Bracket Picks, Betting Trends for Sunday
Top seeds have dominated 8 seeds in recent years and two No. 1s are favored to take care of business in March Madness betting on Sunday.
No. 1 seeds are 7-2 ATS in their past nine games vs 8 seeds since 2009, a trend that spells bad news for Kentucky and Gonzaga bettors. Wichita State and Arizona could benefit here.
As well, Memphis is a No. 8 seed against No. 1 Virginia.
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There are also two games where No. 3 seeds could be great bets if history repeats itself.
3 seeds are 8-2 ATS in their past 10 games vs 6 seeds and that means Iowa State (vs North Carolina) and Creighton (vs Baylor) could be great Sunday bets.
Check the March Madness Database for more trends and find your own angles.
Stanford vs Kansas -6 – Preview, Pick
UNDER is 9-3 past 12 Stanford games
Kansas 1-4 ATS past five tournament games
Stanford 0-6 ATS in second round since 1999
Kansas is 4-0 SU vs 10 seeds since 1996
Wichita State vs Kentucky +2.5 – Preview, Pick
Kentucky 1-4 SU vs 1 seeds since 1999
Wichita State covered nine straight spreads (all 12 or more points)
Kentucky is 3-10 SU past 13 games as underdogs
No. 1 seeds 7-2 ATS past vs 8 seeds since 2009
North Carolina vs Iowa State -1.5 – Preview, Pick
UNC 0-6 ATS past six games
Iowa State won and covered five straight games
Iowa State 11-1 SU past 12 games as favorites
3 seeds are 8-2 ATS past 10 games vs 6 seeds
Mercer vs Tennessee -8.5 – Preview, Pick
Mercer 22-4 SU past 26 games overall
Tennessee 6-1 ATS past seven games overall
Tennessee 12-2 SU, 11-3 ATS past 14 as favorites
Only second time since 1996 that an 11 faced a 14 (Washington beat Richmond in 1998)
Stephen F. Austin vs UCLA -8.5 – Preview, Pick
SFA has won 29 straight games
UCLA 5-1 ATS past six games overall
UCLA is 10-3 ATS past 13 times as chalk of 8 points or more
UCLA 0-5 ATS past five second-round games
UCLA is 1-3 ATS vs 12 seeds since 1996
12 seeds are 6-1 ATS past seven vs 4 seeds
Baylor vs Creighton -3 – Preview, Pick
Baylor 9-3-1 ATS past 13 games
Creighton 2-7 ATS past nine tournament games
Creighton 0-4 SU in second-round games, all losses by at least 12 points
3 seeds are 8-2 ATS past 10 games vs 6 seeds
Memphis vs Virginia -5.5 – Preview, Pick
Virginia 17-1 SU past 18 games overall
Virginia 1-4-1 ATS in tournament since 1996
Memphis played four straight tournament UNDERs
No. 1 seeds 7-2 ATS past vs 8 seeds since 2009
Gonzaga vs Arizona -6 – Preview, Pick
Gonzaga 1-3 SU vs Arizona since 2000
Gonzaga 6-0 SU, 5-1 ATS past six games
No. 1 seeds 7-2 ATS past vs 8 seeds since 2009
Gonzaga 6-2 ATS past eight games as underdogs
Gonzaga lost four straight second-round games
Arizona 6-1 ATS past seven tournament games
