What can we do tomorrow?
UConn (+9.5) over Florida
The Huskies’ quest for a three-peat will finish, however not with out a combat.
The Gators, a stylish decide to take the championship torch, aren’t more likely to cruise by way of the sector with a head coach (Todd Golden) who gained his first match sport two days in the past.
UConn will sluggish the tempo, leaning on Alex Karaban’s expertise.
Dan Hurley, the winner of 13 straight NCAA Match video games, will get essentially the most out of his roster, relishing the uncommon position of an enormous underdog.
“I feel like in a weird way it’s a little pressure off of us going into the tournament where we could just go out and let it rip right now,” Hurley stated this week. “We don’t have this huge pressure of expectations.”
Duke (-11.5) over Baylor
It’s a giant quantity, but it surely’s warranted.
The highest-seeded Blue Devils have one loss since November, having gone 22-12 towards the unfold as a favourite.
The Bears, who’re 3-7-2 towards the quantity as an underdog, haven’t fared nicely towards elite competitors this season, struggling 10 losses towards ranked groups, with six coming by double digits.
Baylor squeaked previous Mississippi State by dominating the boards.
That gained’t be an possibility towards Duke, which owns the nation’s seventh-best rebounding fee. Plus, Cooper Flagg is 100%. The Carmelo Anthony remix could also be upon us.
Maryland (-7.5) over Colorado State
The Rams have been spectacular, profitable 11 straight video games, but it surely has largely been amount over high quality.
Eight of the wins got here towards non-tournament groups, whereas one other two got here towards 10-seed Utah State, which was blasted within the first spherical by UCLA.
Maryland would be the seventh prime 10 protection Colorado State has confronted this season.
The Rams misplaced 5 of these earlier matchups by a median of greater than 13 factors.
Betting on Faculty Basketball?
The Terps large males (future first-round decide Derik Queen and senior Julian Reese) ought to feast towards the undersized Rams, who haven’t any common rotation participant taller than 6-foot-8.
Oregon (+3.5) over Arizona
Tommy Lloyd’s monitor file doesn’t bode nicely for the Wildcats, who’ve been sufferer to far larger upsets in every of his three match appearances.
Oregon’s Dana Altman, who quietly ranks fourth amongst lively coaches in wins (780), has been to the Candy 16 5 instances since 2013.
Once more, his group is peaking in March, obliterating a high quality Cinderella candidate (Liberty) to earn its ninth win prior to now 10 video games, with a protection that has been among the many nation’s greatest in current weeks.
This season, Arizona has gone 3-8 towards prime 25 defenses.
This season: 18-19
2011-24 file: 378-340-12
Why Belief New York Publish Betting
Howie Kussoy has lengthy been the New York Publish’s primary handicapper in school basketball (since 2011) and school soccer (since 2013).
