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Few states have the deep-seated connection to March Madness that the Old Dominion has seared into the memory banks of residents over the years.

Thanks to memorable runs across Virginia sports betting by teams like George Mason, which made it from the tourney bubble to the Final Four in 2006, to fellow double-digit seed-turned-Final Four-team VCU and Richmond’s Sweet 16 run in 2011, there’s no denying the success that Virginia’s “Cinderella” teams have had in recent tournaments.  

With the college basketball season heating up and March Madness fast approaching, many bettors are turning their attention to who will be this year’s Cinderella team. If history tells us anything, that team will come from one of the following states. 

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More History In The Making?

Nationally, Virginia’s three double-digit teams to reach the Sweet 16 or further puts the Commonwealth in a tie with Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, New Jersey and Oregon for fifth, behind Ohio (five teams), California, New York and Washington (four teams each).  

Of the three Virginia teams that reached the third round or further, George Mason and VCU did so as 11th seeds, while Richmond reached the Sweet 16 as a 12th seed.  

This year, ESPN bracket guru Joe Lunardi has UVA (9th seed) as the lone team from Virginia in the field of 68, with the Cavaliers playing eighth seeded Texas in the opening round.

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