Everyone is already full of excitement and anticipation as the 2011 March Maddness is just around the corner. The cheers of the die-hard fans will once again fill the arena as they root for their favorite NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball teams. Here is a quick look at the current March Madness standings of teams in some of the big conferences based on their conference record:

Southeastern Conference Standings
The East has the Florida Gators are lording it over in the SEC with a conference leading 11-2 overall mark while Vanderbilt is a distant second with a 8-5 win-loss record. Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee are all tied in third place with identical records of 7-6. South Carolina is at the bottom with a dismal 5-8 mark.

Moving over to the West has Alabama pacing the rest with a record of 11-2. Arkansas is tied with Mississippi State with a 6-7 mark. Rounding out the West are Mississippi, Louisiana State University, and Auburn with 5-8, 3-10, and 2-11 records, respectively. This will make for an exciting 2011 college basketball tournament.

Pacific-10 Standings
Arizona leads the Pac-10 with a 12-3 record. UCLA and Washington are a close second and third with 11-4 and 10-5 marks, respectively. Trailing them are the University of South Carolina (8-7), California (8-8), Washington State (7-8), Oregon (7-8), Stanford (6-10), Oregon State (5-10), and Arizona State (2-13).

Mountain West Standings
Brigham Young is tied at the top spot with San Diego State as both have a 12-1 record. UNLV and Colorado State are the only other teams above .500 with 9-5 and 8-5 records, respectively. Utah (6-8), New Mexico (5-8), Air Force (4-9), Wyoming (3-10), and TCU (1-13) complete the Mountain West ladder board.

Big 10 Standings
Ohio State sits atop of the Big 10 rankings with a record of 13-2 and they are followed closely by Purdue (12-3) and Wisconsin (11-4). Rounding up the rest of the teams are Michigan State (8-7), Penn State (8-8), Illinois (7-8), Michigan (7-9), Minnesota (6-9), Northwestern (6-10), Iowa (3-12), and Indiana (3-12).

Big 12 Standings
Texas (12-1) is leading the Big 12 and followed closely by Kansas (11-2). Texas A&M (9-4) places thirds and the rest follow suit; Missouri (8-5), Kansas State (7-6), Baylor (6-7), Nebraska (6-7), Colorado (6-7), Oklahoma State (4-9), Oklahoma (4-9), Texas Tech (4-9), and Iowa State (1-12).

Big East Standings
The number one team in the March Maddness Big East is Pittsburgh (13-2) followed by Notre Dame (11-4), Louisville (10-5), St. John’s (10-5), Georgetown (10-6), Syracuse (10-6), Villanova (9-6), Cincinnati (9-6), Marquette (8-7), Connecticut (8-7), West Virginia     (8-7), Seton Hall (5-10), Rutgers (4-11), Providence (3-12), South Florida (2-13), and DePaul (1-14).

Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
Duke (12-1) and North Carolina (11-2) are the top two teams in the ACC. They are followed by Florida State (9-4), Virginia Tech (8-5), Maryland (7-6), Clemson (7-6), Boston College (6-7), Miami (5-8), Virginia (5-8), North Carolina State (4-9), Georgia Tech (3-10), and Wake Forest (1-12).

Place Your Bet Now!

In case you enjoy sports betting, especially making bets on the college basketball games, then you are definitely a fan of the March Madness Betting. During this time of the year almost anything can happen, if you think about the college basketball teams. Sometimes the favorite teams are eliminated at the beginning and only those underdogs are able to play at the highest level of the year. We suggest that the moment you decide to place some bets during this time of the year, first you have to gather as much information as possible about the teams that you want to follow.

In case you are going to select to do your online betting with the help of a top rated online sportsbook, you will automatically gain access to all the recommendations and the analysis made by some of the best basketball betting experts in the industry. And by doing that, you can increase odds of making winning bets during the March Madness Betting. The experts that will write these betting tips are going to have access to some inside information about every team of the NCAA tournament, the type of information that a normal person can’t get.

It’s always best that you also do some research on your own. You should always have a plan and gain as much information as possible about the team that you intend to follow. So before jumping on doing the bets, it’s best that you get the following type of information: team records, the impact that any injury of a player might have on the performances of the whole team and individual player match ups for every game.

Finally the 2010 March Madness Betting has arrived. For online USA sportsbooks websites this is definitely one of the busiest times of the year. During this month the basketball season and the Oscars are going to keep the numbers up for betting.

The first week of this month will hold the game between the Kansas Jayhawks VS the Kansas State Wildcats. This is going to be the battle of the state and of course they are also Big 12 conference rivals.

It’s always best that you keep an eye on both teams and make sure you gather as much information which can be very valuable for your online betting. It’s time to give yourself a good edge while betting, by taking into consideration all your current experience.

Place You’re March Madness Bet’s!

NCAA is a basketball tournament played between approximately sixty five schools and colleges from all over the United States and for the title of the ultimate champion of basketball. This tournament is very popular in the US and is followed very religiously. This tournament is played in the month of March and is often referred as March madness also.

This is a much talked about event of the season. Following are a few updates of this season. To start with there is a sad news about one of the players of West Virginia University, Darryl “Truck” Bryant, who wont be able to play this seasons tournament as he has unfortunately broken his right foot. He holds an amazing record of thirty one games and has an average of 9.3 points. He will have to be replaced by a junior player now called Joe Mazzulla who is not as good a scorer as Darryl.

March madness has reached its level two now, and the surprises are coming in with every match played. Most of the teams which were expected to make it through have made it, but there are a lot of unexpected things also happening around. The most unexpected news of this season is that last year’s champion team of North Carolina Tar Heels has not made to round two this time. It is not a guarantee that you will make to the finals in the consecutive years, though the all time favorite team of Kansas has made it through. They entered round two by defeating the team of Lehigh in the first round with a score of ninety against the seventy four of Lehigh. It is anticipated that the team of Kansas will be able to make it to final four as well. Another last year’s qualifier from Midwest Division, Michigan, has also made it to round two.

From the West Division, last years final four qualifiers Connecticut surprisingly was not a part of the first round even this season. On the other hand a last year’s qualifier from East Division, Villanova, finally made it to round two with a very close match between them and Robert Morris in the South Division. The match stopped at a score of 73-70 in the favor of Villanova.

Following is a list of matches that will be played among the teams which will advance to round two.

· East – people here will witness the following matches- Kentucky versus Wake Forest, Cornell versus Wisconsin, Washington versus New Mexico, Missouri versus West Virginia

· South- here Duke will be facing California, Texas A&M will be against Purdue, Old Dominion will face Baylor and St. Mary’s will be against Villanova.

· Midwest- Kansas will fight out N. Iowa, Michigan will be against Maryland, Tennessee will fight Ohio and Georgia Tech will be facing Ohio St.

· West- west will witness matches were Syracuse will be against Gonzaga, Butler will be facing Murray, St. Xavier will fight Pittsburgh and BYU will fight Kansas St.

There will be a lot of excitement to watch these matches. We should be excepting the unexpected and definitely go and witness the real game for enjoying it to the core.

Make sure to place you’re NCAA Basketball Bets Today!

NEW YORK, NY – NEW YORK, NY – With March Madness 2010 set for launch fans across the country are looking for answers as to how their favorite players will perform, and which long-shots have even half a shot. As speculation abounds the largest most successful online sportsbook on the web posted odds on all things scoring and assist leaders, and long-shots.

Analysts posted the following odds March Madness:

Odds on lowest seed to reach final four

• Yes 175/1
Odds on lowest seed to win tourney
• Yes 800/1
1ST Round Scoring Leader

• Aubrey Coleman HOU 7/1
• James Anderson OKST 6/1
• Luke Harangody ND 7/1
• Reggie Holmes MORG 8/1
• Evan Turner OSU 6/1
• Quincy Pondexter WASH 10/1
• Jordan Crawford XAV 10/1
• Sherron Collins KU 8/1
• Wes Johnson SYR 8/1
• Kyle Singler DUKE 7/1
• John Wall UK 7/1
• Austin Freeman GTWN 8/1
• Jacob Pullen KSU 8/1
• Scottie Reynolds VILL 10/1
• LaceDarius Dunn BAY 10/1
• Jerome Randle CAL 8/1
• Da’Sean Butler WVU 10/1
• Trevon Hughes WIS 10/1
• Greivis Vasquez MD 10/1

1ST Round Assist Leader

• Sherron Collins KU 5/1
• Kalin Lucas MSU 10/1
• Oscar Bellfield UNLV 10/1
• John Wall UK 5/1
• Da’Sean Butler WV 10/1
• Darington Hobson UNM 9/1
• Juan Fernandez TEM 9/1
• Ishmael Smith WAKE 7/1
• Andy Rautins SYR 8/1
• Denis Clemente KSU 10/1
• Jon Scheyer DUKE 9/1
• Corey Fisher VILL 10/1
• Tweety Carter BAY 5/1
• Tory Jackson ND 9/1
• Jerome Randle CAL 10/1
• Edgar Sosa LOU 9/1
• Ronald Moore SIE 6/1
• Johnathon Jones OAK 9/1
• Evan Turner OSU 7/1
• D.J. Cooper OHIO 7/1

Sports and Newsworthy odds can be found at: www.BetUS.com

Georgetown at Syracuse
Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern – ESPN

Syracuse will try and continue their home dominance over Georgetown as the two teams meet in Big Monday action on ESPN. The Orange have won 10 of the last 11 at home against the Hoyas and are favored to do so again in this game.

Syracuse is a 6 point favorite at SBG Global with a total of 146.5.

Syracuse has won seven straight overall and have just one loss this season.

They are coming off a win on Saturday against Marquette when they had their biggest crowd of the season at the Carrier Dome. The last time they met Georgetown almost a year ago, more than 31,000 fans showed up. “We have great fans here in Syracuse,” forward Kris Joseph said. “Our fans are die-hard fans and I think them being here and being so loud helps us a lot. I think it scares a lot of teams.” Syracuse beat Marquette as Wesley Johnson had 22 points and 15 rebounds while Joseph added 14 points and 11 rebounds. “That just shows how good of a basketball team we are,” Joseph said. “Andy being shut down today was a great thing to see, because now we know what everyone else is capable of.”

Georgetown comes into this game playing very well.

They upset Pittsburgh last Wednesday and followed that win by routing Rutgers on Saturday. Greg Monroe has averaged 21 points and 13.7 rebounds in his last three games. “We were focused for the most part,” head coach John Thompson said. “They came out with a cohesiveness and an energy which was a good for us. That’s something we’ve stressed that we want to maintain.” The Hoyas have Monroe who can impact the game inside and Chris Wright who can score from the outside. Wright had 27 points in last week’s win over Pittsburgh.

Georgetown and Syracuse split their two meetings last season. The Hoyas are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 road games. The Hoyas are 7-19 ATS in their last 26 vs. the Big East. The Hoyas are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings at Syracuse.

The Orange are 12-3 ATS in their last 15 vs. the Big East. The Orange are 12-4 ATS in their last 16 home games.

It’s all about the March Madness when the month of March is around the corner. Bettors are changing spotlight to the hard-courts and there’s no lack of excitement as the countdown to March Madness begins.

An interesting game on the court Thursday has #23 Illinois (+3.5) visiting Wisconsin. The Badgers have dropped six games in a row (0-5-1 ATS). Also on Thursday, #18 Gonzaga (-10) is playing at Portland. Gonzaga has won eight straight games, but failed to cover the spread in three of their last four games.

The Saturday’s lineup is full of great contests once again, highlighted by two rare February non-conference battles, Michigan at #1 Connecticut and #14 Memphis at #18 Gonzaga.

Sunday’s featured game is a Big 10 battle between #23 Illinois and #13 Purdue on CBS. Don’t forget to tune in. Click here to see updated odds and spreads for the following games, as well don’t forget to check out the new improved Odds Calculator, to benefit towards your betting strategies.

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