Panthers' Historic NCAA Win, Massive Spread Against Gators

0:00On March 19th, Prairie View A&M Panthers pulled off their first-ever win in the NCAA tournament, beating Lehigh 67-55 in A. First four-game on Wednesday night. Now they advance to face the number one seed Florida Gators on Friday. Oddsmaker see this as a massive mismatch, installing Florida as a 35.5-favorite at Bed MGM. That would be the biggest spread in. Over 25 years, if it holds. Fans and betters aren't holding out much hope for the Panthers, who sit as high as 80-1 underdogs on the money line at some books. The last time spreads got this lopsided was in 1999, when number one Duke closed at 46.5 over Florida A&M N1 by 41. This tournament features unusually high lines across the board, with every number one seed favored by at least 27.5 points. Number two seeds by 20 and number three's by 15.5. That includes number three Illinois as a record 25.5 favorite over number 14, Pan on Thursday, while upsets have been rare lately.

1:07Last year, no top four seeds lost in round one, and just one double-digit seed reached the sweet 16 Prairie. View gets their shot to make history against the Gators.