Duke’s Epic Season Seeks to Blaze a Trail for Elite East Run in March Madness
There are many name-brand programs in the East region.
The East region has no shortage of blue bloods. That starts with Duke, the No. 1 seed in the entire NCAA tournament.
But there are plenty of brand names up and down the region, including UConn, Louisville, Kansas, UCLA and Michigan State. That’s a lot of titles among those programs. Here are the picks for the first-round games in the East region, with all odds from BetMGM : Cameron Boozer (12) leads the Duke Blue Devils, who are the No.
1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Grant Halverson via Getty Images No. 8 Ohio State (-2.
5) over No. 9 TCU This is a fun matchup to start the first round on Thursday. Ohio State was on the bubble before playing itself off it by winning four in a row (including one over Purdue) before losing a tight game to Michigan in the Big Ten tournament.
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