- The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles have +6600 odds to win the NCAA Championship.
- Oral Roberts is the second 15 seed to make the Sweet 16.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Cinderella story continues as the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles have become just the second 15 seed in the history of March Madness to ever make the Sweet 16.
It has been quite the ride thus far for the Golden Eagles as they have beat the odds tremendously in their first two games.
It started in their Round of 64 matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes where online sportsbooks had them going into the game being seen as a +15-point underdog.
This is when the college basketball world was put on notice as Oral Roberts went in swinging and defeated the Buckeyes 75-72. With that win, Oral Roberts became just the ninth 15 seed in March Madness to defeat a number two seed. This was also the Golden Eagles first tournament win since way back in 1974 as well.
Moving on to Oral Roberts Round of 32 game against the Florida Gators, it was a similar outcome here as the spread on the game opened up with them being +7.5-point underdogs and closed as +9-point underdogs and taking in 42% of bets. Also, their odds on the moneyline saw a shift as well as they went from +280 down to +350 prior to the game with 36% of bets.
All in all, Oral Roberts ended up taking it to the Gators as they defeated them as well with a final score of 81-78 and continued to defeat their college basketball odds.
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As for what’s next for Oral Roberts, they have now become the second 15 seed in the history of March Madness to reach the Sweet 16. The first time this happened was back in 2013 when the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles made a run to the Sweet 16 before being beaten.
However, that is not to say that Oral Roberts will be sent home in the Sweet 16 as they are riding high on their momentum right now and are expected to give the Arkansas Razorbacks a run for their money right off the bat.
The Golden Eagles are going into their Sweet 16 matchup with Arkansas as a whopping +11-point underdog. Bettors that have kept up with Oral Roberts on the season should know that they should be at least jumping on them to cover the spread as they have gone 16-9 ATS this season and are 2-0 ATS thus far in the tournament.
Not to mention they will easily match Arkansas's offense as well as they have scored 80 or more points in eight of their last twelve games.
That said, now is the time for bettors to be jumping on Oral Roberts before their odds shift anymore.
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