{"id":265825,"date":"2023-03-23T10:55:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=265825"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:00:26","slug":"march-madness-odds-princeton-fau-sweet-16-long-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/march-madness-odds-princeton-fau-sweet-16-long-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness: Princeton and FAU are Long Shots in the Sweet 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only 16 teams remain in the 2023 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament. Heading into the Sweet 16, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Princeton are the betting long shots on DraftKings’ college basketball futures board to win the \u201cMarch Madness” championship. Princeton has the longest odds in the Sweet 16 at +16000, while FAU is the second-biggest long shot at winning the championship at +5000.<\/p>\n

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Blake Peters, a sophomore guard from Princeton, celebrates an upset victory over Arizona in the opening round of the 2023 March Madness college basketball tournament at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA. (Image: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the #9 seed, FAU squares off against #4 Tennessee on Thursday evening in the East Regional at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tennessee is +1000 odds to win the championship, but they lost their best playmaker when point guard Zakai Zeigler tore his ACL against Arkansas earlier in the month.<\/p>\n

Princeton has the lowest remaining seed at #15, and they meet #6 Creighton on Friday in the South Regional at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Creighton is +1600 odds to win March Madness.<\/p>\n

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No team lower than a #8 seed in the tournament ever won the championship. FAU and Princeton are trying to make history as the biggest long shot to win March Madness during a year in which numerous top seeds were upset in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alabama and Houston<\/a> are the only two remaining #1 seeds in the Sweet 16, and both are the betting favorites to win the championship. Alabama is the consensus favorite at +340, with Houston right behind them at +350.<\/p>\n

UCLA and Texas are the only #2 seeds qualified for the Sweet 16. UCLA is +800 odds to win the title, and Texas is +1000 odds.<\/p>\n

#9 FAU (33-3) vs. #4 Tennessee (25-10)<\/h2>\n