NCAA Tournament Second-Round Picks — East Region

These are the condensed versions of picks for the second round of NCAA Tournament in the East 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. 9 UCF vs. No. 1 Duke:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Duke -13.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 143.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UCF UNDER 65 points (5/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: UCF +7.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 67.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Duke UNDER 37.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!

No. 12 Liberty vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Virginia Tech -8.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 125.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Virginia Tech OVER 67 points (5/5) — PUSH!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Virginia Tech -4.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 57.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Virginia Tech OVER 31 points (3/5) — LOSS!

No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 3 LSU:

Side Prediction/Full Game: LSU -3 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 147 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Maryland UNDER 72 points (5/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: LSU -1.5 (4/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 69.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Maryland UNDER 34 points (3/5) — WIN!

No. 10 Minnesota vs. No. 2 Michigan State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Michigan State -10.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 142 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Games: Minnesota UNDER 66 points (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Michigan State -6 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 67 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Minnesota UNDER 31 points (4/5) — WIN!

Day’s Record: 28-19-1 (.594)
Previous Day’s Record: 36-56-4 (.396)

NCAA Tournament Record: 107-117-6 (.478)

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: 18-13-1 (.578)  (66-63-6 (.511) in NCAA Tournament)
4-Star Pick Record: 4-4 (.500)          (22-34-0 (.392) in NCAA Tournament)
5-Star Pick Record: 6-2 (.750)          (19-20-0 (.487) in NCAA Tournament)

March Record: 219-203-10 (.519)

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: 715-672-29 (.515)

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: 18-13-1 (.578)  (130-110-9 (.540) in March)
4-Star Pick Record: 4-4 (.500)          (45-59-1 (.433) in March)
5-Star Pick Record: 6-2 (.750)          (45-34-0 (.579) in March)