Because I'm telling you Auburn has a chance. Oh sure, it's ridiculous. But the Tigers are on the board, according to bovada.lv. I've never been a big follower of basketball and have never been a follower of betting lines and odds, but do any of you remember the last time Auburn's basketball team was even on the board?
I'm really asking that, because I don't know. I suspect it's been a long time, though.
The Tigers under first year coach Bruce Pearl are sitting at 300-1 odds. The way I'm counting it, that puts them at a tie for 60th among teams for which odds are listed. The Auburn Tigers are the only team that went from off the board to having any line on them out of the 88 teams listed.
Does this mean anything? Not in terms of actual basketball, no. What it does do is show that the excitement and level of optimism about Auburn's basketball team is beginning to show nation-wide. We really can't say enough about how much the hiring of Bruce Pearl has meant to Auburn University and its basketball program.
School | Open | Current |
---|---|---|
Kentucky | 5/1 | 7/2 |
Arizona | 16/1 | 9/1 |
Wisconsin | 12/1 | 9/1 |
Duke | 9/1 | 12/1 |
North Carolina | 16/1 | 12/1 |
Kansas | 14/1 | 18/1 |
Florida | 16/1 | 20/1 |
Gonzaga | 40/1 | 25/1 |
Iowa State | 33/1 | 25/1 |
Louisville | 25/1 | 25/1 |
Texas | 33/1 | 25/1 |
Villanova | 25/1 | 28/1 |
Wichita State | 28/1 | 28/1 |
Michigan | 33/1 | 33/1 |
Michigan State | 25/1 | 33/1 |
Syracuse | 33/1 | 40/1 |
VCU | 40/1 | 40/1 |
Virginia | 33/1 | 40/1 |
Ohio State | 50/1 | 50/1 |
San Diego State | 66/1 | 50/1 |
SMU | 33/1 | 50/1 |
UConn | 66/1 | 50/1 |
Iowa | 66/1 | 66/1 |
Oklahoma | 40/1 | 66/1 |
UCLA | 50/1 | 66/1 |
Pittsburgh | 100/1 | 75/1 |
Arkansas | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Baylor | 75/1 | 100/1 |
Florida State | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Georgetown | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Harvard | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Indiana | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Kansas State | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Marquette | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Maryland | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Memphis | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Miami FL | 66/1 | 100/1 |
Minnesota | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Nebraska | 66/1 | 100/1 |
Notre Dame | 150/1 | 100/1 |
Oregon | 50/1 | 100/1 |
Seton Hall | 100/1 | 100/1 |
St. Louis | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Stanford | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Tennessee | 100/1 | 100/1 |
Cincinnati | 100/1 | 150/1 |
Providence | 150/1 | 150/1 |
UNLV | 100/1 | 150/1 |
Alabama | 200/1 | 200/1 |
Colorado | 75/1 | 200/1 |
Dayton | 100/1 | 200/1 |
Georgia | 100/1 | 200/1 |
Illinois | 150/1 | 200/1 |
Missouri | 100/1 | 200/1 |
NC State | 150/1 | 200/1 |
New Mexico | 200/1 | 200/1 |
Oklahoma State | 100/1 | 200/1 |
St. John's | 150/1 | 200/1 |
Xavier | 250/1 | 250/1 |
Arizona State | 100/1 | 300/1 |
Auburn | Off | 300/1 |
BYU | 300/1 | 300/1 |
California | 200/1 | 300/1 |
Clemson | 200/1 | 300/1 |
Colorado State | 300/1 | 300/1 |
Creighton | 200/1 | 300/1 |
George Washington | 200/1 | 300/1 |
Georgia Tech | 200/1 | 300/1 |
LSU | 100/1 | 300/1 |
Ole Miss | 150/1 | 300/1 |
Purdue | 200/1 | 300/1 |
South Carolina | 300/1 | 300/1 |
Texas A&M | 500/1 | 300/1 |
UMass | 150/1 | 300/1 |
USC | 200/1 | 300/1 |
Vanderbilt | 250/1 | 300/1 |
Boston College | 500/1 | 500/1 |
Butler | 500/1 | 500/1 |
DePaul | 500/1 | 500/1 |
LaSalle | 300/1 | 500/1 |
Penn State | 300/1 | 500/1 |
Richmond | 500/1 | 500/1 |
St. Joe's | 300/1 | 500/1 |
Texas Tech | 500/1 | 500/1 |
Virginia Tech | 300/1 | 500/1 |
Wake Forest | 300/1 | 500/1 |
Washington | 300/1 | 500/1 |
West Virginia | 200/1 | 500/1 |