Sweet 16 with odds

[Kitaman]

I hate being on the outside looking in, but this is the weekend I do pay a little more attention.

Anyway I'm not a better but the East Region looks pretty weak to me. I haven't kept up with these 16 teams all season but any games worth watching?

Midwest Region -- Cleveland (Thursday)

No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Wichita State (-1)

No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 5 West Virginia (+13.5)

West Region -- Los Angeles (Thursday)

No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 4 North Carolina (+5.5)

No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 6 Xavier (+11)

South Region -- Houston (Friday)

No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 11 UCLA (+8.5)

No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Utah (+5)

East Region -- Syracuse (Friday)

No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 8 NC State (-2.5)

No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Michigan State (-2)

 

[whaler11]

NCSU is +2.5

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Any games worth watching?

Do you like college basketball? If so, all of them.

 

[MattMang23]

Was gonna say. No way is NCSU favored.

 

[mets1090]

Only games I'll be going out of my way to watch are UK/WVU and WSU/ND. I'll probably end up watching the second half of any game that's close though. It's the NCAA tournament, doesn't really get better than that.

 

[whaler11]

The Wisconsin number looks a bit high to me.

 

[Inyatkin]

My preferences.
1) Gonzaga. It's time.

2) Wichita State

3-14) Don't care

15) Kentucky. It would be history, which is something

16) Louisville. Had it with Pitino. He's terrible.

 

[MattMang23]

The Wisconsin number looks a bit high to me.

Some of them are off. WSU has swung to -2 Vegas consensus.

And Wisky is actually -6 now consensus.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

 

[RipCity]

My preferences.
1) Gonzaga. It's time.

2) Wichita State

3-14) Don't care

15) Kentucky. It would be history, which is something

16) Louisville. Had it with Pitino. He's terrible.

For me it's:
15) Kentucky
16) Duke
Without question.

 

[Inyatkin]

For me it's:
15) Kentucky
16) Duke
Without question.

I just can't get worked up about Duke as much. Not sure why. I do want to make sure they don't pass us in number of titles, though.

 

[mets1090]

I just can't get worked up about Duke as much. Not sure why.

Probably because they only have 3 elite eights, 2 final fours, and 1 title in the last 13 years. I don't mean that in a high and mighty way, as 2 out of 13 isn't really anything to scoff at but they went to 1-0 elite eights, 9 final fours, and won 3 titles in the previous 16 years. It's simply easier to hate the most dominant teams in any sport. That hasn't been Duke in the last 13 years.

 

[jfuchs91]

I think the Duke-Utah matchup could be one of the best of the tournament. Utah is legit, with a strong defense, elite 3 point shooting, and a stud guard in Delon Wright. If their big 7' freshman Jakob Poeltl (who DraftExpress has as a lotto pick this year) can slow down Jahlil Okafor even a little bit, I think the Utes may pull this one out.