Author: CBS Sports Staff / Source: CBSSports.com
Biggest Takeaway from Selection Sunday
March Madness 2019 is officially upon us. Over the next three weeks, the remaining teams will slug it out in a winner-take-all, single-elimination NCAA bracket, culminating in the national championship on April 8 in Minneapolis.
The 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket includes eight teams from the Big Ten, seven from the ACC, seven from the SEC, and six Big 12 schools. Duke is the No. 1 overall seed and has looked fierce down the stretch now that the Blue Devils have Zion Williamson back in the lineup after missing time with a knee injury. History is on their side too, as four of Duke’s five NCAA Tournament titles came as a 1-seed. However, fellow top seeds North Carolina, Gonzaga and Virginia, as well as formidable contenders like Kentucky, Michigan and Texas Tech will be looking for their own fairy tale ending with a deep run in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. And don’t forget Buffalo, whose 6-seed is the best ever for a MAC team since the NCAA Tournament field expanded. Before you finalize your 2019 March Madness brackets, consult the optimal 2019 NCAA Tournament picks and college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.Their proven projection model has simulated every game in the tournament 10,000 times. It absolutely crushed its March Madness picks last year, finishing in the top five percent of all CBS Sports brackets and calling Villanova to win it all.
It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 12 of the 18 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds the last three years.
It also nailed some massive upsets last year, including huge wins by No. 13 seed Buffalo over No. 4 seed Arizona, No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago over No. 6 seed Miami, and No. 10 seed Butler over No. 7 seed Arkansas.There’s simply no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2019 NCAA Tournament pools. Now, the…
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