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2023 March Madness: Arc Cutters give Michigan State a chance but FDU remains elusive

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I hope you were listening when we told you to keep a fire extinguisher on hand to deal with explosive arcs! WTFDU? Amidst the chaos, here’s a game-by-game look at the potential for upsets in Sunday’s contests. A few reminders: we’re considering opponents separated by at least five seeds. Our analysis adjusts teams’ core strengths according to how similar they are statistically to over-qualifications and long shots from previous tournaments and, where applicable, by matches in style. And we can’t tell you exactly how to bet – it depends on…

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Pittsburgh vs. Mississippi State Odds, Picks, TV: Expert Predictions for the NCAA Tournament First Four Game

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Styles make battles. Tuesday’s first four showdown between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Pittsburgh Panthers – of which the Bulldogs are slightly favored – will be a clash in which tone will determine the outcome. Mississippi State had a rolling season, from starting 11-0 to dropping seven of their first eight conference games until finishing the season 9-4 with wins over Texas A&M and TCU. But all the while, Chris Gans’ team played in style and physicality, underlined by their 6th-ranked defensive efficiency, 17th-ranked offensive rebound rate, and 334-ranked…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Can Gonzaga snatch the second seed?

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The big questions Tuesday night revolved around three of the mid-majors. Can St. Mary’s score an impressive win over Gonzaga in the Football World Cup championship game, confirming that the Gaels’ strong computer numbers deserve a correspondingly high rating? And will Oral Roberts and/or Charleston win their respective conference championships, or will they go to Selection Sunday in hopes of getting a big bid? Consider answering these questions definitively. Charleston outlasted UNC Wilmington in the CAA title game for their 30th win against a Division One. Meanwhile, Oral Roberts completed…

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Watch: Alabama is the top seed. Northwestern and Clemson

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“They can’t imagine it… that someone like me would walk into their house, walk on their land…” – Cassian Andor When compiling this week’s segment, we were astounded by the inclusion of teams we’d never expected to have considered as recently as a few weeks ago. North-west? Pittsburgh? Clemson? UCF? wait … Is that true? It also got us thinking about another story focusing on underdogs who took the power structure by surprise: “Andor,” our favorite TV series of 2022. After the train wreck that was “The Book of Boba…

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ACC Mailbag: Send your questions to our writers

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Syracuse proved to be real but failed in its quest to beat Clemson. Duke made more pain Miami fashion. Louisville and Virginia got some life back in their seasons with wins over Pete and Georgia Tech, respectively. What’s on your mind as we head into the last weekend of October? Submit your questions and ACC writers Andy Peter and Manny Navarro will answer them. .

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ACC Mailbag: Send your questions to our writers

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The Atlantic Division title could descend by early afternoon Saturday between Syracuse and Clemson at Death Valley. Who owned the orange 6-0? raise your hand. The ACC season continues with some interesting story lines. Can North Carolina continue after a third win with three points? Can Brent Key and Georgia Tech stay hot and vie for the coastal crown against struggling Virginia? Will Florida return for a third straight loss after farewell week? Can Miami get two FBS wins together at home against Duke? Submit your questions and we will…

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Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Could Tide Be Weak vs. Volumes? In addition to the urgent madness, the greatness of Los Angeles

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And now, 23 final thoughts from Saturday that started at 11 a.m. Dallas time in front of 90,000 at Cotton Bowl and ended at 11:30 p.m. Palo Alto time in front of a few thousand unsuspecting fans at Stanford Stadium who inadvertently (and unfortunately For them) they witnessed the most beautiful end to the whole darn day. 1. It appears that CBS has hired a psychic medium to run the programming department. For two years in a row, they used their only prime-time pick of the season to broadcast the…

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ACC Mailbag: Send your questions to our writers

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Thank you, Clemson and Wake Forest, for giving us a fun show of double extra time that we should all enjoy. Now, ACC has four undefeated and they’re all playing in the Atlantic (shock!). In fact, the fourth week saw some surprises. Not the pretty type either. Miami reminded us that it is still who – which Miami. North Carolina has shown us that it is still powerless to oppose crimes. And Georgia Tech… fired coach Jeff Collins. On the bright side, Week 5 offers a pair of gems, including…

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Five-star recipient Haikim Williams explains why he thinks Florida is his home

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – When Peter Warrick announced his signing with Florida State in 1995, there were no rotating display cases carrying the hats of the college football teams he had in mind. Warrick had no smoke machine, a rotating DJ record, or get the crowd excited at Bradenton Manatee High School, no theater with fireworks going out the moment he announced he was going to play for Bobby Bowden. His signature moment didn’t happen in late September either. It happened on the first Wednesday in February with five of…

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College football picks against spread: Bruce Feldman’s second week picks

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I had 1 week average, going 5-5-1 against the spread. The Good: Pick Penn State to win at Purdue. The Bad: Choosing LSU to do business with FSU. The Ugly: Choosing Oregon to keep it close to Georgia. Here are the guesses for this week. (All spreads come from BetMGM, click here For live odds, all kickoff times are Eastern.) 1 Alabama (-20.5) in Texas, Saturday, noon (Fox) Steve Sarkissian has an inexperienced QB and doesn’t have enough athletes in defense to keep up with his old boss, Nick Saban.…

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