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[QUOTE="IWearShoes, post: 2661359, member: 8649"]
If you're interested in the most likely source of these lines, bookmakers use Sagarin's Predictor rating extensively this deep into a season. Just subtract the lower team's rating from the higher and voila, instant point spread. ND may be getting a point or two because of proximity to Columbus...

[B][B]Women's College Basketball 2017-2018  Div I games only    through games of 2018 March 23 Friday                                                 
                               RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT    [/B]
               [B]HOME ADVANTAGE=[  2.75]                                               [  2.72]       [  2.86]       [  2.86][/B]
   1  Connecticut             = 114.88   34   0   78.07(  37)   11   0  |   14   0  |  [I][COLOR=#ff0000]114.84[/COLOR][/I]    1 |  114.93    1 |  114.70    1
   2  Baylor                  = 106.87   33   2   79.82(  18)    9   2  |   15   2  |  107.15    2 |  106.52    2 |  103.05    4
   3  Mississippi St.         = 102.43   35   1   78.22(  34)   10   1  |   15   1  |  [I][COLOR=#ff0000]102.33[/COLOR][/I]    3 |  102.57    3 |  102.91    5
   4  Notre Dame              = 101.15   31   3   83.38(   1)   10   3  |   20   3  |  [I][COLOR=#ff0000]100.85[/COLOR][/I]    4 |  101.58    4 |  104.29    3
   5  Louisville              = 100.24   35   2   80.62(  12)    9   2  |   18   2  |   [I][COLOR=#ff0000]99.74[/COLOR][/I]    5 |  101.03    5 |  106.62    2
   6  Oregon                  =  99.24   32   4   80.71(  10)    9   4  |   15   4  |   99.12    6 |   99.22    6 |  100.78    7
   7  Texas                   =  97.29   28   7   81.99(   5)    7   6  |   12   7  |   97.34    7 |   97.43    7 |   95.27   10
   8  UCLA                    =  95.40   27   7   83.22(   4)    5   7  |   14   7  |   95.15    8 |   95.89    8 |   97.27    8
   9  South Carolina          =  93.45   28   6   79.85(  17)    5   5  |   11   6  |   92.99   12 |   93.80    9 |  100.82    6
  10  Oregon St.              =  93.33   26   7   79.75(  20)    6   6  |    9   7  |   93.09   10 |   93.38   10 |   96.86    9
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My sketchy forum skills make this a jumbled mess, but I made the ratings red. Here's the link...

[URL='http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.php']The Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women's College Basketball Ratings | RPIRatings.com[/URL]

Notice the accuracy of the Top 10. All of the Elite Eight are here and the other two were in the Sweet Sixteen.
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