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March 17, 2023
March Madness Report: Friday, March 17, 2023
Recap: Thursday's games started with a bang: Furman upset Virginia in a classic finish, while Maryland-West Virginia & Charleston-San Diego State went to the wire, as did much of Utah St-Missouri. Princeton then pulled another 15-seed shocker over tourney favorite Arizona before Penn State capped off the day's upsets in the late game. Favorites went 8-8 against the spread, the higher seed team won 12 out of 16 matchups, but 2 of those were Vegas underdog winners, as 6 Vegas dogs won outright.
Friday: Public favors the dogs today too, with only the following public favorites: Memphis, Kentucky, Creighton, and Gonzaga. Lopsided public totals include Unders in Vermont-Marquette, FAU-Memphis, Drake-Miami, Iona-Connecticut, Pitt-Iowa St., Providence-Kentucky, UCSB-Baylor, and ASU-TCU. Public likes the Over in VCU-St Marys & Pitt-Iowa St. Smart/Sharp $ bets show up on FAU, Indiana, St. Marys, Iowa St., Xavier, and TCU. Biggest Sharp/Square divide of the day is FAU-Memphis and VCU-St. Marys. Games where KenPom predicts a score 2 or more points different than Vegas includes favoring these on the odds: Grand Canyon, St. Mary's, ASU & Providence.
Enjoy the Madness!
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Here is how I formatted the betting picks to place bets for Saturday in case you wanted to use it.
12:00 PM ET
TEMPLE +24 Oklahoma (ok at any point higher or equal to +23)
NORTHWESTERN +28 Oregon (ok at any point higher or equal to +27)
KENT +24 Buffalo (ok at any point higher or equal to +23)
CLEMSON -2.5 GaTech (ok at any point lower or equal to -3)
CMICH +28 Michigan (ok at any point higher or equal to +27)
3:00 PM ET
DELAWARE +10 Connecticut (ok at any point higher or equal to +9)
3:30 PM ET
GEORGIA-TENNESSEE UNDER 51 (ok at any point higher or equal to 50)
OREG ST +24 Texas Tech (ok at any point higher or equal to +23)
WVU +7.5 Pitt (ok at any point higher or equal to +7)
1% WVA +200 Pitt (ok at any point higher or equal to +180)
PURDUE +21.5 USC (ok at any point higher or equal to +21)
4:00 PM ET
ARKST +21.5 Iowa State (ok at any point higher or equal to +21)
4:30 PM ET
MIA -17 USF (ok at any point lower or equal to -17)
7:00 PM ET
WMICH +28 Illinois (ok at any point higher or equal to +27)
ARK +7 OLE MISS (ok at any point ...
