No 16 seed has ever beaten a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the chances of it happening this year are viewed as so remote that you can make this wager at Bodog:In what round will the first #1 ranked seed (North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA, Kansas) be eliminated from the March Madness 2008 Tournament?Round of 64 250/1
Round of 32 5/1
Sweet 16 4/1
Elite 8 2/1
Final 4 11/1
Even at 250-1 odds, doesn't picking Mount St. Mary's, Coppin State, Portland State, UT-Arlington or Mississippi Valley State to beat North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis or UCLA strike you as a terrible bet?
It sure does to me. There may be parity in college basketball to some extent, but not to such a great extent that the best team in the Pac-10 or ACC needs to be concerned about playing the best team in the Northeast or SWAC. The first two days of the NCAA Tournament are the best two days of the year in American sports, but those four games are going to be dull. Maybe making those games interesting is why some people are willing to put down some money on a 250-1 shot.
