2024 March Madness predictions: Expert NCAA bracket picks against the spread, odds for First Four games

The 2024 NCAA Match formally will get began Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, with a First 4 doubleheader that can shrink the 68-team discipline to 66 after which once more to 64 following one other doubleheader Wednesday. The primary video games every day will tip off at 6:40 p.m. ET with all 4 showdowns on truTV and March Madness Live.

No. 16 seeds Wagner and Howard will meet first with the winner dealing with No. 1 seed North Carolina within the West Area. The subsequent recreation will see No. 10 seeds Colorado State and Virginia — two of the final 4 groups chosen for this 12 months’s discipline — battling their manner into the principle bracket. The winner advances into the primary spherical to face No. 7 seed Texas on Thursday.

The First 4 has been a blended bag through the years, however usually, the video games function a wonderfully tasty appetizer to the principle course that’s the first spherical of March Madness, which begins Thursday at midday.

Let’s check out every of the First 4 video games together with who our specialists are predicting is not going to solely advance to the primary spherical however doubtlessly cowl the unfold.

Odds by way of SportsLine consensus | All occasions Jap

Wednesday, 6:40 pm. | truTV, March Madness Live: Grambling State is dancing for the primary time at school historical past after taking down the SWAC regular-season and match titles. The Tigers are 18-4 since a 2-10 begin, and they’re led by two standout guards in Kintavious Dozier and Tra’Michael Moton, who I believe have the products to at the least preserve this one throughout the quantity. Decide: Grambling State +4

ATS	MTST -4	MTST -4	GRAM +4	GRAM +4	GRAM +4
SU	MTST	MTST	MTST	MTST	GRAM

Wednesday, 9:10 p.m. | truTV, March Madness Live: Few groups enter the NCAA Match with higher vibes and renewed optimism as Colorado, which has gained seven of its final eight video games due to lastly touchdown on the precise facet of some damage luck. Coach Tad Boyle has a proficient squad stacked with future NBA expertise taking part in with quite a lot of confidence going into March Insanity. Decide: Colorado -2.5

ATS	BOISE +2.5	COLO -2.5	COLO -2.5	BOISE +2.5	COLO -2.5
SU	BOISE	COLO	COLO	BOISE	COLO

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