Wisconsin Badgers over Kentucky Wildcats: Despite the hype these 2 teams are as even as it gets. Taking the points in a game I fully expect to go down to the wire is where the value sits. These 2 teams battled last year in the final 4 Kent won 74-73 as a 1 point favorite. I see a similar game this year.
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks over New Jersey Tech Highlanders: It does not matter what category you look at off, def level of competition rebounding turnovers coaching FT% the adv all point to NA. I have them winning by double digits so at this line we obviously we get excellent value.
Michigan Spartans over Oklahoma Sooners: The Big 12 has not performed well in post season play.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Wichita State Shockers: The markets have fallen in love with Wst after they easily handled Kansas while ND needed OT to beat Butler. This line started at PK and now has moved to ND as the dog.
West Virginia Mountaineers over Maryland Terrapins: We barely covered with WV last time out against a Buff team which was a tough out. Many of those same issues are prevalent for this game against Mary as well. WV is a tough team to prepare for with their pressure defense that forces turnovers.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish over Butler Bulldogs: This line has been dropping and it is a common yearly occurrence for the markets to put too much emphasis on the last game. ND was predictably flat after their conf tourney getting by a pesky N.eastern team 69-65 as a 12 point favorite.
Davidson Wildcats over Iowa Hawkeyes: This game is about reputation vs. reality. It is the Iowa name keeping this line where it should be. Yes Iowa comes from a power conf and has a slight adv on defense.
Eastern Kentucky Colonels over High Point Panthers: We will take the much better team more battle tested who have played a more difficult schedule and all we have to give up is home court.
West Virginia Mountaineers over Buffalo Bulls: Buff has become a darling dog for the public with coach Hurley. They play fast and like to push the ball. That plays right into the strength of WV. Wv and their pressure defense is not something Buff has been exposed to.
UAB Blazers over Iowa St. Cyclones: NO doubt who had the tougher competition with IowaST. Coming out of the Big12. UAB is young inexperienced but did win the C-USA. Iowa St. is expected to make a deep run in the tourney and that may happen. However laying this much wood with a UAB team that actually has a defensive and rebounding advantage in this matchup is not a good idea. UAB has nothing to lose just lay it out there have fun.