West never took Stevens up on the offer, but again, the ruse garnered plenty of media coverage.<\/p>\n
As is typically the case, the NCAA tournament is once again largely in chaos and brackets are in disarray. No. 1 Villanova and No. 2 seeds Duke and Louisville both failed to make the Sweet Sixteen, and last night another contender met their match.<\/p>\n
No. 2 Arizona faced the lowest seed of the first night of the Sweet Sixteen with No. 11 Xavier.<\/p>\n
\nThough there still hasn’t been a buzzer-beater to win a game in this year’s tourney, last night there were three opportunities, including one from the Wildcats’ Allonzo Trier.\u00a0But the shot rattled off the rim and the Musketeers pulled off the upset 73-71. Arizona was favored by around seven points in Las Vegas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nSportsbooks will now focus their attention on Xavier, as they were long shots to win the West Region heading into the semifinals at 12-1. The Westgate SuperBook listed Xavier at 100-1 tin win the college basketball title prior to their Arizona upset, an attractive line in hindsight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Derek Stevens is a betting man, but this March hasn’t been too kind to the D Casino owner. Before March Madness tipped off, the Las Vegas businessman placed a $12,500 bet on the Michigan Wolverines winning the men’s NCAA basketball tournament at 80-1 odds. Golden Nugget owner Tilman Fertitta personally approved the wager placed at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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