{"id":3678,"date":"2009-03-06T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/march-madness-betting-heroes-where-are-they-now\/"},"modified":"2009-03-06T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T18:33:00","slug":"march-madness-betting-heroes-where-are-they-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/march-madness-betting-heroes-where-are-they-now\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Betting Heroes, Where Are They Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Like few other sports events, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=\"March Madness betting\" id=fay.>March Madness betting<\/a> produces heroes \u2013 memorable players who capture fans&#8217; hearts with spectacular performances. Many of those players, like Christian Laettner or Larry Bird, move on to great NBA careers. Some heroes, however, disappear off the face of the Earth after making waves in March Madness betting. Let&#8217;s look at a few memorable players from recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=\"March Madness betting\" id=\"wbx_\">March Madness betting<\/a> seasons who are nowhere to be found now<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHO: Bryce Drew, <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Valparaiso<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHAT: Hit the magical buzzer beater to upset Ole Miss in the 1998 March Madness betting tournament<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHERE IS HE NOW? He enjoyed a brief NBA career with the Rockets, Bulls and Hornets before retiring in 2005. He is now the associate coach at <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Valparaiso<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, working under his father.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHO: Ed and Charles O&#8217;Bannon, UCLA<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHAT: Led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA championship<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHERE ARE THEY NOW? After achieving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=\"March Madness betting\" id=gp8.>March Madness betting<\/a> glory, Ed (ninth, 1995) and Charles (third, 1997) are considered two of the biggest first-round draft busts in NBA history. Ed&#8217;s NBA career sputtered out after stints with the Nets and <span class=SpellE>Mavs<\/span> before he was cut by the Magic in 1997. He now sells cars in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Las   Vegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, though he did finish his degree at UNLV. Charles struggled with the Detroit Pistons for two seasons and now leads the Japanese Basketball League in scoring.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Check out the college basketball databases for March Madness betting at <font color=black><span style='color:black'><a href=\"http:\/\/scoresoddspicks.com\/\">ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a> <\/span><\/font><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like few other sports events, March Madness betting produces heroes \u2013 memorable players who capture fans&#8217; hearts with spectacular performances. Many of those players, like Christian Laettner or Larry Bird, move on to great NBA careers. Some heroes, however, disappear off the face of the Earth after making waves in March Madness betting. 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