Bracket Contests and Picks
Which team is hitting the skids at tournament time and which team is covering the spread like crazy?
Colorado State is on a nice run and Iowa State has been a cover machine in 2012. Loyola and Memphis have also been very hot ATS.
But it’s a different story for Syracuse (who just lost their starting center to eligibility problems) and UNLV.
We gathered some current season trends as well as March Madness trends to help you handicap bracket betting this week.
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March Madness and Regular Season Trends
BYU played 6 straight UNDERs this season
BYU just 2-7 ATS past 9 games as underdog
Cincinnati 6-1 ATS past 7 games overall
Cincinnati 17-3 SU past 20 games as a favorite
Colorado UNDER is 9-2 past 11 games
Colorado State 7-1 ATS past 8 games
Davidson 6-1 ATS past 7 Madness games
Detroit 10-1 SU past 11 games overall
Duke 0-5 ATS past 5 March games
Florida OVER is 10-1-1 past 12 tournament games
Florida 6-2 ATS past 8 tournament games
Florida State won and covered past 5 games overall
Gonzaga OVER is 10-2 past 12 tournament games
Gonzaga just 2-7 ATS past 9 tournament games
Indiana 4-1 ATS past 5 first-round games
Iowa State 15-4 ATS in games since Jan. 1
Iowa State 7-2 ATS past 9 games as underdog
Kentucky 1-5 ATS past 6 games as double-digit favorite
Long Beach State 7-2 ATS past 9 games overall
OVER is 7-1-1 past 9 Long Beach games as underdog
Louisville 1-6 ATS past 7 tournament games (lost to Morehead State as No. 4 seed in 2011)
Louisville 2-5 ATS past 7 first-round games
Louisville UNDER 7-1 past 8 games
Loyola Md 10-3 ATS past 13 games overall
Marquette 2-6 ATS past 8 first-round games
Marquette OVER is 7-2 past 9 games overall
Marquette OVER is 6-0 past 6 games as a favorite
Memphis OVER is 10-1 past 11 tournament games
Memphis 10-1 ATS past 11 games as favorite
Memphis 10-1 ATS past 11 games overall
Michigan 17-2 SU past 19 games as favorite
Michigan State 8-4 ATS past 12 tournament games
Michigan State 9-2 ATS past 11 games as double-digit favorite
Missouri OVER is 11-2-1 past 14 tournament games
Missouri 8-2 ATS past 10 games overall
Missouri played 9 straight OVERs
Notre Dame 1-6 ATS past 7 tournament games
Ohio State 2-5 ATS past 7 first-round games
Syracuse 6-2 ATS past 8 first round games
Syracuse 1-6 ATS past 7 games overall
Texas OVER is 7-1 past 8 tournament games
UConn is 9-2 ATS past 11 tournament games
UConn UNDER is 5-1 past 6 tournament games
UConn OVER is 7-1 past 8 games overall
UNLV OVER is 5-1 past 6 tournament games
UNLV 2-8 ATS past 10 games overall
Vanderbilt has been upset in the first round past three tournaments
Vandy UNDER is 5-1-1 past 7 tournament games
Vandy 7-2 ATS past 9 games overall
Vandy 6-2 ATS past 8 games as favorite
VCU 9-1 ATS past 10 tournament games
VCU 17-1 SU past 18 games overall
VCU 7-3 SU and 8-2 ATS past 10 games as underdog
West Virginia 14-4 ATS in tournament games since 2001
Wichita State 12-4 ATS past 16 games overall
Wisconsin 4-1 ATS past 5 first-round games
Xavier 15-2-1 ATS in tournament games since 2001
Xavier 0-3 SU and ATS vs Irish since 1995