2017 NCAA Tournament upsets: No. 12 seeds will make you the most money

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Nobody truly knows why almost every year a No. 12 seed upsets a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Is it science? Pure coincidence? Alien activity that we’re not yet aware of?

Who knows?

One thing we do know is that the No. 12 seeds are the most profitable in the tournament. How do we know that? Because the folks over at SportsLine said so.

Last year SportsLine’s Stephen Oh correctly predicted eight out of nine NCAA Tournament upsets, including six out of seven double-digit seed upsets. So yeah, it’s probably worth your time to take a look before you fill out your bracket.

See why No. 12 seeds are the most profitable pick in the NCAA Tournament.