Elite Eight was determined<\/a>, FanDuel said Saint Peter’s accounted for 45% of its title futures.<\/strong><\/p>\nFor Sunday’s game against the Tar Heels, bettors heavily backed the underdog Peacocks, being given anywhere from 7.5 to 8.5 points.<\/p>\n
Caesars Sportsbook said 62% of the money was on Saint Peter’s against UNC. Other books rooting for UNC yesterday included PointsBet, which said Saint Peter’s was responsible for 61% of the money, and DraftKings, which reported 59% of the cash on the underdog.<\/p>\n
Future Unknown<\/b><\/h2>\n
Saint Peter’s coach Shaheen Holloway has led the Peacocks since 2018. But following his team’s historic run, his days at the school are likely numbered.<\/p>\n
Holloway’s publicly disclosed salary for this year is $266,000. Rumors are swirling that nearby Seton Hall — the school Holloway graduated from in 2000 — is readying an offer to him as much as 10 times that compensation.<\/strong><\/p>\nSeton Hall is also where Holloway served as an assistant coach from 2010 to 2018.<\/p>\n
“I’m not worried about that right now,”<\/strong> Holloway said last night regarding Seton Hall. “I’m worried about those 15 young men whose hearts are broken. It’s my job as their leader to cheer them up, make sure they understand what they did the last two weeks.”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saint Peter’s did the unprecedented during the 2022 men’s college basketball tournament by being the first 15-seed to reach the Elite Eight. And the unlikeliest of Cinderella stories ended up being a tale of riches for sportsbooks and oddsmakers. During and after the Peacocks’ memorable run of upsets over No. 2 Kentucky, No. 7 Murray […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":206924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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