The Indiana Hoosiers are the top seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament this year, making them a top pick on the March Madness betting odds at the sportsbooks to emerge from their quarter of the bracket and advance to the Final Four.
Indiana's opponent in the Round of 64 will be the winner of the James Madison vs. Long Island play-in game, with the Hoosiers looking to be a big favorite on the NCAA Tournament betting odds at sportsbooks like no matter who wins that contest.
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No. 2 Miami will be up against No. 15 Pacific in Round of 64 betting action in the East Region, while No. 3 Marquette meets No. 14 Davidson, No. 4 Syracuse takes on No. 13 Montana, and No. 5 UNLV tries to take care of No. 12 California.
No. 6 Butler faces No. 11 Bucknell in East Region betting action this week, with No. 7 Illinois up against No. 10 Colorado, and No. 8 N.C. State set to battle No. 9 Temple.
East Regional Bracket
01 Indiana
16 James Madison/Long Island
08 NC State
09 Temple - Matchup Report
05 UNLV
12 California - Matchup Report
04 Syracuse
13 Montana - Matchup Report
06 Butler
11 Bucknell - Matchup Report
03 Marquette
14 Davidson - Matchup Report
07 Illinois
10 Colorado - Matchup Report
02 Miami
15 Pacific - Matchup Report
Odds to Win East Region of 2013 NCAA Tournament at :
Indiana #1 5/4
Miami Florida #2 7/2
Syracuse #4 5/1
Marquette #3 12/1
UNLV #5 15/1
Butler #6 20/1
NC State #8 20/1
Illinois #7 25/1
California #12 40/1
Colorado #10 40/1
Davidson #14 40/1
Bucknell #11 50/1
Temple #9 50/1
Montana #13 75/1
Pacific #15 100/1
James Madison #16 200/1
LIU Brooklyn #16 200/1
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Syracuse is the top seed, but just lost their starting center Fab Melo due to eligibility concerns. Are they as vulnerable here in the East as they were in the Big East tournament?
Ohio State is picked by many to emerge from the East and many have picked them to win the title behind Jared Sullinger. They are at 8/5 here, according to .
Surprise SEC winner Vanderbilt gets the 5 seed here and faces Harvard, in a game where the computer is picking an upset for the No. 12 Crimson.
West Virginia has been a great Madness bet (14-4 ATS in 18 games) but the computer picks them to fall to No. 7 seed Gonzaga.
And Florida State, winner of the ACC over Duke and UNC, gets St. Bonaventure in the first round and the Seminoles are only favored by 6.5 points. The prediction is for them to escape but not cover the spread.
(9) Southern Miss (25-8)
(8) Kansas St. (21-10)
Pick: Southern Miss +5
(13) Montana (25-6)
(4) Wisconsin (24-9)
Pick: Montana +10
(16) N.C. Asheville (24-9)
(1) Syracuse (31-2)
Pick: N.C. Asheville +15
(12) Harvard (26-4)
(5) Vanderbilt (24-10)
Pick: Harvard +7
(10) West Virginia (19-13)
(7) Gonzaga (25-6)
Pick: Gonzaga -1
(15) Loyola (MD) (24-8)
(2) Ohio St. (27-7)
Pick: Loyola (MD) +17.5
(11) Texas (20-13)
(6) Cincinnati (24-10)
Pick: Texas +2.5
(14) St. Bonaventure (20-11)
(3) Florida St. (24-9)
Pick: St. Bonaventure +6.5
Odds to Win the East Region at :
Ohio State (2) 8/5
Syracuse (1) 9/4
Vanderbilt (5) 9/1
Florida State (3) 10/1
Wisconsin (4) 10/1
Kansas State (8) 15/1
Cincinnati (6) 18/1
Gonzaga (7) 30/1
West Virginia (10) 30/1
Texas (11) 30/1
Southern Mississippi (9) 60/1
Harvard (12) 60/1
Montana (13) 100/1
St. Bonaventure (14) 150/1
Loyola Maryland (15) 200/1
NC-Asheville (16) 200/1
