Review-Journal March Madness Challenge picks
Review-Journal sports betting reporter Todd Dewey competes against VSiN host Wes Reynolds and professional handicappers Kelly Stewart, Paul Stone, Doug Fitz and Bruce Marshall in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games Thursday and Friday.
Each contestant selects 12 games against the spread, sides or totals, choosing from the 28 games that were on the betting board before the First Four. The lines were taken Tuesday from Westgate SuperBook. Eleven of the picks are worth one point, a best bet counts for two points and a push is worth a half-point. The national champion pick is the tiebreaker.
The contest will continue in the Sweet 16.
Todd Dewey
Review-Journal
Best bet: Florida Atlantic -2½
Tennessee -21½
Texas Tech -5½
South Carolina -1
Morehead State +12
Drake -1½
McNeese State +6
Long Beach State +20½
Vermont +12
Clemson +2
Yale +12½
Alabama-Birmingham +6½
Champion: Kentucky
Doug Fitz
Systemplays.com
Best bet: Kentucky-Oakland Over 163½
Michigan State -1
Oregon +1
Duquesne-Brigham Young Under 142
Morehead State +12
Drake -1½
McNeese State +6
Vermont-Duke Under 132
James Madison +5½
Northwestern +2½
Western Kentucky +14
Charleston +9½
Champion: Purdue
Bruce Marshall
VegasInsider.com
Best bet: Long Beach State +20½
Mississippi State +1
North Carolina State +5½
Oregon +1
Duquesne +9½
McNeese State-Gonzaga Over 150
Florida Atlantic -2½
Western Kentucky +14
New Mexico -2
Texas A&M-Nebraska Over 146½
Alabama-Birmingham +6½
Grand Canyon +5½
Champion: Tennessee
Wes Reynolds
VSiN host, @WesReynolds1
Best bet: Drake -1½
Oregon-South Carolina Under 132½
Akron +12½
Morehead State +12
Dayton-UNR Under 136½
Kansas -8
South Dakota State +16½
Charleston +9½
Baylor -13½
Florida Atlantic -2½
Alabama-Birmingham +6½
Yale +12½
Champion: Purdue
Kelly Stewart
@KellyInVegas
Best bet: South Carolina -1
Texas Tech -5½
Drake -1½
Tennessee -21½
Utah State +4½
Northwestern +2½
Charleston +9½
Grand Canyon +5½
Arizona -20½
New Mexico -2
Baylor -13½
Brigham Young -9½
Champion: Creighton
Paul Stone
@PaulStoneSports
Best bet: Texas A&M +1½
North Carolina State +5½
Oakland-Kentucky Under 163½
Duquesne-BYU Under 142
McNeese St.-Gonzaga Under 150
Samford-Kansas Under 153½
Long Beach St.-Arizona Under 163½
Northwestern +2½
Western Kentucky-Marquette Under 158½
TCU-Utah State Under 150½
N. Mexico-Clemson Under 151½
Charleston-Alabama Under 173½
Champion: Connecticut
