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CHOPS TO PROFIT
5 chops banked · Louisville eliminated R32 · 3 teams advancing
Florida
#1 Seed · South
$5,700
Paid
Chops earned: 1 · Needs 3 more (Final Four)
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E8 · 3 chops−$933
F4 · 4 chops+$3,607
Champ · 6 chops+$12,914
First chop is in. Demolished Prairie View A&M 114-55. Three more wins to break even at Final Four. Next: R32 vs Iowa (FLA -10.5, Sun 6:10 PM TBS).
Alabama
#4 Seed · Midwest
$1,850
Paid
Chops earned: 1 · Needs 2 more (Elite 8)
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S16 · 2 chops−$261
E8 · 3 chops+$2,917
Champ · 6 chops+$16,764
First chop is in. Routed Hofstra 90-70. Two more wins to break even at Elite 8. Next: R32 vs Texas Tech (ALA -1.5, Sun 8:45 PM TBS).
Louisville
#6 Seed · East
$1,500
Paid
Chops earned: 1 · Eliminated in Round of 32
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Final · 1 chop−$1,046
Eliminated. Fell to Michigan State 74-68 in R32. Nineteen turnovers and a limited Brown return sealed it. Final: 1 chop on $1,500 invested.
Arkansas
#4 Seed · West
$2,050
Paid
Chops earned: 2 · Needs 1 more (Elite 8)
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S16 · 2 chops−$461
E8 · 3 chops+$2,717
Champ · 6 chops+$16,564
Second chop banked. Survived a halftime deficit to beat High Point 80-74. One more win to break even at Elite 8. Next: S16 vs #1 Arizona.
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One Down, One Barely Standing
Louisville’s turnovers finally came home to collect in a 74-68 loss to Michigan State. Arkansas survived a halftime deficit against High Point to reach the Sweet 16 — but Arizona is waiting, and the Razorbacks are not shooting well enough to feel comfortable about it.
There is a moment in every tournament when the thing you were worried about stops being a worry and starts being a fact. For Louisville, that moment arrived at the 3:42 mark of the second half on Saturday afternoon in Buffalo, when Ryan Conwell picked up his fifth foul reaching for a ball he was never going to get, walked to the bench, and sat down on a season that had already been dying of self-inflicted wounds...
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