Such reality wasn’t so secure in the spring, when the Zags more than investigated the idea of jumping to the Mountain West.
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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.
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.
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.
It wasn’t a good season for head college basketball coaches with Las Vegas ties. Two got fired. One almost got into a fight because of it.
San Diego State beat top-seeded and 22nd-ranked UNR for the second time in six days, but nobody could have predicted the ease with which it won.
UCLA fell to Arizona 78-67 in overtime, but the team that took the Wildcats to an extra five minutes can absolutely win games when the madness commences next week.
If you believe recent reports, Gonzaga and Brigham Young could soon depart the West Coast Conference for the Mountain West.
