ticket that would have paid $1 million<\/a>.<\/p>\nPrior to tip-off Monday night, the flamboyant downtown casino owner hedged his bet by placing a $330,000 wager on Villanova that netted $100,000. The hedge was placed at William Hill, while the $25,000 wager was taken by fellow downtown casino owner Tilman Fertitta’s Golden Nugget.<\/p>\n
Though Michigan’s loss made him $900,000 short late Monday night, Stevens still came out on top in 2018 March Madness. He pocketed $16,000 after going 17-14-2 on 33 $11,000 First Round wagers.<\/strong><\/p>\nWith his hedge bets loss factored in on Loyola Chicago (a $52,000 wager on the Cinderella when they played Michigan), Stevens’ betting bottom line for the NCAA tourney was a $39,000 gain.<\/p>\n
Too Early 2019 Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n
With the 2018 college basketball season in the books, oddsmakers are looking to next year and taking futures. And despite Villanova’s prowess, they won’t enter the offseason as the 2018-19 team to beat.<\/p>\n
That honor instead goes to the Duke Blue Devils at 5\/1, a youth-filled team that lost to Kansas in overtime in the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n
Villanova is next at 8\/1 along with Kansas and Kentucky. North Carolina, the 2017 NCAA title winners, round out the top five at 12\/1. Michigan opens at 20\/1.<\/strong><\/p>\nAs for the 2018 Cinderella feel-good story, the Final Four Loyola Chicago Ramblers are at 500\/1 to win the national championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Villanova Wildcats were the consensus best team in men’s college basketball ahead of Monday night’s NCAA national championship game, and coach Jay Wright’s squad left few to any doubters after easily taking care of business against the Michigan Wolverines 79-62. After trailing early, Donte DiVincenzo came off the bench and ignited an inferno. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":74309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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