Northern Iowa Panthers 2010 Final Four Betting Odds, Predictions & Picks: It took the Northern Iowa Panthers 20 years to win another NCAA Tournament game. As if winning on the national stage was routine for this school, the Panthers followed that with quiet a statement. The reigning 2010 Missouri Valley champion Northern Iowa Panthers are responsible for the biggest upset of this 2010 NCAA Tournament thus far.
By eliminating the clear sports betting odds favorites to win the 2010 National Championship, Kansas Jayhawks in the second round, UNI left this 2010 NCAA Tournament wide open for the take. “We feel like we are a good team and can play with anyone,” senior (F) Adam Koch said of slaying the Jayhawks, 69-67. “We never doubted we could play with them at all.”
But what are the odds that this team can carry that momentum all the way to the 2010 Final Four or perhaps even further? According to 2010 Final Four Betting Odds, Predictions & Picks experts at SPORTSBETTING.com, of the four remaining teams in the Midwest Region, the Northern Iowa Panthers [10/3 or +333 ML] currently possess the absolute worst sports betting odds of making it into the National Semifinals.
I guess the only way for this team to get any respect from odds makers is just going to have to keep upsetting every team that comes in front of them all the way to the National title game. According to UNI coach Ben Jacobson, with the strides this group has made, teams better start looking out for the Panthers.
“This team has done such a great job of turning the page to what’s next, and this was the biggest challenge of the year,” Jacobson said. “A lot of positive things have happened because the way these guys played. They’ve been able to really focus on what’s next.”
