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The NCAA Tournament opens Thursday afternoon in Buffalo with one of the more interesting 6 vs 11 matchups on the board. South Florida, the 11 seed out of the American, meets Louisville at KeyBank Center with tipoff set for 1:30 PM ET on TNT. South Florida enters at 25-8 after a strong AAC run and brings one of the most productive offenses in the field. Louisville is 23-10, ranked No. 23 in the AP poll, and landed on the 6 line after a solid ACC season, though the Cardinals come in off a quarterfinal loss to Miami in the conference tournament. This matchup feels tighter than the seed line suggests. South Florida has the scoring, rebounding, and pace profile to

High Point gets one of the more interesting 12-versus-5 draws on the board Thursday afternoon when the Panthers meet Wisconsin at the Moda Center in Portland. Tip is set for 1:50 PM ET on TBS, and the matchup comes with a real contrast in profiles. High Point enters at 30-4 after rolling through the Big South and carrying a long winning streak into March, while Wisconsin comes in 24-10 after a demanding Big Ten run and a strong push through the conference tournament. The number tells you the market still trusts Wisconsin’s overall résumé, physicality, and high-major tested backcourt. But High Point is not a casual mid-major here. The Panthers average 90.0 points per game, won 14 straight entering the

The Siena Saints open the NCAA Tournament as the No. 16 seed against the No. 1 overall seed Duke Blue Devils on Thursday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. Tipoff is set for 2:50 PM ET on CBS. Siena comes in at 23-11 after a strong run through the MAAC tournament, while Duke enters at 32-2 after winning both the ACC regular-season and tournament titles. This is the usual 1-vs-16 story on the surface, but bettors still have to figure out whether Duke’s control turns into a full blowout or just a comfortable advance. Siena does have some momentum. The Saints won three straight in Atlantic City to get here, and they have been pretty reliable

The NCAA Tournament opens Thursday afternoon in Oklahoma City with a dangerous first-round draw for Vanderbilt. McNeese State, the 12 seed out of the Southland, meets the 5-seed Commodores at Paycom Center, with tipoff set for 3:15 PM ET on truTV. McNeese rolls in at 28-5 after winning another conference tournament title, while Vanderbilt enters at 26-8 after an impressive SEC Tournament run that included wins over Tennessee and Florida before a loss to Arkansas in the final. The current number has Vanderbilt favored by 11.5, which tells you the market respects the Commodores, but it also leaves plenty of room for a live underdog conversation. This is a matchup that gets interesting fast once you move past the seed