March Madness Picks

Here you will find all of our expert picks & reasoning for March Madness including each one of the major tournaments!

UCONN HUSKIES @ +370

The Huskies’ first challenge likely won’t come until the Sweet 16. It’s expected that Auburn will make it there to face UConn. Auburn has been hot, easily winning their way to the SEC Championship. They are hot but came out of nowhere to get here. There was a case that Auburn should have been a higher seed but if UConn can get past them, they have a nice path to the Final Four.

In the Elite 8 it’s assumed that UConn will face one of either Iowa State or Illinois. UConn would likely love to see Iowa State here, even though they are the No. 2 seed in the East region. Iowa State made easy work of Houston in the Big 12 Championship but was extremely inconsistent this year and had one of the softest non-conference schedules of any Power 5 team.

HOUSTON COUGARS @ +600

For the majority of the season Houston has been ranked as the No. 1 team in the country. It may be a surprise that UConn has overtaken them as the betting favorite but Houston is right on their heels. A conference championship in the tough Big 12 conference may put them back as the overall favorite.

Houston is fast and plays a team game. Their leading scorer averages just 15 points per game and they have four players averaging double digits in points. Houston is deep and should be poised for a finals run.

PURDUE BOILERMAKERS @ +800

Purdue has one distinct advantage on their team, Zach Edey. Edey is a literal giant at 7’4” and 300 pounds. No one has been able to stop him. He’s averaging over 24 points per game and nearly 12 rebounds with 2.2 blocks. He also shoots free throws at 72%.

Any team matched up with them will be focused on any way to stop Edey but this team also has a ton of shooters making it hard to double team him. Five players who see significant minutes shoot at a remarkable clip of over 43% from three. This team has averaged 84.2 points per game this season.