2024 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Betting
The Elite Eight has meaning for fans and gamblers of college basketball like few other levels. That is because the four winners of Elite Eight games get their tickets punched to the Final Four. As such, this is when the cream rises to the top. Thus, it’s no surprise to see blue bloods among the teams that have made the most Final Four appearances. North Carolina leads the way with 21 trips to the Final Four, while UCLA is second with 19. When it comes to the Elite Eight, Kentucky has the most appearances with 38, followed by North Carolina with 29, Kansas with 25 and UCLA with 22. It is not unusual to see top seeds make the Elite Eight, but it is very unusual to see lower seeds reach the Elite Eight. The lowest-seeded team to reach the Elite Eight since the tournament went to 64 teams was No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s in 2022.
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2024 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
The top seeds are expected to do well in the NCAA Tournament and on average a total of three of the four No. 1 seeds make the Elite Eight each year. There has been only one tournament in history where none of the top seeds made the Elite Eight and it was in 2023. There have been a total of two No. 12 seeds to make the Elite Eight, Missouri in 2002, and Oregon State in 2021. A total of nine No. 11 seeds have made it to the Elite Eight, the most recent being UCLA in 2021. Rarely do two double-digit seeds make the Elite Eight, but it has happened four times, most recently in 2022 when No. 10 seed Miami and No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s made it.
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Format
The Elite Eight has given us some incredible moments over the years. Teams leave it all on the court with a Final Four bid on the line, and that’s led to incredible Cinderella stories like the VCU Rams, George Mason Patriots, and the Butler Bulldogs.
However, the most indelible image from the Elite Eight belongs to Christian Laettner and the Duke Blue Devils. The greatest game in NCAA Tournament history saw the Duke Blue Devils and the Kentucky Wildcats go to overtime tied at 93 apiece. Kentucky looked set to win 103-102, but Grant Hill threw a long inbounds pass to Christian Laettner who buried a turnaround jumper with no time remaining to give the Blue Devils a one-point win. Duke went on to win its second straight national championship after beating Kentucky.
2024 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Results
South Region:
(4) Duke 64, (11) NC State 76
East Region:
(1) UConn 77, (3) Illinois 52
Midwest Region:
(1) Purdue 72, (2) Tennessee 66
West Region:
(4) Alabama 89, (6) Clemson 82
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