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Gonzaga Women Earn Still More Chances To Play Close To Home

If you’re nostalgic for the days when Gonzaga was a reliable source of March Madness upsets, look to the women’s tournament. As a No. 11 seed, the Bulldogs are making an unlikely run, having already knocked off No. 6 George Washington and No. 3 Oregon State last weekend in Corvallis, Oregon. That earned the Bulldogs […]

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Gonzaga Women Earn Still More Chances To Play Close To Home

If you’re nostalgic for the days when Gonzaga was a reliable source of March Madness upsets, look to the women’s tournament. As a No. 11 seed, the Bulldogs are making an unlikely run, having already knocked off No. 6 George Washington and No. 3 Oregon State last weekend in Corvallis, Oregon. That earned the Bulldogs […]

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Kentucky Is Now More Likely To Finish Undefeated Than Not

In the wake of their dominating victory over West Virginia Thursday night, the Kentucky Wildcats have achieved a fairly remarkable distinction according to our March Madness predictions: They’re now more likely to go undefeated than not. Our latest calculations give Kentucky a 54.5 percent likelihood of winning the national championship — so in a bet […]

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Kentucky Is Now More Likely To Finish Undefeated Than Not

In the wake of their dominating victory over West Virginia Thursday night, the Kentucky Wildcats have achieved a fairly remarkable distinction according to our March Madness predictions: They’re now more likely to go undefeated than not. Our latest calculations give Kentucky a 54.5 percent likelihood of winning the national championship — so in a bet […]

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Less Madness, More Chalk

The first two days of March Madness came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. On Thursday, two of the first three games in the men’s tournament featured major upsets, with No. 14 seeds UAB and Georgia State defeating No. 3 seeds Iowa State and Baylor. Those games were enough to ruin […]

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