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College basketball schedule, predictions, previews, and how to watch all NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 games
NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 schedule, predictions, and game previews with all of the game times, lines, and how to watch
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Results So Far Straight Up: 290-121
Against The Spread: 217-185-9; Point Total: 219-189-3
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Wisconsin vs Iowa State prediction, NCAA Tournament Second Round game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Sunday
Wisconsin vs Iowa State prediction: NCAA Tournament Second Round pick and college basketball game preview.
Date: Sunday, March 20
Game Time: 6:10 pm
Venue: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
How To Watch: TNT
Records: Wisconsin (3 seed, 25-7)
Iowa State (11 seed, 21-12)
Region: Midwest
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The CFN expert picks and predictions for the Sunday second round NCAA Tournament games.
NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Sunday games
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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
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NCAA Tournament Second Round: Sunday
Illinois vs Houston | Ohio State vs Villanova
Duke vs Michigan State | Wisconsin vs Iowa State
Notre Dame vs Texas Tech | Auburn vs Miami
Texas vs Purdue | TCU vs Arizona
Final Four Picks | NCAA Tournament Schedule
Line: Houston -4.5, o/u: 133.5
Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: Illinois
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Illinois
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Houston
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: Houston
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com: Houston
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Illinois
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: Illinois
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: Illinois
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: Houston*
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: Illinois
CONSENSUS PICK: Illinois
What are the 5 best NCAA Tournament predictions for the first round Friday games?
5 best NCAA Tournament predictions. What are the best bets and plays for the first round Friday games?
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NCAA Tournament Predictions
First Round Schedule, Game Previews, Picks
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NCAA Tournament Top Picks Results: 3-2
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NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Friday games
NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Friday games
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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
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NCAA Tournament First Round: Friday
Ohio State vs Loyola | Auburn vs Jax State
Texas Tech vs Montana State | Purdue vs Yale
Villanova vs Delaware | USC vs Miami
Alabama vs Notre Dame | Texas vs Va Tech
Illinois vs Chatt | Duke vs Cal St Fullerton
LSU vs Iowa State | Arizona vs Wright State
Houston vs UAB | Michigan State vs Davidson
Wisconsin vs Colgate | Seton Hall vs TCU
Final Four Picks | NCAA Tournament Schedule
Line: EVEN, o/u: 132.5
Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: Loyola
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Loyola
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Loyola
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: Ohio State
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com: Loyola
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Loyola
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: Loyola
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: Loyola
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: Loyola
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: Ohio State
CONSENSUS PICK: Loyola
LSU vs Iowa State prediction, NCAA Tournament First Round game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Friday
LSU vs Iowa State prediction: NCAA Tournament First Round pick and college basketball game preview.
Date: Friday, March 18
Game Time: 7:20 pm
Venue: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
How To Watch: TBS
Records: LSU (6 seed, 22-11)
Iowa State (11 seed, 20-12)
Region: TBS
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Texas Tech vs Iowa State prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Thursday.
Texas Tech vs Iowa State prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Thursday, March 10
Date: Thursday, March 10
Game Time: 9:30 pm ET
Venue: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Texas Tech (23-8), Iowa State (20-11)
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Iowa State vs Baylor prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might win on Saturday.
Iowa State vs Baylor prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, March 5
Date: Saturday, March 5
Game Time: 6:00 ET
Venue: Ferrell Center, Waco, TX
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Iowa State (20-10), Baylor (25-5)
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Iowa State vs Texas prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Saturday.
Iowa State vs Texas prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Saturday, February 5
Date: Saturday, February 5
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
How To Watch: Longhorn Network
Record: Iowa State (16-6), Texas (16-6)
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How did it beat Texas the first time around – it was 79-70 back in mid-January?
It was phenomenal from the field hitting 57%, it was on from three, and it moved the ball around better than it had all season long.
That’s what it has to do again.
It’s a good team at forcing steals, making the extra pass, and cranking up the defense just enough to keep games manageable when the offense isn’t on. This isn’t a lights-out Texas team on offense, it prefers to win tough defensive games, and that all should suit the Cyclones just fine on the road.
But …
If the Texas defense bogs things down too much, it’s going to win.
Iowa State had to hit everything to pull off the win in the first meeting, but that was an aberration. It’s an okay shooting team, but it’s not going to be nearly as hot – it can’t be. It’s just not that great from three.
Iowa State wins when it scores. Yeah, duh, that’s how this works, but really, the Cyclones are 10-0 when it scores more than 72 points and 12-1 when it scores more than 66. It’s 4-5 when it scores 66 or fewer.
Gonzaga, Texas, Tech, Iowa State. Those are the only three teams to score more than 66 points Texas this season. All the games were on the road, and all the games were Longhorn losses.
Clamp down, slow down, keep the game low, and Texas wins, because …
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It really is crazy how much Texas needs its D to win.
To take the earlier stat even further, it’s 16-0 when allowing fewer than 60 points and 0-6 when it allows more. There’s one other part to that.
Out of those six losses, five of them were on the road.
This is about to be a low scoring grind, Texas will force a ton of turnovers, and it’ll get out with a good win to push past that loss to Texas Tech.
Texas 64, Iowa State 58
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
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Kansas vs Iowa State prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win on Tuesday.
Kansas vs Iowa State prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Tuesday, February 1
Date: Tuesday, February 1
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Kansas (17-3), Iowa State (16-5)
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The Jayhawks should be a whole lot more focused and sharp after getting run out of the gym in the stunning home loss to Kentucky.
And only beating Iowa State 62-61 a few weeks ago should get everyone’s attention, too.
It was a grind against the Cyclones the first time around, but Kansas was able to get to the line and it should be able to again.
It was a bit of an aberration – Iowa State fouls a whole lot – close to 19 times per game – and the Jayhawks weren’t able to do even more to force hacks.
Force more than the 15 fouls there were in the first meeting and there won’t be a problem.
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The Kansas defense hasn’t been consistent enough or food enough.
It’s okay, but it’s not the rock it normally is. No, Iowa State isn’t going to come out and put 85 on the board, but it needs to play the game at its tempo and take advantage of its chances.
It was able to hit 41% from the field in the first meeting, but it couldn’t come up with enough threes at the right time.
Keep this in the 60s again, don’t get bogged down when the Jayhawks are scoring on the inside, keep the ball moving. Of course all teams end up doing well when there are lots of assists, but Iowa State is 10-0 when it comes up with 15 or more.
The problem, though, is …
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Kansas is 17-1 when the other team doesn’t get come up with more than 16 assists.
Kentucky came up with 19. Iowa State won’t do that.
The Cyclones should be able to keep this from being a runaway disaster, but it won’t have enough offense in the last ten minutes to overcome the Jayhawk free throws.
Kansas 73, Iowa State 66
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING
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