The Butler Bulldogs turned heads in stunning fashion to reach the Final Four in 2010, and while those that projected them to fail in 2011 are quick to talk about how the glass slipper still fits, the truth is that they can no longer be considered a Cinderella team in this year’s Final Four. There are a couple of key reasons why the Bulldogs are a legitimate threat to win this tournament rather than just a compelling underdog story. First, Butler has won nine of ten NCAA national title tournament games since the opening of last year’s tournament, which is a better win percentage than any other team in the nation. Second, the team that they will face in the March Madness betting Final Four was a play-in that nobody expected would even make it to the tournament, and have upset a number of teams from bigger conferences including the top seed from their region in the Big 12 champion Kansas Jayhawks. The VCU Rams are this year’s Cinderella having beaten more teams than any other program in the Final Four, as the first team to have to win five games to reach the Final Four because of the extra round that was added to this year’s sports betting tournament when it was expanded to feature 68 teams. All but one of the Rams’ victories have been by double-digit totals, but that very well could come to an end against a Butler team that just knows how to win under pressure in the NCAA title tournament. The way the Madness has gone, it’s impossible to predict for sure which team will get through to the championship game. The only guarantee at this point is that the Bulldogs are not this year’s Cinderella team.

The North Carolina Tar Heels were one of the hottest teams in the country to close out regular season play, and after failing in their chance to take down the defending national champion Duke Blue Devils in the ACC title game, they should have plenty of motivation to get back to the Final Four. Head coach Roy Williams has been there before, and there is no doubt that he feels this crop of players can get him back to the Final Four. Surviving the tough East region won’t be easy, especially with the top overall seed in the Ohio State Buckeyes, but the Tar Heels are confident they can get the sports betting job done.

They could very well get that rematch against the Blue Devils in the Final Four, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Pittsburgh Panthers make sure that half of the March Madness betting teams that make it through the Elite Eight are top seeds. The final spot will be up for grabs however, as a Kansas Jayhawks’ team that was hardly pushed in the big 12 gets a taste of what it’s like to take on some of the best in the country. The team to look for to come out of the Southwest region is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which finally cooled off with an 83-77 overtime loss to the Louisville Cardinals in the second round of the Big East semi finals. You’ll never see a betonline.com scam – Notre Dame looked absolutely dynamite at times this year, nearly closing the gap between them and the Pittsburgh Panthers for the top spot in the Big East at the end of the year with one of the best second-half’s in the nation, and will look to continue that momentum once the Madness begins.

When the national rankings were adjusted once again to open the week, it was no surprise to see the Ohio State Buckeyes back in the top spot. Consecutive wins over Illinois and Indiana was enough to bolster the Buckeyes, and if they can close out the year with wins at Penn State and home to No. 10 Wisconsin, Ohio State will close out a regular season sweep. The Buckeyes lead the No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers by just one game in the Big Ten standings, and that makes the finale against the Badgers even more crucial, especially considering that Wisconsin was responsible for one of the Buckeyes’ two college basketball betting losses this year. However, Ohio State seems to have finally shaken off their tough stretch that saw them lose two of the three, and now the focus becomes even broader.

The Buckeyes will likely clinch the Big Ten title and the top spot for the national title tournament. It’s no betonline com scam, but the top seed has long been considered a jinx for potential champions, if any team is strong enough to overcome those online sports betting odds, it should be Ohio State. With leading scorer Jared Sullinger averaging an incredible 17.4 points per game and 9.8 rebounds, the Buckeyes have a superstar to rally around, with William Bufford providing the perfect compliment. The bench is deep, and Ohio State has shot an incredible 49-percent from the field, the third best mark in the country. The top seed may be a jinx, but that doesn’t make the Buckeyes any less of a threat heading in to the madness.