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Vegas on local teams: Mount St. Mary's favored

I just spoke with Robert Walker, the sports and race book director for MGM Mirage casinos in Las Vegas, and the current point spread on the Coppin State-Mount St. Mary's play-in game for the NCAA Tournament have The Mount at a 7 1/2-point favorite.

The odds on either team winning the national championship are the maximum odds for just about any sports bet in a Vegas casino -- 5,000-to-1. Remember, a No. 16 seed has never even won an opening-round game. The winner of Coppin State-Mount St. Mary's plays North Carolina in the first round.

In the UMBC-Georgetown game, the Retrievres are 17 1/2-point underdogs but some money has actually moved on UMBC lowering the odds slightly from an opening line of 18. UMBC is a No. 15 seed and Georgetown is a No. 2. The odds on UMBC winning the whole thing are 3,000-1.

Posted by Bill Ordine on March 17, 2008 3:30 PM |
                    

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Number 6 seeds are 10-6 against the 11's against the spread in the past four years.

Posted by: Tipster | March 17, 2008 7:05 PM

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O, by the Way: Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his five years at The Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right. E-mail Bill.

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