Rank Game Prediction Time (ET) Location Venue Thrill
Score
1 8 Villanova vs. 15 Michigan Villanova 64-62 (59%) 10:00 pm Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 71.6
2 26 Maryland vs. 24 Iowa St. Iowa St. 74-73 (51%) 9:30 pm Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 70.3
3 27 VCU vs. 38 Oregon VCU 77-76 (54%) 7:30 pm Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 68.1
4 39 Arkansas at 46 SMU SMU 72-69 (62%) 7:30 pm Dallas, TX Moody Coliseum 61.0
5 43 Pittsburgh vs. 23 San Diego St. San Diego St. 56-54 (60%) 10:00 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 60.1
6 18 Miami FL at 89 Charlotte Miami FL 68-65 (61%) 9:00 pm Charlotte, NC Halton Arena 59.2
7 42 Kansas St. vs. 5 Arizona Arizona 73-66 (77%) 7:30 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 56.8
8 67 Arizona St. vs. 61 Alabama Alabama 66-65 (53%) 7:00 pm Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 56.7
9 91 San Francisco vs. 115 Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast 73-72 (51%) 8:30 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 49.9
10 48 Purdue vs. 111 Missouri Purdue 67-62 (69%) 2:00 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 46.4
11 71 Green Bay vs. 119 Evansville Green Bay 62-60 (63%) 6:00 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 46.0
12 185 Oral Roberts vs. 168 Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Lafayette 73-72 (53%) 9:00 pm Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand 39.0
13 133 Detroit at 101 Toledo Toledo 76-69 (73%) 7:00 pm Toledo, OH Savage Arena 37.6
14 149 Western Kentucky at 135 Stony Brook Stony Brook 68-64 (67%) 7:00 pm Stony Brook, NY Island Federal Credit Union Ar 37.0
15 140 Buffalo at 252 Grand Canyon Buffalo 67-65 (56%) 9:00 pm Phoenix, AZ GCU Arena 35.8
16 218 East Carolina vs. 176 Fresno St. Fresno St. 64-62 (57%) 12:00 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 34.5
17 177 Loyola Chicago at 277 UTSA Loyola Chicago 72-71 (54%) 8:00 pm San Antonio, TX UTSA Convocation Center 34.2
18 63 Northern Iowa vs. 172 Virginia Tech Northern Iowa 63-57 (77%) 7:00 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 33.4
19 197 Texas A&M Corpus Chris at 256 Bradley Bradley 65-64 (55%) 8:00 pm Peoria, IL Carver Arena 32.9
20 258 Marist vs. 216 Hawaii Hawaii 70-68 (58%) 2:30 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 32.8
21 147 Akron at 81 Penn St. Penn St. 67-60 (79%) 7:30 pm University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center 32.1
22 285 Liberty vs. 246 North Florida North Florida 68-65 (60%) 4:00 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 30.1
23 225 Cal St. Fullerton at 188 USC USC 71-66 (71%) 11:00 pm Los Angeles, CA Galen Center 29.6
24 287 Morgan St. vs. 261 Elon Elon 63-62 (57%) 1:30 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 29.4
25 224 Western Carolina vs. 79 Georgia St. Georgia St. 68-61 (79%) 4:30 pm Oakland, MI Athletics Orena 29.2
26 207 Northwestern St. at 120 Texas Tech Texas Tech 83-73 (80%) 8:00 pm Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena 28.4
27 214 Hofstra at 146 South Florida South Florida 72-64 (77%) 7:00 pm Tampa, FL USF Sun Dome 27.7
28 191 St. Francis NY at 103 La Salle La Salle 72-64 (81%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA Tom Gola Arena 27.3
29 212 Northern Arizona at 148 Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee 66-60 (76%) 8:00 pm Murfreesboro, TN Murphy Center 27.2
30 105 Northwestern vs. 247 Miami OH Northwestern 62-56 (77%) 9:30 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 26.8
31 319 Tennessee Martin at 332 Bethune Cookman Bethune Cookman 64-62 (59%) 7:00 pm Daytona Beach, FL Moore Gym 26.7
32 293 Jacksonville St. at 336 Alabama A&M Jacksonville St. 58-57 (53%) 8:00 pm Normal, AL Elmore Gymnasium 26.6
33 163 Houston at 33 Harvard Harvard 79-66 (89%) 7:00 pm Boston, MA Lavietes Pavilion 25.7
34 158 Boston University at 322 New Hampshire Boston University 67-62 (72%) 7:00 pm Durham, NH Lundholm Gymnasium 25.1
35 167 North Carolina Central at 60 Cincinnati Cincinnati 63-54 (86%) 7:00 pm Cincinnati, OH Fifth Third Arena 25.1
36 223 Hartford at 125 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac 67-59 (80%) 7:00 pm Hamden, CT TD Bank Sports Center 24.8
37 230 Southeast Missouri St. at 127 Bowling Green Bowling Green 71-62 (81%) 7:00 pm Bowling Green, OH Stroh Center 24.7
38 265 Western Illinois at 175 William & Mary William & Mary 65-58 (79%) 7:00 pm Williamsburg, VA Kaplan Arena 22.5
39 241 Saint Peter's at 128 Rutgers Rutgers 64-56 (82%) 7:00 pm Piscataway, NJ Louis Brown Athletic Center 22.2
40 315 IUPUI at 274 Drake Drake 69-62 (76%) 8:05 pm Des Moines, IA Knapp Center 21.8
41 220 Nebraska Omaha at 41 Nebraska Nebraska 90-72 (92%) 8:00 pm Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena 21.0
42 226 Air Force at 72 Colorado Colorado 68-57 (88%) 9:00 pm Boulder, CO Coors Events Center 20.2
43 306 Southern at 231 Tulane Tulane 69-61 (80%) 8:00 pm New Orleans, LA Fogelman Arena 19.9
44 345 Howard at 329 UMBC UMBC 62-57 (75%) 7:30 pm Baltimore, MD Retriever Activities Center 19.8
45 254 Idaho at 76 Boise St. Boise St. 78-64 (90%) 9:00 pm Boise, ID CenturyLink Arena 18.6
46 276 Troy at 132 Southern Miss Southern Miss 70-60 (86%) 8:00 pm Hattiesburg, MS Reed Green Coliseum 18.4
47 279 Penn at 121 Temple Temple 74-62 (88%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA The Liacouras Center 17.6
48 327 Chicago St. at 232 Oakland Oakland 80-69 (85%) 7:00 pm Oakland, MI Athletics Center O'Rena 17.5
49 340 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. 209 Bucknell Bucknell 66-58 (83%) 4:30 pm Toledo, OH Savage Arena 16.5
50 208 UT Arlington at 1 Kentucky Kentucky 88-61 (99%) 7:00 pm Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 16.3
51 317 Binghamton at 166 Army Army 78-65 (88%) 7:30 pm West Point, NY Christl Arena 16.1
52 260 Delaware at 35 Stanford Stanford 77-60 (94%) 11:00 pm Stanford, CA Maples Pavilion 15.3
53 299 LIU Brooklyn at 109 Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's 70-57 (91%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA Hagan Arena 14.2
54 302 Fairleigh Dickinson at 129 Columbia Columbia 60-50 (89%) 7:00 pm New York, NY Levien Gymnasium 14.1
55 282 Norfolk St. at 84 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 67-54 (92%) 8:00 pm Nashville, TN Memorial Gym 14.1
56 341 Lamar at 239 Arkansas St. Arkansas St. 71-60 (89%) 8:05 pm Jonesboro, AR Convocation Center 13.0
57 313 Jackson St. at 117 St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure 70-57 (92%) 7:00 pm St. Bonaventure, NY Reilly Center 12.9
58 294 Eastern Illinois at 47 Creighton Creighton 74-57 (95%) 8:01 pm Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center Omaha 12.2
59 343 Central Arkansas at 190 Charleston Southern Charleston Southern 80-65 (92%) 7:30 pm Charleston, SC CSU Fieldhouse 12.2
60 266 St. Francis PA at 9 Texas Texas 69-50 (98%) 8:00 pm Austin, TX Erwin Center 12.1
61 333 Arkansas Pine Bluff at 153 Ohio Ohio 67-54 (92%) 7:00 pm Athens, OH Convocation Center 11.2
62 289 Loyola MD at 19 Syracuse Syracuse 70-51 (97%) 7:00 pm Syracuse, NY Carrier Dome 11.1
63 334 The Citadel at 82 Florida St. Florida St. 72-55 (96%) 7:00 pm Tallahassee, FL Donald L. Tucker Center 9.3
64 331 Tennessee St. at 6 Virginia Virginia 74-49 (99%) 7:00 pm Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena 8.1
65 346 North Carolina A&T at 96 Saint Louis Saint Louis 65-49 (97%) 8:00 pm St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena 7.8
Score
1 8 Villanova vs. 15 Michigan Villanova 64-62 (59%) 10:00 pm Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 71.6
2 26 Maryland vs. 24 Iowa St. Iowa St. 74-73 (51%) 9:30 pm Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 70.3
3 27 VCU vs. 38 Oregon VCU 77-76 (54%) 7:30 pm Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center 68.1
4 39 Arkansas at 46 SMU SMU 72-69 (62%) 7:30 pm Dallas, TX Moody Coliseum 61.0
5 43 Pittsburgh vs. 23 San Diego St. San Diego St. 56-54 (60%) 10:00 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 60.1
6 18 Miami FL at 89 Charlotte Miami FL 68-65 (61%) 9:00 pm Charlotte, NC Halton Arena 59.2
7 42 Kansas St. vs. 5 Arizona Arizona 73-66 (77%) 7:30 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 56.8
8 67 Arizona St. vs. 61 Alabama Alabama 66-65 (53%) 7:00 pm Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 56.7
9 91 San Francisco vs. 115 Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast 73-72 (51%) 8:30 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 49.9
10 48 Purdue vs. 111 Missouri Purdue 67-62 (69%) 2:00 pm Lahaina, HI Lahaina Civic Center 46.4
11 71 Green Bay vs. 119 Evansville Green Bay 62-60 (63%) 6:00 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 46.0
12 185 Oral Roberts vs. 168 Louisiana Lafayette Louisiana Lafayette 73-72 (53%) 9:00 pm Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand 39.0
13 133 Detroit at 101 Toledo Toledo 76-69 (73%) 7:00 pm Toledo, OH Savage Arena 37.6
14 149 Western Kentucky at 135 Stony Brook Stony Brook 68-64 (67%) 7:00 pm Stony Brook, NY Island Federal Credit Union Ar 37.0
15 140 Buffalo at 252 Grand Canyon Buffalo 67-65 (56%) 9:00 pm Phoenix, AZ GCU Arena 35.8
16 218 East Carolina vs. 176 Fresno St. Fresno St. 64-62 (57%) 12:00 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 34.5
17 177 Loyola Chicago at 277 UTSA Loyola Chicago 72-71 (54%) 8:00 pm San Antonio, TX UTSA Convocation Center 34.2
18 63 Northern Iowa vs. 172 Virginia Tech Northern Iowa 63-57 (77%) 7:00 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 33.4
19 197 Texas A&M Corpus Chris at 256 Bradley Bradley 65-64 (55%) 8:00 pm Peoria, IL Carver Arena 32.9
20 258 Marist vs. 216 Hawaii Hawaii 70-68 (58%) 2:30 pm Estero, FL Germain Arena 32.8
21 147 Akron at 81 Penn St. Penn St. 67-60 (79%) 7:30 pm University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center 32.1
22 285 Liberty vs. 246 North Florida North Florida 68-65 (60%) 4:00 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 30.1
23 225 Cal St. Fullerton at 188 USC USC 71-66 (71%) 11:00 pm Los Angeles, CA Galen Center 29.6
24 287 Morgan St. vs. 261 Elon Elon 63-62 (57%) 1:30 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 29.4
25 224 Western Carolina vs. 79 Georgia St. Georgia St. 68-61 (79%) 4:30 pm Oakland, MI Athletics Orena 29.2
26 207 Northwestern St. at 120 Texas Tech Texas Tech 83-73 (80%) 8:00 pm Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena 28.4
27 214 Hofstra at 146 South Florida South Florida 72-64 (77%) 7:00 pm Tampa, FL USF Sun Dome 27.7
28 191 St. Francis NY at 103 La Salle La Salle 72-64 (81%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA Tom Gola Arena 27.3
29 212 Northern Arizona at 148 Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee 66-60 (76%) 8:00 pm Murfreesboro, TN Murphy Center 27.2
30 105 Northwestern vs. 247 Miami OH Northwestern 62-56 (77%) 9:30 pm Riviera Maya, Mexico Hard Rock Riviera 26.8
31 319 Tennessee Martin at 332 Bethune Cookman Bethune Cookman 64-62 (59%) 7:00 pm Daytona Beach, FL Moore Gym 26.7
32 293 Jacksonville St. at 336 Alabama A&M Jacksonville St. 58-57 (53%) 8:00 pm Normal, AL Elmore Gymnasium 26.6
33 163 Houston at 33 Harvard Harvard 79-66 (89%) 7:00 pm Boston, MA Lavietes Pavilion 25.7
34 158 Boston University at 322 New Hampshire Boston University 67-62 (72%) 7:00 pm Durham, NH Lundholm Gymnasium 25.1
35 167 North Carolina Central at 60 Cincinnati Cincinnati 63-54 (86%) 7:00 pm Cincinnati, OH Fifth Third Arena 25.1
36 223 Hartford at 125 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac 67-59 (80%) 7:00 pm Hamden, CT TD Bank Sports Center 24.8
37 230 Southeast Missouri St. at 127 Bowling Green Bowling Green 71-62 (81%) 7:00 pm Bowling Green, OH Stroh Center 24.7
38 265 Western Illinois at 175 William & Mary William & Mary 65-58 (79%) 7:00 pm Williamsburg, VA Kaplan Arena 22.5
39 241 Saint Peter's at 128 Rutgers Rutgers 64-56 (82%) 7:00 pm Piscataway, NJ Louis Brown Athletic Center 22.2
40 315 IUPUI at 274 Drake Drake 69-62 (76%) 8:05 pm Des Moines, IA Knapp Center 21.8
41 220 Nebraska Omaha at 41 Nebraska Nebraska 90-72 (92%) 8:00 pm Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena 21.0
42 226 Air Force at 72 Colorado Colorado 68-57 (88%) 9:00 pm Boulder, CO Coors Events Center 20.2
43 306 Southern at 231 Tulane Tulane 69-61 (80%) 8:00 pm New Orleans, LA Fogelman Arena 19.9
44 345 Howard at 329 UMBC UMBC 62-57 (75%) 7:30 pm Baltimore, MD Retriever Activities Center 19.8
45 254 Idaho at 76 Boise St. Boise St. 78-64 (90%) 9:00 pm Boise, ID CenturyLink Arena 18.6
46 276 Troy at 132 Southern Miss Southern Miss 70-60 (86%) 8:00 pm Hattiesburg, MS Reed Green Coliseum 18.4
47 279 Penn at 121 Temple Temple 74-62 (88%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA The Liacouras Center 17.6
48 327 Chicago St. at 232 Oakland Oakland 80-69 (85%) 7:00 pm Oakland, MI Athletics Center O'Rena 17.5
49 340 Maryland Eastern Shore vs. 209 Bucknell Bucknell 66-58 (83%) 4:30 pm Toledo, OH Savage Arena 16.5
50 208 UT Arlington at 1 Kentucky Kentucky 88-61 (99%) 7:00 pm Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 16.3
51 317 Binghamton at 166 Army Army 78-65 (88%) 7:30 pm West Point, NY Christl Arena 16.1
52 260 Delaware at 35 Stanford Stanford 77-60 (94%) 11:00 pm Stanford, CA Maples Pavilion 15.3
53 299 LIU Brooklyn at 109 Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's 70-57 (91%) 7:00 pm Philadelphia, PA Hagan Arena 14.2
54 302 Fairleigh Dickinson at 129 Columbia Columbia 60-50 (89%) 7:00 pm New York, NY Levien Gymnasium 14.1
55 282 Norfolk St. at 84 Vanderbilt Vanderbilt 67-54 (92%) 8:00 pm Nashville, TN Memorial Gym 14.1
56 341 Lamar at 239 Arkansas St. Arkansas St. 71-60 (89%) 8:05 pm Jonesboro, AR Convocation Center 13.0
57 313 Jackson St. at 117 St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure 70-57 (92%) 7:00 pm St. Bonaventure, NY Reilly Center 12.9
58 294 Eastern Illinois at 47 Creighton Creighton 74-57 (95%) 8:01 pm Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center Omaha 12.2
59 343 Central Arkansas at 190 Charleston Southern Charleston Southern 80-65 (92%) 7:30 pm Charleston, SC CSU Fieldhouse 12.2
60 266 St. Francis PA at 9 Texas Texas 69-50 (98%) 8:00 pm Austin, TX Erwin Center 12.1
61 333 Arkansas Pine Bluff at 153 Ohio Ohio 67-54 (92%) 7:00 pm Athens, OH Convocation Center 11.2
62 289 Loyola MD at 19 Syracuse Syracuse 70-51 (97%) 7:00 pm Syracuse, NY Carrier Dome 11.1
63 334 The Citadel at 82 Florida St. Florida St. 72-55 (96%) 7:00 pm Tallahassee, FL Donald L. Tucker Center 9.3
64 331 Tennessee St. at 6 Virginia Virginia 74-49 (99%) 7:00 pm Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena 8.1
65 346 North Carolina A&T at 96 Saint Louis Saint Louis 65-49 (97%) 8:00 pm St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena 7.8
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