Men’s College Basketball Best Bets, Odds, and Predictions for March Madness First-Round Games

Men’s College Basketball Best Bets:

Of course, TSI has you covered with projections for all of the madness, so let’s get to the first round projections on the men’s side.

Reminder on how to read the projections: If the spread is a positive number, that indicates the team on the left (Home, unless neutral site) is favored by TSI. If the spread is a negative, that indicates the team on the right (Away, unless neutral side) is favored by TSI. TSI total is the projected number of combined points in the game.

Here are the first round projections:

Team Team TSI Spread TSI Total
Alabama Robert Morris 20.2 164.8
American Mount St. Mary’s 2.1 134.3
Arizona Akron 15.8 160.9
Auburn Alabama State 29.0 148.7
Brigham Young Virginia Commonwealth 4.4 145.7
Clemson McNeese State 7.8 138.2
Connecticut Oklahoma 3.1 149.7
Duke Mount St. Mary’s 27.5 139.5
Florida Norfolk State 24.8 150.8
Gonzaga Georgia 3.1 151.1
Houston Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 27.5 132.4
Illinois Xavier 4.1 158.4
Iowa State Lipscomb 15.5 146.5
Kansas Arkansas 3.3 151.2
Kentucky Troy 12.8 153.1
Louisville Creighton 1.2 146.6
Marquette New Mexico 3.6 150.1
Maryland Grand Canyon 14.8 150.1
Memphis Colorado State -1.0 148.6
Michigan UC San Diego 7.0 143.2
Michigan State Bryant 17.2 151.1
Mississippi North Carolina -1.2 153.6
Mississippi State Baylor -1.2 150.5
Missouri Drake 9.3 141.1
Oregon Liberty 7.9 142.2
Purdue High Point 11.5 151.4
Saint Mary’s (CA) Vanderbilt 1.9 142.6
St. John’s (NY) Omaha 18.0 149.4
Tennessee Wofford 18.1 139.5
Texas Xavier 0.7 152.6
Texas A&M Yale 10.2 146.2
Texas Tech UNC Wilmington 17.8 148.8
UCLA Utah State 4.6 144.9
Wisconsin Montana 17.4 150.5

Thursday Bets:

Georgia +6.5 (Play to +5.5)

Missouri -6.5 (Play to -7.5)

Friday Bets:

Mississippi State/Baylor Over 144.5 (Play to 146.5)

Vanderbilt +4.5 (Play to +3.5)

Maryland -10.5 (Play to -11.5)

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