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No. 10 Dayton Flyers vs No. 7 DePaul Blue Demons 9:30 pm EST

DePaul –2.5 (2 Units)

Coming off a three-year Tournament drought, the Demons have won 14 of their last 17 games this year and enter as one of the hottest teams in the country. That is in part due to the return of big man Andre Brown and the emergence of point man Sammy Mejia. Since returning on Jan. 31, Brown has scored in double figures in all but two games (he had eight in both) and DePaul has lost just once. The Blue Demons grew up when freshman Mejia began to play full time. Mejia's playmaking helped make DePaul the most efficient shooting team in Conference USA. The loss of LeVar Seals for this game because of a suspension handed down for a cheap shot against Cincinnati will hurt but DePaul will rally around him. “He's our energy guy, our defensive stopper, our heart and soul,'' forward Delonte Holland said Tuesday before the Blue Demons left for Buffalo, N.Y. "We're definitely going to play this game for him.'' Seals apologized to his teammates but they want nothing more to win this one so he can come back for the second round. "I just feel bad for him,'' guard Drake Diener said. "We have to use it as motivation to win this game so he can play in the tournament.'' Road wins against Saint Louis and Louisville proved DePaul is no fluke. For Dayton, despite winning the Maui Invitational, they had a weak non-conference schedule with an 82-53 loss to Cincinnati in their only game of consequence. They don't force many turnovers, can be pushed around a little inside and aren't particularly deep. Shot selection is also a problem as aside from Sean Finn, none of the starters shoot particularly well. The Flyers can’t compare to DePaul as far as momentum goes as they finished the season going 5-5 their last 10 games.

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Manhattan/Florida 12:20 pm EST
UTEP/Maryland 12:40 pm EST
BYU/Syracuse 3:10 pm EST

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No. 12 Manhattan Jaspers vs No. 5 Florida Gators 12:20 pm EST

Manhattan +5.5 (3 Units)

Despite the much lower seed, an outright win by the Jaspers would not come as all that shocking. This is a team that can give just about anyone a run for its money, with a lot of tough New York kids who aren't going to back down. Florida just finished playing three games in three days in the SEC tournament and gets the well-rested Jaspers. A year ago the Jaspers gave eventual national champion Syracuse a serious run in the first round. This year there will be no small-conference jitters. They have an NBA prospect in guard Luis Flores (24.1 ppg), and forwards Dave Holmes and Peter Mulligan should be able to hold their own inside. Holmes has been on a tear over the last 12 games, including a 16-point, seven rebound showing in the MAAC final. He's a little undersized at power forward, but makes up for it with solid fundamentals. Since reaching the 2000 NCAA championship game, the Gators haven't reached the tournament's second weekend. Right now, they are a banged up and tired team and their confidence level could be pretty low following their loss to Kentucky over the weekend. Matt Walsh is on crutches while freshman big-man Mohamed Abukar is fighting nasty back spasms and sophomore forward Adrian Moss can't kick a cramping problem that plagued him throughout the conference tournament. Are the Gators possibly looking past the Jaspers to a second round date with Wake Forest? It’s looking that way as there is talk about the Duke and Wake fan base that is expected to be present. "Duke and Wake Forest are going to have a lot of fans there," junior forward David Lee said. "But it's not going to be as bad as playing a road game, that's for sure. It's still going to be a neutral site, and we've played very tough teams." They had better not be looking too far ahead. Manhattan is 12-4 ATS after playing 4+ games as a favorite and 12-4 ATS off a conference win while Florida is 0-6 ATS off BB games having 5 or less steals and 2-8 ATS after having 5 or less offensive rebounds.

No. 13 Texas-El Paso Miners vs No. 4 Maryland Terps 12:40 pm EST

UTEP +6.5 (2 Units)

Wasn't Maryland a bubble team just a few weeks back? Now the Terps are a No. 4 seed? Maryland can't get any higher than it was Sunday, which means a "letdown" could loom with "UTEP" on the front of the jerseys instead of "DUKE". Taking nothing away from their ACC Tournament run but this is still a very young team, which means it might be hard for them not to be hungover. But it's hard to justify jumping all the way to a No. 4 by winning the three-day event. The Terps had to win at NC State just to get into the at-large conversation. The improbable season for the Miners is capped off with an at-large birth to the Big Dance and this team never had a big losing spurt as they were very consistent all season. This UTEP team has won 24 games and lost only seven and never lost more than one game in a row. Even though the Terps are coming from the much tougher ACC, UTEP does match up very well. Each team has a balanced scoring attack. Each team has four players averaging in double figure, and each team has its leading scorer in the 15-point range. UTEP is led by Omar Thomas at 15.5 ppg. Maryland is led by John Gilchrist at 15.6 ppg. UTEP has Jason Williams at 11.6 points, Filiberto Rivera at 11.2 points and John Tofi at 10.7 points a game. Maryland has Jamar Smith averaging 12.9 points a game, Nik Caner-Medley at 12.4 and Chris McCray at 10.8. UTEP averages 77.3 points a game. Maryland averages 77.4 points a game. The similarities are there and with Maryland defeating the top 3 teams in their league to earn this spot, overconfidence might just come into play. UTEP is 7-0 ATS in non-conference games.

No. 12 Brigham Young Cougars vs No. 5 Syracuse Orangemen 3:00 pm EST

Syracuse –2 (2 Units)

The Orangemen are playing their best basketball heading into the NCAA Tournament, despite having a five-game winning streak snapped with a loss to Boston College in the Big East tournament. Syracuse posted impressive wins over Pittsburgh and Connecticut in their run. Part of the problem this past Thursday against the Eagles was that Hakim Warrick suffered through perhaps his worst game of the year in the loss. Now they must regroup and remember whoever wins the NCAA Championship this season must take it away from them. “We haven't talked all year about being the defending champions, but we will talk about it this week,'' head coach Jim Boeheim said Sunday night after Syracuse was seeded fifth in the Phoenix regional. “It's something our guys take a lot of pride in. We'll be ready to play.'' The Cougars lost in the semi’s of the MWC tournament to Utah and BYU's man-on-man defense was exposed in that matchup, as it has been on a regular basis. The Cougars allow opponents to connect on 45.1% of their field goal attempts ranking 235th in the nation. BYU does shoot the ball well themselves mostly due to center Rafael Araujo. Araujo doesn't get much support on the frontline so he can be contained and with his recent outburst, he could find early foul trouble. BYU's X-factor is the fast break. However, opportunities against Syracuse's 2-3 zone will be few and far between. Syracuse is holding its opponents to 39.7% shooting and 29.0% from long range this season. Syracuse's zone defense is something BYU hasn't seen all season. Any team that makes you prepare for something you haven't seen all season is double the trouble. Look at what happened in BYU's first two games against the Princeton offense when they played NC State and Air Force. All of BYU's seven losses came on the road this season, a troubling stat when you are heading off to play in neutral venues. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, Syracuse is 14-2 in first-round games when it's been the higher-seeded team saying something for the coaching ability of Boeheim.