March 15, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada):

RJ Bell of Pregame.com said: “Historically, Las Vegas point spreads are better predictors of 1st round tournament success than committee seeding.” Last year, Las Vegas predicted 27 of 32 first round winners – once again better than the seeding committee.

In 2010, two lower seeds are favored over higher seeds:

#9 Florida State over #8 Gonzaga
#11 Minnesota over #6 Xavier

Two #13 seeds have surprisingly close odds against their #4 seeded opponents:

#13 Murray State only 3-point underdogs vs. #4 Vanderbilt
#13 Siena only 4-point underdogs vs. #4 Purdue

Vegas says these four teams should be given prime consideration when determining your bracket “upsets”.

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