My 2024 NCAA Men's Division I-A Basketball Tournament predictions
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By: Evan Troxel
The NCAA Tournament starts today in Men's College Basketball on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024!
So here are my Division I-A NCAA Men's College Basketball predictions to win and lose for every single game of the Tournament (since everyone is dying to know who I am picking to win and lose)!
First Four Games: Today (March 19th) and Tomorrow (March 20th)
March 19th
West Region
Wagner Seahawks at Howard Bison: Prediction to win: Howard Bison, Prediction to lose: Wagner Seahawks
Midwest Region
Colorado State Rams at Virginia Cavaliers: Prediction to win: Virginia Cavaliers, Prediction to lose: Colorado State Rams
March 20th
Midwest Region
Grambling Tigers at Montana State Bobcats: Prediction to win: Montana State Bobcats, Prediction to lose: Grambling Tigers
South Region
Colorado Buffaloes at Boise State Broncos: Prediction to win: Colorado Buffaloes, Prediction to lose: Boise State Broncos
Thursday, March 19th, 2024 Games:
Michigan State Spartans at Mississippi State Bulldogs: Prediction to win: Michigan State
Duquesne Dukes at BYU Cougars: Prediction to win: BYU
Akron Zips at Creighton Bluejays: Prediction to win: Creighton
Long Beach State Beach at Arizona Wildcats: Prediction to win: Arizona
Howard Bison at North Carolina Tar Heels: Prediction to win: North Carolina
Wagner Seahawks vs. North Carolina Tar Heels
Morehead State Eagles at Illinois Fighting Illini: Prediction to win: Illinois
Oregon Ducks at South Carolina Gamecocks: Prediction to win: South Carolina
Nevada Wolf Pack at Dayton Flyers: Prediction to win: Nevada
Virginia Cavaliers at Texas Longhorns: Prediction to win: Virginia
Colorado State Rams vs. Texas Longhorns: No re-prediction for this game.
Oakland Golden Grizzlies at Kentucky Wildcats: Prediction to win: Kentucky
McNeese Cowboys at Gonzaga Bulldogs: Prediction to win: Gonzaga
South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Iowa State Cyclones: Prediction to win: Iowa State
Saint Peter’s Peacocks at Tennessee Volunteers: Prediction to win: Tennessee
North Carolina State Wolfpack at Texas Tech Red Raiders: Prediction to win: Texas Tech
Samford Bulldogs at Kansas Jayhawks: Prediction to win: Kansas
Drake Bulldogs at Washington State Cougars: Prediction to win: Washington State
Friday, March 22nd, 2024 Games:
Northwestern Wildcats at Florida Atlanta Owls: Prediction to win: Florida Atlantic
Colgate Raiders at Baylor Bears: Prediction to win: Baylor
UAB Blazers at San Diego State Aztecs: Prediction to win: San Diego State
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Marquette Golden Eagles: Prediction to win: Marquette
Stetson Hatters at UConn Huskies: Prediction to win: UConn
New Mexico Lobos at Clemson Tigers: Prediction to win: Clemson
Yale Bulldogs at Auburn Tigers: Prediction to win: Yale
Colorado Buffaloes at Florida Gators: Prediction to win: Florida
Texas A&M Aggies at Nebraska Cornhuskers: Prediction to win: Nebraska
Vermont Catamounts at Duke Blue Devils: Prediction to win: Duke
Montana State Bobcats at Purdue Boilermakers: Prediction to win: Purdue
Grambling Tigers vs. Purdue Boilermakers
Charleston Cougars at Alabama Crimson Tide: Prediction to win: Alabama
Longwood Lancers at Houston Cougars: Prediction to win: Houston
James Madison Dukes at Wisconsin Badgers: Prediction to win: Wisconsin
TCU Horned Frogs at Utah State Aggies: Prediction to win: TCU
Grand Canyon Lopes at St. Mary’s Gaels: Prediction to win: St. Mary’s
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 Games:
East Region:
BYU vs. Illinois: Prediction to win: Illinois
Re-prediction: Duquesne Dukes vs. Illinois Fighting Illini: Prediction to win: Illinois
Iowa State vs. Washington State: Prediction to win: Iowa State
West Region:
Michigan State vs. North Carolina: Prediction to win: Michigan State
Nevada vs. Arizona: Prediction to win: Arizona
Re-prediction: Dayton Flyers vs. Arizona Wildcats: Prediction to win: Arizona
South Region
Texas Tech vs. Kentucky: Prediction to win: Kentucky
Re-prediction: Oakland Golden Grizzlies vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack: Prediction to win: Oakland
Midwest Region:
Gonzaga vs. Kansas: Prediction to win: Gonzaga
South Carolina vs. Creighton: Prediction to win: Creighton
Re-prediction: Oregon Ducks vs. Creighton Bluejays: Prediction to win: Creighton
Virginia vs. Tennessee: Prediction to win: Virginia
Re-prediction: Texas Longhorns vs. Tennessee Volunteers: Prediction to win: Texas
Sunday, March 24th, 2024 Games:
East Region:
UConn vs. Florida Atlantic: Prediction to win: UConn
Re-prediction: Northwestern Wildcats vs. UConn: Prediction to win: UConn
San Diego State vs. Yale: Prediction to win: Yale
West Region:
St. Mary’s vs. Alabama: Prediction to win: Alabama
Likely re-prediction: Grand Canyon Lopes vs. Alabama Crimson Tide: Prediction to win: Alabama
Clemson vs. Baylor: Prediction to win: Baylor
South Region:
Houston vs. Nebraska: Prediction to win: Houston
Re-prediction: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Houston Cougars: Prediction to win: Houston (for now, I might change this re-prediction)
Wisconsin vs. Duke: Prediction to win: Wisconsin
Re-prediction: James Madison Dukes vs. Duke Blue Devils: Prediction to win: James Madison (for now, I might change this re-prediction)
Florida vs. Marquette: Prediction to win: Marquette
Re-prediction: Colorado Buffaloes vs. Marquette Golden Eagles: Prediction to win: Marquette
Midwest Region:
Purdue vs. TCU: Prediction to win: Purdue
Re-prediction: Utah State Aggies vs. Purdue Boilermakers: Prediction to win: Purdue
Sweet 16
East Region:
UConn vs. Yale: Prediction to win: Yale
Re-prediction: UConn vs. San Diego State: Prediction to win: San Diego State
Illinois vs. Iowa State: Prediction to win: Illinois
West Region:
Michigan State vs. Alabama: Prediction to win: Michigan State
Re-prediction: North Carolina vs. Alabama: Prediction to win: North Carolina
Baylor vs. Arizona: Prediction to win: Arizona
Re-prediction: Clemson vs. Arizona: Prediction to win: Arizona
South Region:
Houston vs. Wisconsin: Prediction to win: Wisconsin
Re-prediction: Houston vs. Duke: Prediction to win: Duke
Kentucky vs. Marquette: Prediction to win: Kentucky
Prediction to win: North Carolina State vs. Marquette: Prediction to win: Marquette
Midwest Region:
Purdue vs. Gonzaga: Prediction to win: Purdue
Creighton vs. Virginia: Prediction to win: Virginia
Creighton vs. Tennessee: Prediction to win: Tennessee
Elite Eight:
East Region: Yale vs. Illinois: Prediction to win: Illinois
West Region: Michigan State vs. Arizona: Prediction to win: Michigan State
South Region: Kentucky vs. Wisconsin: Prediction to win: Wisconsin
Midwest Region: Purdue vs. Virginia: Prediction to win: Purdue
Final Four from Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, April 6th, 2024:
Illinois vs. Michigan State: Michigan State
Wisconsin vs. Purdue: Prediction to win: Purdue
National Championship Game from Phoenix, Arizona, (Glendale, Arizona officially) on Monday, April 8th, 2024:
Purdue vs. Michigan State: Prediction to win: Michigan State
Final score prediction: Purdue 79, UConn 65 or Purdue will win by 3 or 6 or 8 or 9 points total and it will be 144 or more points total! I expect Purdue to most likely win by exactly eight points!
Those are all of my predictions for right now! Be sure to come back to this page for my round-by-round predictions.
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I reserve the right to change my predictions before game time. I also can change my predictions AFTER game time ONLY if I decide BEFORE game time that I want to change my predictions and I just do not have access to the Internet before game time.
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