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UConn (+9.5) over Florida
The Huskies’ quest for a three-peat will end, but not without a fight.
The Gators, a trendy pick to take the championship torch, aren’t likely to cruise through the field with a head coach (Todd Golden) who won his first tournament game two days ago.
UConn will slow the tempo, leaning on Alex Karaban’s experience.
Dan Hurley, the winner of 13 straight NCAA Tournament games, will get the most out of his roster, relishing the rare role of a massive underdog.
“I feel like in a weird way it’s a little pressure off of us going into the tournament where we could just go out and let it rip right now,” Hurley said this week. “We don’t have this huge pressure of expectations.”
Duke (-11.5) over Baylor
It’s a big number, but it’s warranted.
The top-seeded Blue Devils have one loss since November, having gone 22-12 against the spread as a favorite.
The Bears, who are 3-7-2 against the number as an underdog, haven’t fared well against elite competition this season, suffering 10 losses against ranked teams, with six coming by double digits.
Baylor squeaked past Mississippi State by dominating the boards.
That won’t be an option against Duke, which owns the nation’s seventh-best rebounding rate. Plus, Cooper Flagg is 100 percent. The Carmelo Anthony remix may be upon us.
Maryland (-7.5) over Colorado State
The Rams have been impressive, winning 11 straight games, but it has largely been quantity over quality.
Eight of the wins came against non-tournament teams, while another two came against 10-seed Utah State, which was blasted in the first round by UCLA.
Maryland will be the seventh top 10 defense Colorado State has faced this season.
The Rams lost five of those previous matchups by an average of more than 13 points.
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The Terps big men (future first-round pick Derik Queen and senior Julian Reese) should feast against the undersized Rams, who have no regular rotation player taller than 6-foot-8.
Oregon (+3.5) over Arizona
Tommy Lloyd’s track record doesn’t bode well for the Wildcats, who have been victim to far greater upsets in each of his three tournament appearances.
Oregon’s Dana Altman, who quietly ranks fourth among active coaches in wins (780), has been to the Sweet 16 five times since 2013.
Again, his team is peaking in March, obliterating a quality Cinderella candidate (Liberty) to earn its ninth win in the past 10 games, with a defense that has been among the country’s best in recent weeks.
This season, Arizona has gone 3-8 against top 25 defenses.
This season: 18-19 2011-24 record: 378-340-12
Why Trust New York Post Betting
Howie Kussoy has long been the New York Post’s main handicapper in college basketball (since 2011) and college football (since 2013).
