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NCAA Tournament Betting – Oregon Wants to Party Like It’s 1939

  • Updated: March 26, 2016
    • NCAA Tournament Betting – Oregon Wants to Party Like Its 1939

    By Charles Jay

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    When you talk about the Oregon Ducks, you’re talking about a program that has to exist alongside another sport that is a little more prominent on the landscape in Eugene, which is football. But this team got a lot of attention on Thursday by defeating the defending national champions, and they will have an opportunity to get to the final four for the first time in many many years when they take on the Oklahoma Sooners in the finals of the West Regional, scheduled for 6:10 PM ET on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Remember that BetAnySports customers can partake in real-time wagering against the NCAA Tournament betting odds even after the opening tip, when they take advantage of the state-of-the-art software available through Live Betting Extra.

    In the NCAA Tournament betting odds that have been posted on this game by the people at BetAnySports, Oregon is an ever-so-slight favorite:

    Oregon Ducks -1
    Oklahoma Sooners +1

    Over 152 points -110
    Under 152 points -110

    NCAA Tournament Betting – Oregon Wants to Party Like Its 1939

    Oregon, which is now 31-6 straight-up and 20-30-1 against the basketball pointspread, made much shorter work of Duke than a lot of people expected, defeating them 82-68 and getting a sensational game out of their floor leader when they really needed it. Casey Benson is a sophomore, and he showed the ability of a true veteran as he had eight assists with only one turnover in that contest. Of course, this is not a typical of him, as his ratio of assists to turnovers is almost 5-to-1.

    One of the things that is characteristic about this Oregon team is that they are pretty balanced in terms of what they can do from the outside and the inside. So they present a natural problem for Oklahoma, which does not count in-your-face defense is one of its strong suits.

    Coach Dana Altman had never been to the Elite Eight before, so the victory over Duke was obviously very pleasing. They came into the game with more depth than the Blue Devils, with seven players averaging at least 20 minutes of playing time per contest. And they exceeded their season average in scoring (which was 78.9 ppg coming in).

    There was also something to prove, because frankly, Oregon did not have a rocky is road in getting to the Sweet 16. In their opener, they be holy cross, which had a 15-19 record, and then they barely got by St. Joseph’s, needing some heroics in the final minutes but shooting below 40% for the evening.

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    But as BetAnySports patrons know by now, they left very little room for doubt as to their capabilities, shooting 49% against Duke and roll into their 11th straight victory. That just adds to the Ducks’ resume, which includes three victories over Utah, to over Arizona and USC, along with victories over Oregon State and Colorado in the PAC 12, plus a non-conference when over Baylor, which Oklahoma defeated twice this season.

    So has Oregon ever scaled these heights before? Well, as a matter of fact they have; the Ducks were actually the winners of the very first NCAA Championship, which was held way back in 1939, when they were nicknamed “The Tall Firs.” With performers like Dillon Brooks (16.8 ppg), Chris Boucher (three blocks per game) and the aforementioned Benson, a “repeat” of what happened 76 years ago night be fully in the cards.

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