The NCAA tournament moves into the second round on Saturday and Sunday, as the field will be trimmed from 32 o 16 teams. Fans can only hope that this round offers up as many exciting games as the first round did. Bettors can follow the action all weekend long on the LIVE ODDS and GAME MATCHUPS pages of Sportsbook.com.
- There was only one upset last year in the second round, as the better seeds, all favored, went 15-1 SU & 11-5 ATS (69%). OVER the total was 12-4 (75%).
- Sunday is the more popular upset day of the opening weekend, with 36 of the 61 lower seed wins happening then. In fact, the worse seeds own a straight up record of 36-48 SU, or 42.9%. They are also 47-41 ATS, 53.0%.
- Double-digit favorites in the second round are on a he run of 23-0 SU & 17-6 ATS (74%) since ‘01.
- #1 seeds have really picked up the scoring in their second round games, going 28-15 OVER (65%) while scoring 80 PPG.
- #2 seed’s that win their opening round game are just 11-16 ATS (41%) in the second round. When favored by 6-points or less, they are just 6-14 ATS (30%) in their L20. Their last seven games have gone OVER the total.
- All eight #3 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 in the last two tournaments, boasting a 8-0 SU & 7-1 ATS record in Round Two. They are also 8-3-1 OVER the total since ’07 (73%).
- The #4 seeds should be on upset alert in the second round, with just a 16-18 SU & 11-23 ATS (32%) mark since ’98.
- Upset winners from the first round are just 4-11 ATS (27%) when trying to pull off another upset in the second round over the last two years.
- In second round games where a double-digit numbered seed has met one #6 or worse, the better seed is 9-0 SU & 8-0-1 ATS (100%) over the L10 years.
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