2024 March Insanity predictions: Skilled NCAA bracket picks in opposition to the unfold, odds for First 4 video games

2024 NCAA Match motion formally will get underway Tuesday evening with a First 4 doubleheader that may shrink the 68-team discipline to 66 after which once more to 64 following one other doubleheader Wednesday evening in Dayton, Ohio. The primary video games every night will tip off at 6:40 p.m. ET with all 4 showdowns transpiring on truTV.

No. 16 seeds Wagner and Howard will meet first with the winner going through No. 1 seed North Carolina within the West Area. The following sport will see No. 10 seeds Colorado State and Virginia — two of the final 4 groups chosen for this 12 months’s discipline — battling their method into the principle bracket. The winner advances into the primary spherical to face No. 7 seed Texas on Thursday.

The First 4 has been a combined bag through the years, however typically, the video games function a superbly tasty appetizer to the principle course that’s the first spherical of March Insanity, which begins Thursday at midday.

Let’s check out every of the First 4 video games together with who our specialists are predicting is not going to solely advance to the primary spherical however probably cowl the unfold.

Odds by way of SportsLine consensus | All occasions Japanese

Tuesday, 6:40 pm. | truTV, March Insanity Reside: Howard opened as a 3-point favourite, however this line has gotten juiced as much as 3.5 for the Bison. I am nonetheless sticking with them and laying the factors, although. They have superior guard play and high-major expertise, together with Seth Cities, a former Ivy League Participant of the Yr having fun with a profession marketing campaign in his eighth season of faculty basketball. Choose: Howard -3.5

Tuesday, 9:10 p.m. | truTV, March Insanity Reside: Should you have been shocked by Virginia’s inclusion into the NCAA Match, you were not alone — even the Cavaliers regarded genuinely surprised they bought in. They struggled mightily down the stretch in ACC play, and their offense has been abysmal. It is exhausting to see them holding tempo with CSU on this one. Choose: Colorado State -3

Wednesday, 6:40 pm. | truTV, March Insanity Reside: Grambling is dancing for the primary time in class historical past after taking down the SWAC regular-season and event titles. The Tigers are 18-4 since a 2-10 begin, and they’re led by two standout guards in Kintavious Dozier and Tra’Michael Moton, who I believe have the products to not less than preserve this one throughout the quantity. Choose: Grambling +4

Wednesday, 9:10 p.m. | truTV, March Insanity Reside: Few groups enter the NCAA Match with higher vibes and renewed optimism as Colorado, which has gained seven of its final eight video games because of lastly touchdown on the appropriate facet of some harm luck. Coach Tad Boyle has a proficient squad stacked with future NBA expertise taking part in with plenty of confidence going into March Insanity. Choose: Colorado -2.5

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