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The End of Alabama's First-Round Matchup Featured A Horribly Bad Beat

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Andy Nesbitt

The End of Alabama's First-Round Matchup Featured A Horribly Bad Beat
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The men’s NCAA tournament is off and running and it didn’t take long for some madness to happen. 

We saw a couple of big upsets on Thursday, with a No. 2 seed (Arizona) and a No. 4 seed (Virginia) being sent home in stunning fashion. 

But you know what else we saw in the first full day of tournament action? One of the worst bad beats for bettors that you’ll ever see.

No. 1 seed Alabama, a 23.5 favorite over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, led by 24 points in the final seconds of the game. It appeared as if the time would run out and everyone who had that Bama bet would get paid out. 

Then this happened: 

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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