March Madness Betting: Five Potential Cinderellas

March Madness Betting: Five Potential Cinderellas

The 2011 NCAA basketball tournament is here and it is never too late to look out for some unheralded teams that have all the potential of winning a game or two during March Madness or even performing better than that.March Madness betting can really be quite tricky when it comes to picks. Perhaps taking a look at these teams may give you an idea.

Here we have the five teams we think are waltzing under the radar. I hope this would help make yourMarch Madness betting season a bit more thrilling than expected.

Brigham Young Cougars: While the 19-0 San Diego State Aztecs are the media darlings of the Mountain West Conference, BYU is somehow hanging in the weeds at 17-1 while ranking ninth in the country in offensive efficiency at 1.19 points per possession. This is a team that simply does not turn the ball over, doing so on just 14.8% of their possessions which ranks second in the nation. Their shooter, Jimmer Fredette, is one of the premier shooters in the league and lest you think that the Cougars are only on the offensive side, they rank 27th in defensive efficiency.

UNLV Runnin' Rebels: They say that defense wins championships and that makes the 14-4 Rebels another dangerous Mountain West team as they are rank eighth in the country in defensive efficiency allowing 0.85 points per possession. They are forcing turnovers on 26.3 percent of their opponents' possessions, which is seventh best in the league and perhaps most impressively, they rank sixth in two-point defense, allowing an unbelievably low 40.2 % success rate. Like BYU, UNLV is also well-balanced as they rank a respectable 52nd in offensive efficiency. The Achilles heel of UNLV is their three-point shooting, but it creates easy transition baskets to make up for it.

Temple: The 12-4 Owls out of the Atlandtic-10 are another mid-major team that is quite good defensively to shut down the Big Boys. Temple ranks 13th in defensive efficiency and it accomplished this while facing the 24th toughest non-conference schedule in the country coming from the Pomeroy Ratings, meaning that they will already be very much prepared come tournament time. The Owls are allowing an effective field goal percentage of just 43.3% percent and they simply do not give up second chance points, grabbing the defensive rebounds on 74.1% of their opponents' missed shots; the main reason why are allowing just 59.6 points per game.

Utah State: Every year, the 16-2 Aggies are quite the popular Cinderella choice each year and they were quite disappointed when they lost in the first round the previous season. That is something not to expect this year though, for this is a team that stiffens defensively near the basket. Ranked 12th in the country in two-point defense at 41.2% , they are the best defensive rebounding team in the nation, grabbing opponents' misses 76.2% of the time. Therefore, as a result, they rank 11th in scoring defense at 58.2 points per game and they have still managed to rank a decent 55th in offensive efficiency.

Belmont: While the above mentioned teams are all capable of surprisingly deep runs, the 16-3 Belmont Bruins are probably the greatest team in the country that no one has ever heard of and they are quite capable of upsetting an unsuspecting powerhouse in the first round. This team is 4-0 ATS in their lined games this year and they lost by single-digits to Tennessee and once to Vanderbilt.

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