Saturday = Chalk, Sunday = Dogs

ND shooters felt overwhelmed by Florida St. today

Wow!  The first weekend of the 2011 Madness is in the books.  Hard to believe we have already had 52 games with only 15 more remaining.

Interesting weekend with completely different results between Saturday than Sunday.

First there was chalk Saturday.  The higher seeded teams were a combined 7-1 SU & ATS - Pittsburgh was the only team to not follow this trend in their last second loss to Butler.  Favourites ruled the day and the OVER so the sportbooks took a beating.

We should have realized that Underdog Sunday was going to happen.  The higher seeds were taken down all day - going 2-6 ATS.  (4-4 SU)

UNC and Duke were able to survive the tourney but did not cover. Big East powerhouses ND & Syracuse not only didn't cover, but lost straight up.  A surprise upset by #12 VCU sent #3 seeded Purdue packing and #4 Texas also found a way to lose a game late to #5 Arizona.

The sportbooks had a very good day today at our expense and we will be eager to get this back on Thursday.

Now onto the Sweet 16 which starts on Thursday.  Three #1 seeds remain in the field, along with three #2 seeds so 75% of the tourney favourites survived.  We have six underdogs seeded #5 or lower in the sweet 16 and may be worth fading in the coming days as the clock should be getting closer to midnight for a few of these Cinderalla teams.

Get some rest, regroup and get ready for Thursday.  We all deserve it.
D$ OUT