Top 5 Thrilling Scenes from March Madness That'll Make Your Jaw Drop!
Here are four bets that our experts like now that the bracket has been released.
The 2026 NCAA tournament and March Madness are here and the bracket has finally been released, which means that we also have odds out for every first-round game at sportsbooks. While there is plenty of time to fill out your bracket and make your picks in the Yahoo Sports Bracket Mayhem game , there is no time like the present to get a wager you like in early. After all, the odds are already on the move.
Our college basketball handicappers — Matt Russell and Corbie Craig — are here with a couple of early wagers they like after the brackets have been released. [ Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Fill out brackets for your shot at $50K ] Odds courtesy of BetMGM . Early 2026 March Madness bets we like First Four: (16) Prairie View A&M vs.
(16) Lehigh (-2. 5, 145. 5) Russell: Things are never easy in the SWAC, but we got home with Prairie View on Saturday after the Panthers took a big lead, and held on with a ticket to the Big Dance looming.
To review, the premise there was that a change in lineup composition and roles for Prairie View have made it not only better than an 8-seed in the SWAC, but a team better than its current rating. Despite burning through the SWAC tournament — even winning Saturday’s game with Dontae Horne shooting just 6-for-20 — the Panthers’ rating has somehow gotten worse relative to Lehigh, as the Mountain Hawks appear to be getting significant credit for three home wins over the course of a week because of the singular excellence of Nasir Whitlock. Both teams have a star that could make Wednesday night in Dayton a thoroughly entertaining watch, but each are just as likely as the other to go off, and their teams should be rated as equals on a neutral court — but they’re not.
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