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Saturday / November 23.

Who’s Favored to Win the NCAA Tournament?

We are down to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with games tipping off Thursday and Friday.

Nate Silver of the New York Times ran a computer analysis of each’s teams chances of cutting down the nets in Atlanta.

No. 1 overall seed Louisville has the highest percentage chance of winning it all, according to Silver.

Here’s how it breaks down:

Louisville – 32.4 percent

Florida – 21. 3 percent

Indiana – 10.9 percent

Ohio State – 6.8 percent

Duke – 6.0 percent

Syracuse – 4.8 percent

Kansas – 4.5 percent

Michigan – 3.8 percent

Michigan State – 3.5 percent

Miami – 2.4 percent

Arizona – 1.8 percent

Wichita State – 1.2 percent

Marquette – 0.5 percent

La Salle – 0.1 percent

Oregon – 0.06 percent

Florida Gulf Coast – 0.02 percent

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