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NCAA March Madness Betting Picks - Saturday March 19, 2022
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Written by Dimers Staff
After a frenetic two days to open up the tournament we get to reload and do it all again with the second round getting underway today.
It's Saturday March 19, 2022, and, as always, we've simulated all of the day's CBB games 10,000 times each to determine where the value lies for basketball bettors across the United States as we prepare to crown a new College Basketball Champion on April 4.
With March Madness betting picks, probabilities, odds and predicted scores featured each and every day, check out our top plays for Saturday's NCAAM games.
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March Madness Picks Saturday March 19, 2022
Michigan vs. Tennessee, 5:15PM ET
Pick by The Degenerates
Saturday we are picking against the team that won us our first bet of the tournament and going with Tennessee -6. We appreciate Michigan’s round 1 effort, but they are too inconsistent and will be no match for the red-hot Volunteer's team. Tennessee has won 16 out of their last 18 games and will continue to roll on Saturday.
Tennessee is a red shot shooting team coming off a 14 three-point performance with 5 different double-digit scorers in round 1 against Longwood. The Volunteer's average 75 points per game while Michigan allows 70 points per game. In addition, Tennessee is 12-6 ATS on the road and in neutral site games, as well as 11-2 ATS in games where they are favored by less than 10 points.
The Tennessee guards will pose a complete mismatch for the Wolverine backcourt. If Devante' Jones isn't back for Michigan, be on the lookout for Josiah-Jordan James, Santiago Vescovi, and Kennedy Chandler to have a big impact on the game. Dickinson won’t be able to dominate down low like the stat stuffing offensive center usually can. Tennessee has the size down low to match up with Dickinson and they are the better rebounding team. 7-footer Uros Plavsic and 6-foot-11 Jonas Aidoo have shown all year they’re capable defenders and will be an issue for Dickinson.
Tennessee’s pace of play and great shooting should be enough and eventually the Volunteers will pull away as the game progresses. We are predicting a double-digit win and hoping for a stress-free winner!
BET: Tennessee -6 (-110)
DimersBOT probability: 49%
🏀 Michigan vs. Tennessee Simulator
🔥 Betting Preview: Michigan vs. Tennessee
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Richmond vs. Providence, 6:10PM ET
Pick by Jason Bevilacqua
Richmond were one of the surprises of the opening round, taking down Iowa and doing it on their own terms playing their own brand of basketball. It's fair to say that the Spiders are playing with house money now, and they've got nothing to lose in a winnable game against the Friars. Both teams rely on high powered offense, averaging 72 points per game each throughout the year. Our data model is expecting another high energy game that is easily sailing over the total.
BET: Total points OVER 134.5 (-110)
DimersBOT probability: 53%
🏀 Richmond vs. Providence Simulator
🔥 Betting Preview: Richmond vs. Providence
St. Peters vs. Murray State, 7:45PM ET
Pick by Prospector Sam
First off, let's tip our cap to the Peacocks for beating Kentucky, a result almost nobody saw coming because how the fuck could you. St. Peter's team plays in the equivalent of a high school gym and just beat a school that has as much history and recruiting power as any program in the country. That said, don't look for lightning to strike twice here.Oral Roberts, who won as a 15 seed last year and then won again in the next round, had talent far beyond what you normally see from a team slotted that low, and St. Peter's simply isn't that good. They beat the Wildcats with a combination of outlandish shooting and tKentucky's failure to live up to the sum of their parts, but this team isn't destined for success.
Murray State, meanwhile, is the antithesis of Kentucky. They play their asses off on both ends, move the ball well, and are fully prepared to handle (and crush) lower end teams because they've been doing it all season in the OVC. They managed to survive an awesome matchup with San Francisco in the first round, and I think their game sets up well to stomp on this ostentation of Peacocks (the technical name for a group of peacocks, yes I looked it up) for a double digit victory. Ride the Racers to glory.
BET: Murray State -9 (-110)
DimersBOT probability: 47%
🏀 St. Peters vs. Murray State Simulator
🔥 Betting Preview: St. Peters vs. Murray State
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