2010 March Madness Bracket Picks: Despite coming up short in the Big 12 title game against the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, 72-64, the Kansas State Wildcats are among the sports betting odds favorites to stun one of the four favorites in this year’s 2010 March Madness Bracket Picks. At SPORTSBOOK.com, 2010 March Madness Bracket Picks experts have given the Kansas State Wildcats [15/1 or +1500 ML] the sixth best sports betting odds to win the 2010 NCAA Men’s National Championship.
“Having a chance to beat, in our estimation, one of the best teams in the country in a great atmosphere against your state rival in Kansas City makes it a little more special than if we’d been playing anybody else,” stated Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self.
After failing to accomplish something they haven’t done in 30 years in the Big 12 championship game, the Wildcats will enter the 2010 March Madness Bracket as the second seed in the West Region.
“We went to the championship and went nose-to-nose with the bear,” Kansas State Wildcats head coach Frank Martin said. “We were right there and just couldn’t finish it off.”
KSU finished seventh in the final AP top 25 poll:
1.Kansas
2. Kentucky
3. Duke
4. Syracuse
5. Ohio State
6. West Virginia
7. Kansas State
8. New Mexico
9. Villanova
10. Purdue
11. Butler
12. Temple
13. Michigan State
14. Georgetown
15. Tennessee
16. Wisconsin
17. Brigham Young
18. Pittsburgh
19. Baylor
20. Maryland
21. Vanderbilt
22. Gonzaga
23. Texas A&M
24. Richmond
25. Xavier
