Cornell has become the darling of sports gamblers, forcing veteran Las Vegas race and sports book officials to change odds on the fly as the betting momentum rises for an experienced Big Red team that will tip off Thursday against top-seeded Kentucky in an NCAA East Regional semifinal game in Syracuse, N.Y.
“We’re Big Blue fans in a big way,” Jay Rood, director of the MGM Mirage race and sports book, said, referring to Kentucky.
The massive interest in No. 12-seeded Cornell (29-4), the Ivy League champion, has cut a full point off Kentucky’s favored status since Sunday. Such a shift doesn’t happen very often.
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