Predict Your March Madness Champions: Top 8 Picks to Crown a Final!
Which teams will be cutting down the nets in the tournaments in early April? Our experts make all of their predictions for March Madness.
After months of waiting, March Madness is finally here. The First Four is already providing plenty of drama for college basketball fans , but that's merely an appetizer to the main course that starts on Thursday and picks up on Friday when both the men's and women's tournaments will be in full swing. So what can we expect over the next three weeks?
Our experts weigh in with their predictions for which No. 1 seeds are the most vulnerable, which teams are the best Cinderella picks, Final Four teams, national championship winners and more. [ Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your picks for $50K in total prizes ] NCAA men's tournament predictions Don’t go buck wild picking teams seeded 12th or worse to win their first-round matchups in this year’s NCAA tournament.
This could be the second straight year when most teams that advance have deep pockets, not glass slippers. A combination of college basketball’s skyrocketing NIL payouts and the elimination of transfer restrictions has funneled the best players to the power-conference level and widened the gap between the sport’s haves and have-nots. Teams at the top of this year’s bracket are loaded with prized freshmen, international talent and proven veterans who can earn more money playing college basketball than in overseas pro leagues or the G League.
By the numbers, Duke, Arizona and Michigan enter this year’s NCAA tournament as three of the strongest No. 1 seeds in recent memory. Each boast KenPom adjusted efficiency margins of at least 37.
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