FIBA World Championship odds

"Is USA the top team?"

 

My money's on Qatar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love rooting for the underdog....

 

In my opinion Argentina, Brazil or France will win because they have a better team concept than the USA teams

 

I'm surprised Greece was that high, esp. over Lithuania, Italy, Serbia, and Germany. Nevertheless, I hope they do well, so I can see V Span play a lttle before joining the Rockets.

 

I just watched Greece destroy Germany this morning. They also easily handled France. So I think they are right where they should be and I think Brazil is underrated. It's no coincidence that they are playing better and Vspan is on the team. He is their 6thman high energy player.

 

Three rocket players are playing and they're not just players, they're top players from their respective team.. Yao and V Span.

... and Shane is very visible and really contributing to the US Team.

Can't wait for the regular season...

 

Is Lebanon still going to play?

 

ok How does this odds thing work here? It is different than the odds system used in US.

 

Explanation for what these odds mean:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-odds_gambling

 

So (-)300 for the US means they have 1/3 change of winning?
And (+)750 means Argentina has a 7.5 to 1 chance of winning?
I'm dumb.

 

-300 for the USA means that you need to put up $300 to win $100, which are 1:3 odds on the USA. Argentina, with the odds of 750, would have 7.5:1 odds against, which means if you put up $100 and win, you win $750.

Looking at those numbers, I wonder what craziness will ensue in Vegas if Lebanon somehow wins the tourney, and people start claiming their $250,000 off their $100 bets.

 

you can bet if Lebanon wins, the games were fixed by people in Vegas. FBI will be all over it.

 

Greece won the last European Championships in 2005.

 

So, if I place a buck on Quatar, I win $25,000? Hey, I've spent a dollar on a lot worse things...

 

dang usa was about -175 when i looked a couple weeks ago. Lots of money must have been put on them

 

Thanks for clearing that up. Anyone put down their bets, on who and how much?