Eastern Illinois stuns Iowa as 32-point underdogs in one of the biggest underdog upsets in college basketball history
Woah! What were you doing this Wednesday afternoon when the biggest college basketball upset of the season occurred?
Perhaps you were at work. Maybe you were wrapping Christmas presents. Or, hey, there’s a chance you were watching this game between Iowa and Eastern Illinois that took place in Iowa City.
But in case you missed it, the Eastern Illinois Panthers went into Carver-Hawkeye Arena as 32-point road underdogs and left with a 92-83 win.
The upset on Tuesday afternoon is being dubbed by bookmakers as “the biggest college basketball point-spread upset in the last 30 years,” according to Chris Hassel of CBS Sports HQ.
Several bookmakers are calling Iowa’s loss to Eastern Illinois as a 32-point favorite the biggest college basketball point-spread upset in at least 30 years.
— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) December 21, 2022
MAJOR UPSET ALERT
Eastern Illinois by 9 over Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye as a 31.5-point underdog.
That’s the largest spread upset in a Division I men’s basketball game this century.
Not UMBC over UVA, not SFA over Duke. Eastern Illinois over Iowa.
— Jared Berson (@JaredBerson) December 21, 2022
EASTERN ILLINOIS (+32) UPSETS IOWA pic.twitter.com/MqDE1GZf21
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) December 21, 2022
If you were one of the lucky individuals who put your money on Eastern Illinois to do seemingly the unthinkable, your payout was certainly worth the wager.
If you put $10 on EIU to win outright you would’ve won $800
EIU was +8000 to win (80-1)
— Chris Hassel (@Hassel_Chris) December 21, 2022
Iowa lost to Eastern Illinois today as 32-PT favorites…
That is the first time in at least 30 years that a favorite that big lost in CBB.
Wow. pic.twitter.com/Eh3RHXniWN
— br_betting (@br_betting) December 21, 2022
As is always the case, college basketball is truly one of the wildest and most unpredictable sports to bet one. Just wait until we get to March.