Elite Eight Betting Odds

From the top 64 NCAA Basketball teams, March Madness Season develops, as the Sweet Sixteen turns into the Elite Eight, the Final Four and eventually the National Championship Game.

Following the completion of the earlier rounds, the Big Dance kicks into high gear at the NCAA Regionals. As the road to the College Basketball Championship develops, the NCAA whittles a field of hundreds of different College Basketball teams down to 64 final competitors down to 16, then to what it is known: the Elite Eight.

March Madness: Elite 8

Elite Eight is the fourth round of these March Madness Basketball Tournament.

Elite Eight are the final eight teams in the Division I NCAA basketball tournament and the third-to-last round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournaments. Elite Eight are the two teams in each of the four regional championship games.

The Elite 8 is the result of the remaining NCAA tournament hopefuls, when just one win separates the eight schools from a coveted Final Four berth. The final eight teams and, thus represent the regional finals, or national quarterfinals.

During the first 12 years of the Elite 8 tournament (1939-50) only eight teams competed, meaning every team that qualified in those years was an automatic "Elite Eight" team.

This year's Elite Eight games will take place in four cities across the country on Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25.

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March Madness Elite 8 Schedule

NCAA Tournament South Regional: Session 2
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Saturday, March 24, 2018 6:00PM

NCAA Tournament West Regional: Session 2
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, March 24, 2018 6:00PM

NCAA Tournament East Regional: Session 2
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Sunday, March 25, 2018 6:00PM

NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional: Session 2
CenturyLink Center - Omaha, Omaha, NE
Sunday, March 25, 2018 6:00PM

Bet on eight of the best teams in college hoops. When a number of pretenders have been eliminated from March Madness betting options and we're left with 8 teams in the NCAA tournament.

The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is pure mayhem; games begin and end simultaneously, buzzers sound from TV's, iPads, iPhones, and computers, celebrations are loud. And of course, defeat is inevitable for more than three-quarters of the field.

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