The Athletic has live coverage of March Madness as the NCAA Tournament begins Sweet 16 action.
Looking for a trend or stat to help you fill out your bracket — or place a few bets for the NCAA Tournament? We’ve scoured data, records and trends for all 68 teams. Which are hot, which score in bunches, which are good to bet overs or unders and more.
While what follows is a thoroughly researched piece with something useful on each team, this is meant to provide a broad view of the tournament field, with a bit of a betting slant, in an easily digestible format. This is not a super in-depth breakdown of the teams.
Here’s the deeper stuff, from our NCAABB writers and experts:
We also have printable brackets for both the men’s tournament and the women’s tournament.
The Athletic has live coverage of the First Round of NCAA March Madness.
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1. Alabama vs. 16. Texas A&M Corpus Christi/Southeast Missouri
Alabama (29-5, 16-2 SEC)
Brandon Miller is one of the elite talents in the country and has made the Crimson Tide a No. 1 seed for the first time ever. Bama plays fast — fourth in the country in tempo — and scores plenty (82.2 points per game), although the under has hit in the last four games.
Alabama has never made a Final Four. Its best-ever tourney showing was an Elite 8 run in…
