In Jay Kornegay's 20-plus years in Las Vegas,the Westgate SuperBook vice president of race and sports has no recollection of a 1000-1 wager ever cashing, according to ESPN.com's David Purdum.
Should the Syracuse Orange orchestrate the final upset and emerge as the men's basketball NCAA tournament champions, and that will no longer be the case.
Before the No. 10 seed secured a spot in the Final Four,before it stunned the Virginia Cavaliers with a second-half 29-8 hasten and two months before the Round of 64 even began, Westgate listed the Orange's odds of cutting the final net at 1000-1.
It was then that someone, and Syracuse faithful or otherwise,chose to place a $100 bet on the turbulent team.
Now, with only two games standing in the way of the New York squad's enshrinement into college hoops history, or what could occupy initially been perceived as a wasted Benjamin Franklin is a potential $100100 windfall.
So,should April 4 indeed discontinuance in a downpour of orange confetti, whose celebration will reign supreme: the Orange or the bettor?[ESPN.com]Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com
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