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<blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 132372585" data-attributes="member: 1759980">Oddsmakers make terrible predictors when it comes to March Madness. These odds were posted after Sweet Sixteen field was revealed. 2 games later, oddsmakers are in tatters.Only 6th choice UConn, 7th choice Creighton, 9th choice Texas, 13th choice Florida Atlantic, 14th choice San Diego, 15th choice Miami are alive and 2 of them will be gone on Sunday. Monkeys throwing darts at names on a wall could do as well.First 5 choices are gone. So much for paying attention to oddsmakers in March Madness.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here were the odds for making the Final Four when March Madness got down to the Sweet Sixteen, which was only 2 games away from the Final Four: Team&nbsp; &nbsp; Odds (March 22)&nbsp; &nbsp; Odds (pre-tourney) Alabama&nbsp; &nbsp; -134&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +175 Houston&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +100&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +140 Tennessee&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +130&nbsp; &nbsp; +500 Gonzaga&nbsp; &nbsp; +175&nbsp; &nbsp; +350 UCLA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +175&nbsp; &nbsp; +300 UConn&nbsp; &nbsp; +190&nbsp; &nbsp; +450 Creighton&nbsp; &nbsp; +200&nbsp; &nbsp; +700 Kansas State&nbsp; &nbsp; +200&nbsp; &nbsp; +900 Texas&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +225&nbsp; &nbsp; +300 Michigan State&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +250&nbsp; &nbsp; N/A Arkansas&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +300&nbsp; &nbsp; N/A Xavier&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +350&nbsp; &nbsp; +1,100 Florida Atlantic&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +400&nbsp; &nbsp; N/A San Diego&nbsp; &nbsp; +550&nbsp; &nbsp; +1,200 Miami (FL)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +600&nbsp; &nbsp; +1,200 Princeton&nbsp; &nbsp; +2,300&nbsp; &nbsp; N/A Still alive: 2 seed Texas 4 seed Connecticut 5 seed Miami5 seed San Diego 6 seed Creighton 9 seed Florida Atlantic </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals, post: 132372585, member: 1759980"] [B]Oddsmakers make terrible predictors when it comes to March Madness. These odds were posted after Sweet Sixteen field was revealed. 2 games later, oddsmakers are in tatters. Only 6th choice UConn, 7th choice Creighton, 9th choice Texas, 13th choice Florida Atlantic, 14th choice San Diego, 15th choice Miami are alive and 2 of them will be gone on Sunday. Monkeys throwing darts at names on a wall could do as well. First 5 choices are gone. So much for paying attention to oddsmakers in March Madness. Here were the odds for making the Final Four when March Madness got down to the Sweet Sixteen, which was only 2 games away from the Final Four: Team Odds (March 22) Odds (pre-tourney) Alabama -134 +175 Houston +100 +140 Tennessee +130 +500 Gonzaga +175 +350 UCLA +175 +300 UConn +190 +450 Creighton +200 +700 Kansas State +200 +900 Texas +225 +300 Michigan State +250 N/A Arkansas +300 N/A Xavier +350 +1,100 Florida Atlantic +400 N/A San Diego +550 +1,200 Miami (FL) +600 +1,200 Princeton +2,300 N/A Still alive: 2 seed Texas 4 seed Connecticut 5 seed Miami 5 seed San Diego 6 seed Creighton 9 seed Florida Atlantic [/B] [/QUOTE]

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