March 16, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nevada):

Virginia Tech has been vocal in their disappointment in not making the NCAA tournament - and Las Vegas agrees. According to RJ Bell of Pregame.com, Virginia Tech would be favored against many at-large teams, the five most impressive being:

#7 Richmond
#7 Oklahoma State
#8 UNLV
#9 Wake Forest
#10 Florida

Not only does Las Vegas consider Virgina Tech to be better than a surprising number of at-large teams, Vegas considers them to be clearly better than at least three teams seeded in the top half of the whole tournament!

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RJ Bell of Pregame.com is the only sports bettor on Forbes' recent list of Gambling Gurus and has been called "a true insider" by ESPN, "incredibly astute" by AOL and a "point-spread maven" by USA Today. Mr. Bell has been featured on CBS News with Katie Couric, ABC News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, Sportscenter, Outside the Lines (ESPN), First Take (ESPN2), Mike & Mike, Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Dan Patrick, ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, Yahoo, CNN.com and in the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, New York Times, LA Times, Newsweek.com, Bloomberg, Maxim, and Sports Illustrated. Pregme.com is the largest sports betting news website compliant with US Law.

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