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Old 03-23-2009, 01:02 PM   #977
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Ksyrup View Post
Have you not been watching the tournament? It's like every third word out of their mouths. As I understand it, it refers to all the games going the way of Vegas' favored betting lines - "taking the chalk" means picking the favorite to win.

I thought it simply meant the higher seed consistently advancing, nothing to do with the betting lines. As in the "chalk" lines of the bracket.
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