm ET, ESPN2).

South Florida is a 4-point favorite at Sportingbet.com, a London, England-based online sportsbook.

Both teams – Kansas, Big 12; South Florida, Big East – are 2-0 SU to start the NCAA College Football season.

The Bulls will be the Jayhawks’ first ranked, regular-season, non-conference opponent since Kansas hosted UCLA in 2001. The 14th-ranked Bruins bombed KU 41-17.

Kansas shutout Lousiana Tech in Week 2, 29-0, allowing the Jayhawks to cover the 21-point spread. The score went under the total of 52.5.

South Florida scored a TD in overtime in Week 2 to secure a 31-24 win over Central Florida. The Bulls failed to cover the 13.5-point spread, while the score went over the total of 47.5.

The teams last met on Sept. 23, 2006, when Kansas won 13-7 as a 3.5-point home favorite.

Kansas is 5-0 SU and ATS in its past five on the road, and 14-1 SU in its past 15 overall. South Florida is 10-2 SU in its past 12 on the road.

Pick: Kansas

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Bet the Final Four “Live” at Sportingbet

Sportingbet, the publicly traded UK-based sportsbook, is offering College Basketball Betting fans In-Game “Live” betting for the Final Four and the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship game.

A feature not offered by most sportsbooks – particularly for major events like the Final Four – Sportingbet’s Live betting allows bettors to ‘watch and wager’ as the game progresses. Sportingbet is available for non-U.S. clients only.

The Final Four, the biggest betting event after the Super Bowl, gets going Saturday with the Memphis Tigers, winners of the South Region, taking on the West Region champion UCLA Bruins in the first matchup at the Alamodome in San Antonio (6:05 pm ET, CBS).

Memphis is a 2-point favorite at Sportingbet.com.

Sportingbet.com is also offering Game Total (Odd or Even) betting for the Memphis-UCLA tilt (Odd -100, Even -110).

The other Final Four game has the Midwest Champion Kansas Jayhawks taking on East Region winner North Carolina Tar Heels (8:45 pm ET, CBS).

The Tar Heels are a 3-point favorite at Sportingbet.com.

An interesting side note to this Final Four matchup is the unique NCAA Tournament history the teams share. North Carolina and Kansas faced each other in the NCAA Tournament title game 51 years ago. North Carolina won the 1957 championship 54-53 in triple overtime, and future NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, playing for Kansas, was named tournament MVP.

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