Best March Madness Comebacks Against the Spread

By Mike Godsey

With the whole world watching, href="http://www.betonline.com/" title="March Madness betting">March Madness
betting produces moments that live on forever in sports lore, Among those
moments are amazing comebacks – improbable rallies that have people saying “Oh
my God, did you see the game?” around the water cooler the next day. Let’s
check out some of the most memorable comebacks in March Madness betting
history.

WHEN: 2007 South regional matchup

WHO: Ohio
State over Xavier

HOW: In one of the wildest March
Madness betting comebacks in recent memory, favorite Ohio
State trailed by 11 points with
just over seven minutes to play. But the Buckeyes fought all the way back and
tied the game with Ron Lewis’ buzzer-beating three-pointer before edging Xavier
78-71 in overtime.

WHEN: 1989 Southeast Regional
matchup

WHO: South Alabama
over Alabama

HOW: Imagine how much you’d have
won if you took a halftime href="http://www.betonline.com/sportsbook/default.aspx">sportsbook
line on South Alabama, who trailed by 16 points? They
fought all the way back and won 86-84 thanks to a three-point dagger by Jeff
Hodge with five seconds remaining.

WHEN: 1983 Championship final

WHO: North
Carolina State
over Houston

HOW: How often do style='color:blue'>online betting
fans see a favorite blow a six-point lead with three minutes to go? It happened
in 1983, when NC State stole the championship from Houston
with an improbable comeback capped by a wild Dereck class=SpellE>Whittenberg shot that was caught and converted into an
alley oop by Lorenzo Charles. NC State 54, Houston
52.