UConn Completes Historic Comeback to Stun Duke No. 1 seeds had been 134-0 all time when leading by 15 or more points at halftime. Duke led 44-25 with 1:33 remaining in the first half. UConn’s in-game win probability dropped to 1.3%. And then the Huskies did what no team in tournament history had done before. … Read more
Saturday’s Elite Eight: Favorites Dominated After five days of underdogs thriving against the spread in this tournament, Saturday delivered a correction. Both favorites covered, and neither game was particularly close by the final buzzer. Illinois 71, Iowa 59. The Illini were 7.5-point favorites and won by 12. Iowa’s Cinderella run, which included upsets of defending … Read more
Sweet 16 Final Tally: Underdogs 5-3 ATS Before looking ahead, the full Sweet 16 deserves its final accounting. Over two nights of regional semifinal action, underdogs covered the spread in five of eight games. Two won outright. The public kept loading up on favorites, and the contrarian side kept cashing. Thursday delivered a 3-1 underdog … Read more