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PASADENA, TEXAS (March 16, 2023) The first slate of 16 games in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships are completed My predictions saw 11 correct outcomes with five of my selections fall. The results of these games are below, broken down by correct predictions and five upsets (By MY picks. They are underlined).
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
No. 7 Missouri 76, No. 10 Utah State 65
No. 1 Kansas 86, No. 16 Howard 58
No. 1 Alabama 96, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 74
No. 5 San Diego State 63, No. 12 College of Charleston 57
No. 8 Arkansas 73, No. 9 Illinois 63
No. 5 Duke 74, No. 12 Oral Roberts 51
No. 2 Texas 81, No. 15 Colgate 61
No. 7 Northwestern 75, No. 10 Boise State 67
No. 1 Houston 63, No. 16 Northern Kentucky 52
No. 4 Tennessee 58, No. 13 Louisiana 55
No. 2 UCLA 86, No. 15 UNC Asheville 53
UPSETS
No. 9 West Virginia 65, 8 Maryland 67
No. 4 Virginia 67, No. 13 Furman 68
No. 2 Arizona 55, No. 15 Princeton 59
No. 8 Iowa 75, No. 9 Auburn 83
No. 7 Texas A&M 59, No. 10 Penn State 76
The biggest upset of the day was No. 15 Princeton knocking off No. 2 Arizona by the score of 68-67. The last time the Tigers won a NCAA Tournament was 1998, when they defeated UNLV 69-57 in the first round.
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