Cornell vs Kentucky 2010 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Odds, Predictions & Picks: In a matchup in which one team has been picked as the sports betting odds favorites to win the National Championship against a team that’s just pretty much happy to be here, the top-seeded Kentucky Wildcats [-9] take on the sports betting odds underdog Cornell Big Red [+9] tonight.
This Sweet 16 Odds matchup will be in the East Region, and it will take place at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY, beginning at 9:57 PM ET (6:57 PM PT) live in high definition on CBS Sports. According to 2010 NCAA
Tournament Sweet 16 Odds, Predictions & Picks specialists at BODOG.com, Cornell and Kentucky are expected to combine and score a grand total of 147 points in this evening’s OVER/UNDER.
For Cornell, the thrill of becoming the first Ivy League team to make it to the Sweet 16 in more than three decades isn’t share by all. Especially those that believe this team’s NCAA Tournament luck will run out against the mighty Wildcats this evening.
“I’m enough of a fan to understand why this is so intriguing to everybody,” Cornell coach Steve Donahue said this week. “I get that. I don’t know if our guys really understand it. They believe that they’re a good enough basketball team, without all the other things that go along with it, to play with anybody in the country.”
For John Calipari’s team, this bunch has already been listed by most sportsbooks in the world as the clear, sports betting odds favorites to win the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky Wildcats [9/4]. “Whether you’re a coach or a player, if you’re afraid, if you’re not sure, it’s not a good place to go,” Calipari said. “If you want to do something, and be at the highest level … it’s a heck of a place to be.”




