March Madness Betting: Sooners could face trouble from scrappy Wolverines

Michigan overcame the March Madness betting odds against them in their first-round meeting with Clemson, but the Oklahoma Sooners will prove to be a far bigger test to the Wolverines in Sundays second-round matchup in the South region. The Sooners …

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Fri, March 20th, 2009

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