This March Madness has been madder than ever, with a 1-16 upset (Purdue/Fairleigh-Dickinson) within the first spherical to go along with a 2-15 boilover (Arizona/Princeton) as 1- and 2- seeds fell by the wayside at an alarming price.
Well, not an alarming price: enjoyable and underdogs is what March Madness is all about.
Plus, it stored going.
1-seed Kansas? 2-seed Marquette? Gone within the second spherical. 1-seeded Alabama and Houston? Done within the Sweet Sixteen. Same with 2-seeded UCLA. Then Texas, the ultimate 2-seed in addition to the best remaining seeds, 3-seeded Gonzaga and Kansas State, run over within the Elite Eight.
As a outcome, that is the very first males’s NCAA match to not characteristic a 1, 2 or 3-seed within the Final Four, with three of the remaining 4 faculties having by no means made a Final Four of their historical past.
Not solely that, however Florida-Atlantic (FAU) had by no means gained a GAME within the NCAA match earlier than this 12 months.
Now they’re the primary 9-seed to make a Final Four and an precise likelihood to win the Championship.
It’s been some insanity, alright, and never the ‘haha I’m a bit bizarre, take a look at the video I product of me and my canine on tiktok’, extra the ‘wandering down the middle of busy road drinking a warm Corona at 9.30am yelling at cars’ type of approach.
So who do the percentages prefer to take out the 2023 NCAA Men’s match?
CONNECTICUT HUSKIES – $1.86 (through bet365)
Despite being a 4-seed, UConn had been the contender hiding in plain sight: after a droop earlier within the season noticed them lose six of eight video games, however apart from that bizarre January, they’ve gone 22-2. Of UConn’s 29 wins, 25 got here by double digits and of their eight Ls, 4 of them had been by three factors or much less.
That’s the profile of a harmful group, however they bought caught with a seeding that underplayed how good they had been and have dominated this match, particularly with that absolute flogging of Gonzaga by 28 within the Elite Eight.
This is the Huskies title to lose.
SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS – $5 (through Betr)
The Aztecs defence has gotten them this far and noticed them strangle the life out of each the 1-seeded Alabama and 6-seed Creighton’s highly-touted offences and is ready to get stops precisely after they’ve wanted them.
They’ve managed to stifle all of the groups they’ve confronted to lower than 90 factors per 100 possessions, so we all know they’ll D up.
The downside can be on the opposite finish for Brian Dutcher’s males. San Diego State have the defence to win the title, but when they get previous FAU, will they be capable to put up a successful rating?
MIAMI HURRICANES – $6 (through Ladbrokes)
The 5-seeded U ripped off a patently ridiculous comeback towards 2-seeded Texas within the Elite Eight, racing again from a 13-point deficit as Jordan Miller scored 26 and lived as much as his first title by capturing an ideal 7/7 from the ground and 13-13 on the line.
Jim Larrañaga’s Miami have run via a 4-seed (Indiana), a 2-seed (Texas) and a 1-seed (Houston) on their approach to the Final Four and have Nijel Pack and Isaiah Wong inflicting havoc.
The Canes are enjoyable and people uniforms are all-time traditional; if they’ll get previous UConn, they might simply be chopping down the nets.
FLORIDA-ATLANTIC OWLS – $7 (through Ladbrokes)
A nine-seeded fairytale run, there’s no motive FAU couldn’t pull off one other upset and make all of it the best way to the NCAA championship recreation.
Having dispatched 8-seed Memphis, 4-seed Tennessee and 3-seed Kansas State on the best way, the Owls have been the cinderella story of the match, coming from seven factors down towards the Tigers, six to the Vols and 7 to the Wildcats.
It’s an unbelievable run from Johnell Davis and his teammates, and though they simply know learn how to win, it’ll take one thing extremely particular to chop down the nets in Houston.
SUNDAY 8am: San Diego State ($1.77) vs Florida Atlantic Owls ($2.12) – (odds through Ladbrokes)
SUNDAY 10.50am: Connecticut ($1.41) vs Miami ($3) – (odds through bet365)
THE TITLE PICK:
UConn – they give the impression of being and play like essentially the most full group within the Final Four: Danny Hurley making UConn related once more so shortly is likely one of the finest tales in sport.
BEST VALUE:
San Diego State – defence wins Championships and the Aztecs have the perfect remaining D of the Final Four.
[all odds as of March 28]
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Originally printed as NCAA March Madness Final Four predictions and finest bets
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