Which of them will fall flat on their faces first?

The 2010 March Madness bracket tournament has been set and the top four No.1 seeds have been announced, that being the Kansas Jayhawks, the Kentucky Wildcats, the Duke Blue Devils and the Syracuse Orange. That being said, basketball aficionados looking to score some major winnings will wait which No.1 seed will falter first since these guys know how big underdogs pay off.

So who’ll get the boot first? Let’s start with the Duke Blue Devils. Among all of the no.1 seeds in this year’s tournament, many people are expecting Duke to have the easiest matchup, well, at least in the first round. Duke has all the materials to go deep in this tournament and since the Tar Heels won’t be playing this March, not many people think otherwise.

Next we have the Kansas Jayhawks. Kansas has one of the best defenses in college basketball as they held opponents to 63.8 points, the best average in the Big 12, the very conference the Jayhawks dominated with a 15-1 record before claiming the conference tournament championship for the seventh time. Betting against these guys is pretty much, not a good idea.

We also have the Syracuse Orange. They will slug it out against the Vermont Catamounts in the first round of the 2010 NCAA tourney. Looking back at the history of these two teams, Vermont, champions of the America East Conference, beat Syracuse 60-57 in overtime in the first round of the 2005 NCAA tournament, a stinging loss the Orange have not forgotten. And if you’re looking for an upset in the first round, this matchup can very well give you one.

Syracuse had finished the 2004-05 regular season at 24-6 and captured the Big East tournament title before losing to the Catamounts. Now they face each other again with the Orange obviously hoping that the result would be different this time. The Orange were ranked No.1 for a week this season but entered the NCAA tournament having lost two straight. An injury to starting center Arinze Onuaku in the Big East tournament, coupled with losing that quarterfinal game to Georgetown, most likely relegated Syracuse to the West region and behind Duke as the last of the top seeds.

Syracuse is in a funk heading to the tournament, definitely not something you want at this time of the year.

Another team that is likely to lose its first round match up is the East’s No.1 seed Kentucky Wildcats. The Wildcats face East Tennessee State Buccaneers on Thursday, a team that has been in this situation last year when they were giving then No.1 seed Pittsburgh a difficult outing to kick off the 2009 tourney.

East Tennessee State will have the exactly same group of players for this tournament, something to be concerned about especially if you’re a Wildcats fan.

The 2010 March Madness bracket tournament kicks off Thursday. How will your favorite players perform? BetUS.com has the odds you can bet on this March.

Odds on lowest seed to reach the 2010 NCAA Final Four

Yes 175/1

Odds on lowest seed to win the 2010 March Madness bracket

Yes 800/1

1^st round scoring leader

Sherron Collins (Kansas Jayhawks) 8/1

Wes Johnson (Syracuse Orange) 8/1

Kyle Singler (Duke Blue Devils) 7/1

John Wall (Kentucky Wildcats) 7/1

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