NCAA Tournament Picks — First Round South Region

Eds Note — I’m going to try something a little different and make picks for every game of the NCAA Tournament. The games I do actual previews for will have links to Winners and Whiners.

These are the condensed versions of picks for the first round of NCAA Tournament in the South Region. When applicable, there will be a link to the full preview is below. The confidence rating on a scale from 1 to 5 is in parentheses.

Note: The 5/5 does NOT represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

No. 16 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 1 Virginia:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Virginia -22.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 128.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Gardner-Webb UNDER 53 points (4/5) LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Virginia -14 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 60 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Virginia OVER 37 points (4/5) — LOSS!

No. 9 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 Ole Miss:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Ole Miss -1 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 142.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Ole Miss OVER 72 points (3/5) — PUSH!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Ole Miss -0.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 66 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Ole Miss OVER 33.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!

No. 12 Oregon vs. No. 5 Wisconsin:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Wisconsin -2 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 117.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Wisconsin OVER 59.5 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Wisconsin -1 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 53 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Wisconsin OVER 27 points (4/5) — LOSS!

No. 13 UC Irvine vs. No. 4 Kansas State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: UC Irvine +3.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 119 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Games: Kansas State UNDER 61.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UC Irvine +2 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 54.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: UC Irvine OVER 26.5 points (5/5) — WIN!

No. 14 Old Dominion vs. No. 3 Purdue:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Old Dominion +12.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 126.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Purdue UNDER 69.5 POINTS (4/5) — WIN!
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No. 11 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 6 Villanova:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Villanova -4.5 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 130 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Villanova OVER 67.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
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No. 10 Iowa vs. No. 7 Cincinnati:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cincinnati -4.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 137.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Iowa UNDER 66.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Cincinnati -2.5 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 64 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Cincinnati OVER 33.5 points (4/5) — WIN!

No. 15 Colgate vs. No. 2 Tennessee:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Tennessee -17.5 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER  146.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Colgate UNDER 65 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Tennessee -10 (3/5) — WON!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 70 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Colgate UNDER 30 points (3/5) — PUSH!

Day’s Record: 32-36-1 (.471)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-5-0 (.583)

NCAA Tournament Record: 43-42-1 (.506)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in NCAA Tournament)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in NCAA Tournament)
3-Star Pick Record: 18-19-1 (.487)  (24-22-1 (.521) in NCAA Tournament)
4-Star Pick Record: 9-10 (.474)        (12-12-0 (.500) in NCAA Tournament)
5-Star Pick Record: 5-7 (.417)          (7-8-0 (.467) in NCAA Tournament)

March Record: 155-128-5 (.547)

February Record: 156-168-4 (.482)
January Record: 173-146-4 (.542)
December Record: 86-62-5 (.578)
November Record: 81-91-6 (.472)

Season Record: 651-597-24 (.521)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in March)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in March)
3-Star Pick Record: 18-19-1 (.487)  (88-69-4 (.559) in March)
4-Star Pick Record: 9-10 (.474)        (35-37-1 (.486) in March)
5-Star Pick Record: 5-7 (.417)          (33-22-0 (.600) in March)