NCAA Tournament Picks — East Region

These are the condensed versions of picks for the regional semifinals and regional finals of the 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. 4 Virginia Tech vs. No. 1 Duke:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Duke -7 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 143 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Duke OVER 75.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: Duke -4 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: OVER 67 points (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Duke OVER 36 points (5/5) — LOSS!

No. 3 LSU vs. No. 2 Michigan State:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Michigan State -6 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 148.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Naz Reid OVER 13.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st Half: LSU +3 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Half: UNDER 69.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Half: Michigan State UNDER 36.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 17-31-0 (.354)
Previous Day’s Record: 22-25-1 (.469)

NCAA Tournament Record: 146-173-7 (.459)

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: 10-21 (.323)      (91-101-6 (.475) in NCAA Tournament)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-6 (.333)          (30-43-0 (.411) in NCAA Tournament)
5-Star Pick Record: 4-4 (.500)          (25-29-1 (.464) in NCAA Tournament)

March Record: 258-259-11 (.499)

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: 754-728-30 (.509)

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: 10-21 (.323)      (155-148-9 (.511) in March)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-6 (.333)          (53-68-1 (.439) in March)
5-Star Pick Record: 4-4 (.500)          (51-43-1 (.542) in March)

(Zion Williamson photo courtesy Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports)