Two teams who lost their conference title games will square off in the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket when No. 7 seed Texas A&M takes on No. 10 Penn State in the first round in the Midwest Region. Texas A&M fell to Alabama 82-63, while Penn State erased a double-digit deficit but still lost to Purdue, 67-65, in the Big Ten title game. No. 7 seeds are 90-58 against No. 10 seeds since the March Madness bracket expanded in 1985 to 64 teams. Will Penn State pull off the upset against A&M on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament 2023?Another No. 10 seed, Utah State, has won seven of its last eight games and could be another candidate to pull off one of the top 2023 March Madness upsets. Before filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket 2023, be sure to see the 2023 March Madness bracket picks from the proven computer model at SportsLine.The SportsLine Projection Model simulated the entire 2023 NCAA Tournament 10,000 times. It has absolutely crushed its March Madness picks, beating over 92% of all CBS Sports brackets two of the last four tournaments. The model also nailed three teams in the West and South Region Sweet 16 last year, including No. 5 seed Houston.It knows how to spot an upset as well. The same model has produced brackets that have nailed 18 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds. It also nailed some massive upsets two years ago, including predicting the championship game between Gonzaga and Baylor and hitting Houston’s Midwest Region win even though the Cougars weren’t the No. 1 seed.There’s no reason to rely on luck when there’s proven technology to help you dominate your 2023 March Madness picks. Now, with the 2023 NCAA bracket revealed, the model is simulating the matchups and its results are in. You can only see it over at SportsLine.
Three 2023 March Madness bracket games to watchOne surprise in the East Region: No. 4 Tennessee makes the Sweet 16 despite losing star point guard Zakai Zeigler (knee) for the year. The Volunteers will miss Zeigler, but Rick Barnes’ squad has the pieces to make a deep run in the 2023 NCAA bracket. Guard Santiago Vescovi leads Tennessee in scoring, averaging 12.9 points per game. Vescovi does it all for the Volunteers, averaging 4.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals. Plus, Tennessee relies heavily on its defensive pressure, allowing opponents to make just 36.3% of their field goals this season, the best mark in college basketball.Another surprise: No. 9 FAU beats Memphis in the critical No. 9 vs. No. 8 matchup. FAU enters the NCAA Tournament 2023 on a hot streak, winning seven straight games. The Owls are scoring 79.3 points per game on average and are led by Johnell Davis, who’s averaging 13.5 points and 5.2 rebounds. Memphis, meanwhile, is coming off an impressive AAC title run, but the Tigers are giving up 72.6 points per game this season, which ranks 250th in college basketball. You can see the model’s 2023 NCAA bracket picks here.How to make 2023 NCAA bracket predictionsWho wins every tournament-defining matchup? And which teams will make surprising runs through the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket? With the model’s track record of calling bracket-busting upsets, you’ll want to see which stunners it’s calling this year before locking in any 2023 NCAA bracket picks.
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