[DaColts]

I have Track the last Five year of THE tournament here are the AVG. of the 1st rd

1 vs 16 1 seed won by an avg of 22.65 with 0 upsets
2 vs 15 2 seed won by an avg of 16.7 with 0 upsets
3 vs 14 3 seed won by an avg of 10 with 2 upsets
4 vs 13 4 seed won by an avg of 8.25 with 3 upsets
5 vs 12 5 seed won by an avg of 6.05 with 6 upsets
6 vs 11 6 seed won by an avg of 5.35 with 6 upsets
7 vs 10 7 seed won by an avg of 4.05 with 6 upsets
8 vs 9 (9) seed won by and avg of .8 with 11 upsets

1 vs 16 the 16 covered 11 of 20 with 1 push
2 vs 15 the 15 covered 11 of 20 no push
3 vs 14 there even 10 - 10
4 vs 13 the 4 covered 11 of 20 no push
5 vs 12 the 5 covered 11 or 20 with 1 push
6 vs 11 the 6 coverded 12 or 20 no push
7 vs 10 the 7 covered 14 of the 20 no push
8 vs 9 the 9 covered 10 of the 20 with 2 push

Any thoughts on these NO.s

[stingyrivers]

good info da colts.... one thing, i got 4 upsets for four seeds in the past 5 yrs, but everything else is dead on

[stingyrivers]

oh and to answer your question, my thoughts are that smart ML Parlays on the top 3 seeds in each region is about as sure of winning bets as possible in this racket

[DaColts]

Bradley over Kansas 77 to 73 in 2006
Vermont over Scuse 60 to 57 in 2005
Tulsa over Dayton 84 to 71 in 2003

[stingyrivers]

UNC-Willmington over USC 93 to 89 in 2002

[stingyrivers]

whoops, oh yeah that would be six yrs ago i guess, sorry bout that, thanks for the thread though good stuff