Sportsbooks release opening pointspreads for first round of NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament committee released the teams and matchups for the 2018 edition of March Madness on Sunday night. The show itself was greatly criticized for the format change and, as always, there was outrage over some of the selections. Through it all, sportsbooks were quick to react with opening pointspreads for all available opening round matchups.
Opening lines listed are from the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas:
First Four
16 LIU-Brooklyn
16 Radford -3.5
11 Arizona St.
11 Syracuse PICK
11 St. Bonaventure
11 UCLA -3
16 NC Central
16 Texas Southern -5
South Region
1 Virginia -22.5
16 UMBC
8 Creighton -1.5
9 Kansas St.
5 Kentucky -5.5
12 Davidson
4 Arizona -8
13 Buffalo
6 Miami -1
11 Loyola-Chicago
3 Tennessee -13.5
14 Wright St.
7 Nevada -1.5
10 Texas
2 Cincinnati -16
15 Georgia St.
West Region
1 Xavier
16 NCCU/TXSO
8 Missouri -1.5
9 Florida St.
5 Ohio St. -8.5
12 S. Dakota St.
4 Gonzaga -11.5
13 UNC-Greensboro
6 Houston -3.5
11 San Diego St.
3 Michigan -11
14 Montana
7 Texas A&M -4.5
10 Providence
2 North Carolina -17.5
15 Lipscomb
East Region
1 Villanova
16 LIU/RAD
8 Virginia Tech -2
9 Alabama
5 West Virginia -9.5
12 Murray State
4 Wichita St. -12
13 Marshall
6 Florida
11 STBON/UCLA
3 Texas Tech -12
14 Stephen F. Austin
7 Arkansas
10 Butler -1
2 Purdue -21
15 Cal St. Fullerton
Midwest Region
1 Kansas -15.5
16 Pennsylvania
8 Seton Hall
9 NC State PICK
5 Clemson -4.5
12 New Mexico St.
4 Auburn -11
13 Charleston
6 TCU
11 ASU/SYR
3 Michigan St. -13.5
14 Bucknell
7 Rhode Island
10 Oklahoma PICK
2 Duke -21
15 Iona
The NCAA Tournament committee released the teams and matchups for the 2018 edition of March Madness on Sunday night. The show itself was greatly criticized for the format change and, as always, there was outrage over some of the selections. Through it all, sportsbooks were quick to react with opening pointspreads for all available opening round matchups.
Opening lines listed are from the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas:
First Four
16 LIU-Brooklyn
16 Radford -3.5
11 Arizona St.
11 Syracuse PICK
11 St. Bonaventure
11 UCLA -3
16 NC Central
16 Texas Southern -5
South Region
1 Virginia -22.5
16 UMBC
8 Creighton -1.5
9 Kansas St.
5 Kentucky -5.5
12 Davidson
4 Arizona -8
13 Buffalo
6 Miami -1
11 Loyola-Chicago
3 Tennessee -13.5
14 Wright St.
7 Nevada -1.5
10 Texas
2 Cincinnati -16
15 Georgia St.
West Region
1 Xavier
16 NCCU/TXSO
8 Missouri -1.5
9 Florida St.
5 Ohio St. -8.5
12 S. Dakota St.
4 Gonzaga -11.5
13 UNC-Greensboro
6 Houston -3.5
11 San Diego St.
3 Michigan -11
14 Montana
7 Texas A&M -4.5
10 Providence
2 North Carolina -17.5
15 Lipscomb
East Region
1 Villanova
16 LIU/RAD
8 Virginia Tech -2
9 Alabama
5 West Virginia -9.5
12 Murray State
4 Wichita St. -12
13 Marshall
6 Florida
11 STBON/UCLA
3 Texas Tech -12
14 Stephen F. Austin
7 Arkansas
10 Butler -1
2 Purdue -21
15 Cal St. Fullerton
Midwest Region
1 Kansas -15.5
16 Pennsylvania
8 Seton Hall
9 NC State PICK
5 Clemson -4.5
12 New Mexico St.
4 Auburn -11
13 Charleston
6 TCU
11 ASU/SYR
3 Michigan St. -13.5
14 Bucknell
7 Rhode Island
10 Oklahoma PICK
2 Duke -21
15 Iona
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