2010 March Madness Midwest Regional Odds to Win – Kansas Favored

Last Updated on March 15, 2010 4:00 pm by drew

Midwest Regional Odds

The road to the Final Four is certainly not looking easy for overall No. 1 seed
Kansas, as the Jayhawks face a loaded
Midwest Regional.

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The Jayhawks enter the Midwest Regional as the No. 1 seed for the tournament and thus are the favorites to advance to the Final Four out of this bracket, which will conclude in

St. Louis,
Missouri.

Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made

Kansas a 4/5 favorite to win the Midwest Regional. Other short odds to win are Ohio State (7/2),

Georgetown (6/1), and Michigan State (10/1).

Kansas has No. 1 ranking in the polls and their 32-2 overall record. The Jayhawks won the Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament titles and they have seven wins over ranked opponents this season.

Kansas has reached 13 Final Fours, with the last coming in 2008 when it won the NCAA Championship. The Jayhawks will face 16^th-seeded Lehigh in the opening game of the tournament.

Ohio
State is the No. 2 seed in this region with a 27-7 record and Big Ten tournament and regular season titles. The Buckeyes have reached 10 Final Fours with the last coming in 2007, where the Buckeyes lost to

Florida in the national championship. The Buckeyes will face No. 15 UC-

Santa Barbara in the opening round.

The Georgetown Hoyas are the No. 3 seed in the
Midwest. The Hoyas are 23-10 overall and reached the Big East Tournament finals.

Georgetown has reached five Final Fours, with the last coming in 2007. The Hoyas will face No. 14

Ohio in the opening round of the tournament.

Michigan
State is the No. 5 seed in the region with a 24-8 record. The Spartans were bounced in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament by

Minnesota. The Spartans have reached seven Final Fours, five of which have come under current coach Tom Izzo. MSU lost to

North Carolina in last year’s national championship game. MSU will face No. 12

New Mexico
State in its opening game.

For a complete list of odds for the 2010 March Madness
Midwest Regional see below.

Odds to win the 2010 March Madness
Midwest Regional:

Kansas 4/5

Ohio
State 7/2

Georgetown 6/1

Michigan
State 10/1

Maryland 14/1

Tennessee 22/1

Oklahoma
State 28/1 

Georgia Tech 40/1

UNLV 50/1

Northern Iowa 55/1

San Diego
State 80/1    

Houston 125/1

New Mexico
State 150/1  

Lehigh 200/1       

Ohio 200/1    

UC

Santa Barbara 200/1  

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Posted: 3/15/10 4:00PM ET