When Kansas defeated Duke 85-81 in overtime Sunday as a 3½-point underdog, it capped a 16-4 ATS streak for ‘dogs — including 11 outright wins — in the past 20 NCAA Tournament games.
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Opening and closing lines, results and point-spread highlights from both games Sunday in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 1 seed Kansas is a 3-point underdog to Duke on Sunday, but betting on the Jayhawks has been hazardous to our health — emotionally, physically and financially — as they’ve dealt their backers back-to-back bad beats.
Opening and closing lines, results and point-spread highlights from both games in the NCAA Tournament.
Underdogs have gone 13-3 against the spread with nine outright wins over the last three days of the NCAA Tournament, going 7-1 ATS on Sunday and 3-1 ATS on both Thursday and Friday.
Opening and closing lines, results and point-spread highlights from all eight games in the NCAA Tournament.
Underdogs dominated Sunday, going 7-1 ATS with four outright wins as No. 1 Xavier, No. 2s North Carolina and Cincinnati and No. 3 Michigan State all were eliminated.
Here are some NCAA Tournament props posted at MGM Resorts, William Hill, Westgate and Station Casinos sports books.
The Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Todd Dewey compete with handicappers Kelly Stewart, Doug Fitz and Bruce Marshall in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games Thursday and Friday.
No. 10 Butler, a 1-point favorite over No. 7 Arkansas, was the only lower seed favored over a higher seed when Las Vegas sports books posted the opening lines Sunday for the NCAA Tournament, which opens on Tuesday and starts in earnest Thursday.
The Anteaters have gone under in 15 of their past 20 games, and the Titans have gone under in three straight and 11 of 14 (11-2-1).
Southern California is on a 15-2-1 under streak, and Arizona is on a 7-2 under run.
Florida has owned its series with Arkansas, winning the last eight meetings and 13 of 14 while covering the last four.
The Wolf Pack are 2½-point favorites over San Diego State in Friday’s 6 p.m. Mountain West semifinal showdown and handicappers Bruce Marshall and Brian Edwards love UNR.
Handicapper Bernie Fratto loves the over in Thursday night’s New Mexico-Wyoming Mountain West quarterfinal matchup.