BYU battles Kansas State for right to head to "Sweet 16"
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03/20/2010 -
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Posting their first NCAA Tournament
victory since 1993, the BYU Cougars again try to get the job done tonight as
they clash with the Kansas State Wildcats in the second round of the West
Regional at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.
The seventh-seeded Cougars, now 12-27 in the tournament through 24
appearances, finally snapped a seven-game slide in the event with their 99-92
double-overtime win against the Florida Gators on Thursday. Now 8-17 in first-
round games, BYU has not advanced beyond the second round since 1981 when the
squad, then seeded sixth, topped Princeton, UCLA and Notre Dame before bowing
to Ralph Sampson and the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the regional finals.
Meanwhile, the second-seeded Wildcats pushed their record to 29-27 in the
tournament as they easily handled North Texas out of the Sun Belt Conference,
with an 82-62 victory two days ago. The win, the sixth in seven tries versus
the Mean Green, also evened the Kansas State's record at the Ford Center to
2-2 in tourney play.
These two teams do have a history against each other in the NCAA Tournament as
K-State posted a 64-54 win during the 1951 edition of the postseason
gathering. More recently, the Cougars logged a 73-64 win back in 2002 to even
the series at three games apiece.
The winner of this game heads to Salt Lake City next week where it will play
the winner of the Xavier/Pittsburgh contest in the round of 16.
The Cougars survived a 20-point swing from the first half to the second
against Florida, as they were able to get the game into a pair of overtimes
where they eventually took control and locked up the seven-point win. Once
again it was the "Jimmer Fredette show" for BYU as he matched Danny Ainge's
school record for points in an NCAA Tournament game with 37, shooting 13-of-26
from the field as he lasted 46 of the game's 50 minutes. Also coming up big
was reserve Michael Loyd off the bench with his 26 points, followed by Tyler
Haws with 10. Key to the victory was the fact that the Cougars forced 21
turnovers. Setting a new program record for wins in a single season, now with
30, the Cougars attribute many of those victories to Fredette who, despite not
being named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, is one of the top
scorers in the nation with his 22.1 ppg and he is also first on the team with
154 assists. A 44.4 percent shooter behind the three-point line, Fredette is
also almost automatic at the charity stripe (214-of-240) and that has helped
BYU knock down a staggering 78.6 percent at the charity stripe this season.
Although he didn't play a significant role against Florida, it will be
important for Jonathan Tavernari (10.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg) to have more of an impact
in this game in order for the Cougars to be successful.
A layup by Eric Tramiel with just under 16 minutes to play in the first half
gave the Mean Green their last lead against Kansas State on Thursday, as the
Wildcats finished the period with a 16-point advantage and cruised from there.
Except for Luis Colon who was held to only six points as he played with foul
trouble, every starter for the Wildcats finished in double figures beginning
with Denis Clemente with 17 points. Curtis Kelly and Jacob Pullen both tallied
15 points and Dominique Sutton added a dozen to go along with his team-best
eight rebounds as the team shot 50.8 percent from the field and held UNT to
30.9 percent from the floor and 5-of-19 beyond the arc. Averaging just under
80 ppg at this stage of the season, the Wildcats lean heavily on Pullen and
Clemente who are putting up 18.8 and 16.2 ppg, respectively. But more than
just key scoring threats, the pair also makes it easy for teammates to get
involved with their combined 264 assists this season. What makes the duo so
tough to defend is that they not only put teammates in scoring positions, they
also exploit perimeter defenses with a collective 175 three-pointers through
34 starts. Kelly (11.2 ppg) and Sutton (7.6 ppg) handle the action in the
paint with a combined 12 rpg, which helps the squad pick up better than five
rpg more than the opposition.
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March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST |
National Championship |
Region |
| Arkansas |
300-1 |
50-1 |
| Belmont |
|
1000-1 |
| Boston College |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Eastern KY |
|
1000-1 |
| George Washington |
|
75-1 |
| Georgetown |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| Marquette |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Michigan State |
100-1 |
25-1 |
| New Mexico St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| UNC |
6-1 |
6-5 |
| Oral Roberts |
|
500-1 |
| Texas |
15-1 |
5-1 |
| Texas Tech |
200-1 |
5-1 |
| USC |
75-1 |
20-1 |
| Vanderbilt |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Washington State |
40-1 |
15-1 |
|
|
|
| WEST |
|
|
| Duke |
50-1 |
10-1 |
| Florida A&M |
|
1000-1 |
| Gonzaga |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Holy Cross |
|
300-1 |
| Illinois |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Indiana |
75-1 |
40-1 |
| Kansas |
5-1 |
13-10 |
| Kentucky |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| Niagara |
|
1000-1 |
| Pittsburgh |
40-1 |
8-1 |
| Southern Ill. |
50-1 |
12-1 |
| UCLA |
10-1 |
3-2 |
| VCU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Villanova |
100-1 |
40-1 |
| VA Tech |
50-1 |
15-1 |
| Weber St |
|
1000-1 |
| Wright St |
1000-1 |
300-1 |
|
|
|
| MIDWEST |
|
|
| Arizona |
50-1 |
30-1 |
| Butler |
40-1 |
30-1 |
| Davidson |
|
300-1 |
| Florida |
4-1 |
4-5 |
| Georgia Tech |
75-1 |
25-1 |
| Jackson State |
|
1000-1 |
| Maryland |
30-1 |
6-1 |
| Miami-OH |
|
300-1 |
| Notre Dame |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| ODU |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Oregon |
40-1 |
6-1 |
| Purdue |
300-1 |
60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC |
|
1000-1 |
| UNLV |
100-1 |
30-1 |
| Winthrop |
500-1 |
100-1 |
| Wisconsin |
15-1 |
7-2 |
|
|
|
| SOUTH |
|
|
| Albany |
|
200-1 |
| BYU |
200-1 |
40-1 |
| Central CT St. |
|
1000-1 |
| Creighton |
100-1 |
35-1 |
| Long Beach St. |
500-1 |
200-1 |
| Louisville |
40-1 |
10-1 |
| Memphis |
30-1 |
4-1 |
| Nevada |
75-1 |
35-1 |
| North Texas |
|
500-1 |
| Ohio State |
7-1 |
6-5 |
| Penn |
|
500-1 |
| Stanford |
200-1 |
50-1 |
| Tennessee |
100-1 |
20-1 |
| Texas A&M |
12-1 |
11-5 |
| Virginia |
75-1 |
18-1 |
| Xavier |
100-1 |
40-1 |
Field 100-1
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