Staff Picks: Champions Classic, Final Four and teams to watch this season

Which Blue Blood will claim bragging rights on Tuesday? Which school will have them at the end of March? The BetFTW team digs into it.

The 2021-22 men’s college basketball season gets underway this evening, and for the first time in what feels like forever, fans will be back in the stands. Four blue bloods square off in Madison Square Garden to really get things moving as No. 3 Kansas faces Michigan State in the opener at 7pm on ESPN, while Coach K’s farewell tour gets underway at 9:30pm ET with No. 9 Duke playing No. 10 Kentucky.

In order to get everyone more excited for the start of the season, some of our BetFTW staff got together to make our picks for the Champions Classic, our most anticipated team to watch this season, and the Final Four. All odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook.

Let’s get to it!