Two Things You Need To Know While Filling Out Your NCAA Tournament Bracket

If you haven’t filled out a bracket yet, you are running out of time. Games start at noon eastern time tomorrow, which gives you just under 24 hours to fill out your bracket, and spend  time tweaking it.  Up until then, you can still join the Dubsism Bracket Challenge.

But when it comes to your bracket, there’s two facts you may want to consider, and they both come from people who know more than you do…there’s the odds-makers in Las Vegas, and there’s what the NBA guys think of some talent on these teams.

A) What Vegas Thinks

First, there’s each teams overall odds to win the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

(Team, Seed, Odds to win)

1. Louisville #1 19-4
2. Indiana #1 5-1
3. Florida #3 7-1
4. Gonzaga #1 10-1
5. Kansas #1 10-1
6. Duke #2 12-1
7. Miami#2 14-1
8. Ohio State #2 16-1
9. Michigan State #3 18-1
10. Georgetown #2 20-1
11. Syracuse #4 22-1
12. New Mexico #3 25-1
13. Saint Louis #4 25-1
14. Michigan #4 25-1
15. Wisconsin #5 25-1
16. Pittsburgh #8 33-1
17. VCU #5 40-1
18. UNLV #5 60-1
19. Arizona #6 60-1
20. NC State #8 60-1
21. North Carolina #8 60-1
22. Marquette #3 66-1
23. Memphis #6 75-1
24. Butler #6 75-1
25. UCLA #6 75-1
26. Minnesota #11 75-1
27. Oklahoma State #5 75-1
28. Kansas State #4 75-1
29. Missouri #9 75-1
30. San Diego State #7 100-1
31. Creighton #7 100-1
32. Notre Dame #7 100-1
33. California #12 150-1
34. Illinois #7 200-1
35. Colorado State #8 200-1
36. Wichita State #9 200-1
37. Villanova #9 200-1
38. Temple #9 200-1
39. Iowa State #10 200-1
40. Colorado #10 200-1
41. Ole Miss #12 200-1
42. Oklahoma #10 250-1
43. Cincinnati #10 250-1
44. Oregon #12 300-1
45. Saint Mary’s #11 300-1
46. Bucknell #11 300-1
47. Belmont #11 300-1
48. Middle Tennessee #11 500-1 (already lost)
49. Akron #12 500-1
50. Boise State #13 500-1
51. La Salle #13 500-1
52. New Mexico State #13 500-1
53. South Dakota State #13 500-1
54. Montana #13 500-1
55. Davidson #14 500-1
56. Valparaiso #14 500-1
57. Harvard #14 500-1
58. Northwestern State #14 500-1
59. Iona #15 500-1
60. Pacific #15 500-1
61. Florida Gulf Coast #15 500-1
62. Albany #15 500-1
63. Western Kentucky #16 500-1
64. Southern #16 500-1
65. James Madison #16 1,000-1
66. LIU Brooklyn #16 1,000-1
67. NC A&T #16 1,000-1
68. Liberty #16 1,000-1 (already lost)

Then, there’s each teams’ odds of winning its region:

Midwest Region:

1. Louisville #1 11-10
2. Duke #2 15-4
3. Michigan State #3 11-2
4. Saint Louis #4 15-2
5. Oklahoma State #5 20-1
6. Creighton #7 20-1
7. Missouri #9 20-1
8. Memphis #6 25-1
9. Cincinnati #10 50-1
10. Saint Mary’s #11 50-1
11. Oregon #12 66-1
12. Colorado State #8 75-1
13. New Mexico State #13 75-1
14. Valparaiso #14 100-1
15. Albany #15 100-1
16. NC A&T #16 200-1

West Region:

1. Gonzaga #1 5-2
2. Ohio State #2 11-4
3. New Mexico #3 5-1
4. Wisconsin #5 8-1
5. Pittsburgh #8 8-1
6. Arizona #6 12-1
7. Kansas State #4 16-1
8. Notre Dame #7 33-1
9. Iowa State #10 35-1
10. Ole Miss #12 40-1
11. Belmont #11 50-1
12. Boise State #13 66-1
13. Wichita State #9 66-1
14. La Salle #13 100-1
15. Harvard #14 100-1
16. Iona #15 100-1
17. Southern #16 100-1

South Region:

1. Florida #3 3-2
2. Kansas #1 7-2
3. Georgetown #2 5-1
4. Michigan #4 7-1
5. VCU #5 14-1
6. North Carolina #8 16-1
7. Minnesota #11 18-1
8. San Diego State #7 25-1
9. UCLA #6 30-1
10. Villanova #9 40-1
11. Oklahoma #10 40-1
12. Akron #12 75-1
13. South Dakota State #13 75-1
14. Northwestern State #14 100-1
15. Florida Gulf Coast #15 100-1
16. Western Kentucky #16 100-1

East Region:

1. Indiana #1 5-4
2. Miami #2 7-2
3. Syracuse #4 5-1
4. Marquette #3 12-1
5. UNLV #5 15-1
6. Butler #6 20-1
7. NC State #8 20-1
8. Illinois #7 25-1
9. California #12 40-1
10. Davidson #14 40-1
11. Colorado #10 40-1
12. Temple #9 50-1
13. Bucknell #11 50-1
14. Montana #13 75-1
15. Pacific #15 100-1
16. LIU-Brooklyn #16 200-1
17. James Madison #16 200-1

B) Teams that have the most future NBA talent:

10) Arizona

• Solomon Hill (F, 6-7, 220) 
• Grant Jerrett (F, 6-10, 235)
• Kaleb Tarczewski (C, 7-0, 255) 
• Brandon Ashley (F, 6-8, 235)

9) Syracuse 

• Michael Carter-Williams (G, 6-6, 185)
• James Southerland (F, 6-8, 215)
• Rakeem Christmas (F, 6-9, 242)
• C.J. Fair (F, 6-8, 215)

8 ) Gonzaga 

• Kelly Olynyk (F, 7-0, 238)
• Przemek Karnowski (C, 7-1, 305)
• Elias Harris (F, 6-8, 239)

7) Michigan State 

• Gary Harris (G, 6-4, 205)
• Adreian Payne (C, 6-10, 204)
• Branden Dawson (G, 6-6, 230)

6) Duke 

• Mason Plumlee (F, 6-10, 235)
• Rasheed Sulaimon (G, 6-4, 185)
• Seth Curry (G, 6-2, 185)
• Ryan Kelly (F, 6-11, 230)

5) Kansas 

• Ben McLemore (G, 6-5, 195)
• Jeff Withey (C, 7-0, 235)

4) Indiana 

• Cody Zeller (F, 7-0, 240)
• Victor Oladipo (G, 6-5, 214)
• Christian Watford (F, 6-9, 232)

3) UNLV

• Anthony Bennett (F, 6-8, 240)
• Khem Birch (F, 6-9, 220)
• Mike Moser (F, 6-8, 210)
• Katin Reinhardt (G, 6-5, 210)

2) North Carolina State

• Lorenzo Brown (G, 6-5, 186)
• T.J. Warren (F, 6-8, 233)
• C.J. Leslie (F, 6-9, 200)
• Richard Howell (F, 6-8, 257)
• Rodney Purvis (G, 6-2, 195)

1) Michigan 

• Trey Burke (G, 6-0, 190)
• Glenn Robinson III (F, 6-6, 210).
• Tim Hardaway Jr. (G, 6-6, 205)
• Nik Stauskas (G, 6-6, 190)
• Mitch McGary (F, 6-10, 250)

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