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Originally Posted by I*Ride*A*Little*Bike I've got Wake Forest taking out UConn in the final. I'm sure that proves my intelligence on the subject. |
Well, UConn won it all, and Wake made the final four, an fell just two points short of making it to the final, so you werent that far off
anyway, here's a terrible gambling story for you guys to enjoy:
I entered into a pool where you put in 5 dollars, and you get randomly assigned a team in the tournament. 64 teams in the tourney, so the total pot was $320. Each game goes with the spread, and if your team covers the spread, you move on. If you have an underdog and your team loses, but by less than the spread, you inherit the team that beat you.
I started with 15th seeded Vermont (the representative of the Ameica East conference, home of my alma mater). now, for the uneducated, there are four of each numbered seeds (four 1 seeds, four 2s, four 3s, etc.), so Vermont was probably ranked like 60th overall in the tournament. they were playing UConn (the preseason #1 team in the nation, and a heavy favorite to win the whole tournament) in the first round, and were 20-point underdogs. Uconn only won by 17, so i inherited UConn for the rest of my pool
UConn went along blowing everyone out and covering the spread, so i was still alive going into Saturday's Final 4 game against Duke. Uconn was a 2.5 point favorite, so i need them to win by 3 or more. UConn is losing almost the whole game, and they come back to take a 3-point lead with like 10 seconds. Duke misses a shot and UConn rebounds, then gets fouled with 3 seconds left. Emeka Okafor of UConn hits one of two free throws, to put UConn up 4, so things are looking good for me.
Duke inbounds the ball, and Chris Duhon tosses up a meaningless three-point shot from half-court that goes in as time expires, to pull Duke to within one, and prevent UConn from covering the spread, knocking me out of the pool. Uconn then blew out Ga. Tech in the final last night, meaning i would have won the pool if Duhon didnt hit that fucking meaningless shot. :x :x :x
There was an article on ESPN.com yesterday stating that the Duhon shot cost gamblers in Vegas somewhere between $30 and $100 million dollars.
Fuck Chris Duhon, and fuck Duke