March Madness Betting on the Final Four at Sports Gambling

March Madness betting on the 2008 Final Four provides us with great lessons to apply to the 2009 March Madness betting line.

March Madness betting fans were treated to one of the classic Final Fours that provided a great challenge against the March Madness betting line. The four top-seeded teams from the March Madness betting regionals hardly ever make it to the Final Four.

That in itself made the 2008 Final Four a classic in March Madness betting. Top seeds North Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, and Memphis brought power and prestige to the March Madness betting line and in the case of North Carolina, UCLA, and Kansas a considerable amount of March Madness betting tradition.

Just for good measure Memphis brought an undefeated straight up record to make the 2008 Final Four one of the most compelling in the history of March Madness betting.

The matchup of Kansas and North Carolina was particularly compelling for March Madness betting fans as not only were both teams traditional powers but North Carolina coach Roy Williams made his initial fame as coach of Kansas before returning “home” to UNC in 2004.

Kansas had overcome a bad reputation of choking against the March Madness betting line to finally make college basketball's biggest day. Kansas was a 2.5-point March Madness betting dog but got the cash in an 84-66 blowout win and cover.

Memphis has the incredible March Madness betting pressure of being an undefeated team while UCLA was a program that was becoming used to regular Final Four appearances. Memphis proved to be too much for the men of Westwood as they got the cash and the berth in the title game by a score of 78-63.

Memphis faced the same pressure that the New England Patriots felt two months prior in the super bowl as they needed just one more win to achieve perfection over an entire season.

The Tigers were a 2-point March Madness betting favorite in the title game over Kansas but blew what seemed to be a solid lead late in the game and lost a crushing 68-75 overtime decision in one of the most memorable games in the history of March Madness betting.

Respect of power, tradition, and point spread value was the lesson of the 2008 Final Four.