2021 NCAA tournament Saturday betting preview
With the Field of 68 now set, is here to highlight two matchups for the first round on Saturday: No. 5 Creighton and No. 12 UC Santa Barbara and No. 4 Virginia taking on No. 13 Ohio.
Over the last two tournaments, the teams with a better seed have gone 43-21 straight-up (67%) but only 21-38-1 against the spread (36%) in the Round of 64. Over the last 10 tournaments, the No. 5 seed holds a 24-16 (60%) SU record over the No. 12 seed, while a No. 14 seed has upset a No. 3 seed SU in seven of the last 10 tournaments. In addition, at least one No. 11 seed has made it to Sweet 16 in 8 of the last 10 tournaments.
Several games involving those seeds have already received attention from sharp bettors in Las Vegas for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Let’s dive into the matchups!
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