March Madness Predictions

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Seven Bold Projections For The Ncaa Tournament

... and statistically speaking, No. 12 seeds score the most likely first-round upsets; there is a 72% chance of at least one happening this year according to ESPN Stats and Information. Last year, two No. 12 s beat No. 5 s. But it doesn't happen every year, with zero No. 12 seeds advancing in 2015's tournament. That could be the case again in 2017. Each of the No. 12 seeds have enough talent to pull off first-round upsets, but the tournament is mostly about matchups and unfortunately they aren't favorable. No. 12 UNC-Wilmington, for instance, is a popular upset pick but faces a Virginia team that leads the country in defensive scoring margin. Winthrop, winners of the Big South, got a tough draw against Butler but have the ingredients to pull off a big upset. (Photo: Chuck Burton, AP). Look instead for upsets from No. 13 seeds — Bucknell, Winthrop and Vermont — and No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast. Bucknell faces a West Virginia ...

Predictions For Toughest 2nd-round Games

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Here's Some Help For Your March Madness Predictions

... for some running and gunning. Vermont, on the other hand – prepare yourself for, like, an ice bath. The Catamounts draw Caleb Swanigan, Isaac Haas and the Purdue Boilermakers in the 13-4 matchup, which may have upset potential based on Purdue’s recent postseason blues. Vermont hasn’t lost since Dec. 21 at Butler. MORE: NCAA tournament field by the numbers. Also in this region are two “What could have been?” teams in Creighton and Oregon. The Bluejays lost All-Big East point guard Mo Watson midway through the season to a torn ACL; the Ducks lost center Chris Boucher to the same injury. With Watson, Creighton had Final Four potential. Oregon still might, but the Ducks weren’t deep to begin with – Oregon can still play with anyone, but its versatility took a major hit. Kansas’ road to the Final Four has some obvious roadblocks – Michigan State doesn’t pass the eye test for most, but when has that ever stopped the Spartans from making a deep March run? Kansas and Michigan State could meet in the Round of 32. Iowa State beat Kansas this season at Phog Allen; that’s a potential Sweet 16 matchup. It’s a tough path for the Jayhawks, but not an ...

8 Reasonable March Madness Picks That Will Make Your Bracket Stand Out In A Pool

... how many people even realize that No. 6 seed SMU is in a pretty good one? That seems to be the only logical explanation for why they’ve been so slept on all year. SMU was the clear-cut best team in a very good conference, with a 30-4 record that includes only one loss to a non-tournament team (and Boise State is not so bad). The Mustangs shoot well and crush the offensive boards. That could be a problem for the bottom half of the East Region, where everyone will pick Duke or Baylor. 8. Dayton beats Wichita State. Everyone is picking Wichita State, too. The Shockers were criminally underseeded as a No. 10 seed, when they probably should have been a No. 6. That was incredibly unfair to Dayton, a No. 7 seed forced to face a team that probably is better than it. But wait a second: The Flyers had the best record in the perennially underrated Atlantic 10 Conference, and they’re going to enter this game feeling like they have a lot to prove. The whole world is ...

Our Writers Fill Out Brackets And Give Their Upset Picks, Final Four And Title Winners

... a popular upset pick I don’t see happening. UNC Wilmington is really good, but slow-paced, fundamentally-sound Virginia is a nightmare matchup for a team that wants to force turnovers and get out in transition. If the Cavs are kryptonite for Louisville, what will they be for former Rick Pitino assistant Kevin Keatts’ team? Middle Tennessee over Minnesota is the 12-5 upset pick I believe in most, but I’ll throw out another one since Henry is already all over that. Creighton isn’t the same without injured point guard Maurice Watson and Oregon is a bit vulnerable without forward Chris Boucher. Surging Rhode Island has a good chance to win a game and an outside shot to win two. Read More. Final Four: Wisconsin and SMU are the teams most capable of derailing a potential Villanova-Duke showdown in the East, but don’t count on that ...

Upset Predictions, Final Four Pick In West Region

... have seven shooters who have made between 24 3-pointers (Payton Willis) and 81 (Matthew Fisher-Davis). Who has seven shooters? Northwestern will be entering the tournament for the first time in its history. Can the Wildcats escape the possibility that their season highlight was achieved when the school’s name popped up on the bracket in the West Region? They defended well against a similar Michigan offense in the game that most likely clinched this tournament bid. They’ll have to be at least as sharp. Seeded too high. No. 3 Florida State. The Seminoles were 7-8 away from home and own four losses against teams that missed the field. West Virginia, Butler and Purdue all have better resumes from the 4-line. Seeded too low. No. 5 Notre Dame. So let’s get this straight: The Irish lost a single game against a non-tournament team, went 9-7 away from home, beat Florida State two out of three — including on a neutral floor in the ACC Tournament just a couple days earlier — and they somehow wound up two seed lines behind? The committee uses the term “scrubbing” to describe how they examine the seeds in-depth after the ...

Odds And Predictions For Top 1st-round Games

... and more balanced teams in men's college basketball. The Razorbacks have four players who average between 11.8 and 14.6 points per game, and nine Hogs also play at least 11.6 minutes of court time a night. The Razorbacks score 80 points per game, which helped them win 25 games this year along the way to an SEC title-game appearance. It should be a good duel with Seton Hall on Friday. The player to watch the most will be 6'10" senior forward Moses Kingsley, who averages 7.8 boards per game (he's the only player on the team averaging four or more). His job will be to check Delgado and make sure he doesn't lead the Pirates to victory with a  20-20 game , which he has done once this season. Seton Hall doesn't have the best team in the country, but that confidence, coupled with a recent run of success, could go a long way. Expect the Pirates to stay hot and beat the Hogs. No. 7 South Carolina (-1.5) over No. 10 Marquette. If this game was being played in a true neutral location (e.g. Spokane, Washington), then you'd need to flip a coin to pick between two evenly matched teams. However, this first-rounder is being played in Greenville, South Carolina, just an ...

Best Value Picks To Win Your March Madness Bracket Pool

... Five Thirty Eight's projections give them an 18 percent chance of making it at least that far, the perfect value play to hinge your bracket around. Virginia outscored opponents by 26.7 points per 100 possessions after adjusting for strength of schedule, seventh-highest in the country, in large part by having the best defense in the nation (87 points allowed per 100 possessions). No. 6 SMU is another value play. Slightly more than a third of brackets have them in the Sweet 16 (37.5 percent) but projections have their actual chance closer to 46 percent. And much like Virginia, the Mustangs play shutdown defense, allowing 94.8 adjusted points per 100 possession (29 th best). SMU also takes care of the ball (17 percent turnover rate, 69 th best) and doesn't foul often (460 free throws against, eighth best). Advance No. 4 Purdue to the Elite Eight — only 8.7 percent of entrants are taking advantage of its 20 percent chance of making it that far. The Boilermakers can shoot from long range (40.6 percent ...