The College Basketball Blog: 2012 NCAA Tournament Recap/Wrap-up/Breakdown Part III (Favorites)

(III) Favorites (Notes)

Note 1: When I say favorite I don’t mean by the seed; I mean by the point spread. The following section looks at how point spread favorites did in the tournament. It should be obvious from there.

(III) Favorites (Straight Up/Against the Spread)

Play-In

Straight Up: 1-3

ATS: 1-3

1^st Round

Straight Up: 22-10

ATS: 18-13-1

Through 1^st Round

Straight Up: 23-13

ATS: 19-16-1

2^nd Round

Straight Up: 13-3

ATS: 9-7

Through 2^nd Round

Straight Up: 36-16

ATS: 28-23-1

3^rd Round

Straight Up: 6-2

ATS: 2-6

Through 3^rd Round

Straight Up: 42-18

ATS: 30-29-1

4^th Round

Straight Up: 3-1

ATS: 3-1

Through 4^th Round

Straight Up: 45-19

ATS: 33-30-1

5^th Round

Straight Up: 1-1

ATS: 0-2

Through 5^th Round

Straight Up: 46-20

ATS: 33-32-1

6^th Round

Straight Up: 1-0

ATS: 1-0

Through 6^th Round (Final)

Straight Up: 47-20

ATS: 34-32-1