👀 The chalk held — except for one shocker
The big picture: Favorites stayed in control Sunday — but their one outright loss changed the NCAA Tournament bracket.

No. 1 seed and defending champion Florida is out after a 73-72 loss to Iowa — the only moneyline upset of the day.

👉 Favorites: 7-1 SU, 6-1-1 ATS
👉 Big Ten sends six teams to the Sweet 16

📊 Sunday Analytics Recap
Tracking the card: AI analysis of Steve Makinen’s trends.

🔴 Miami (+7.5) vs Purdue ❌
🔴 Kentucky (+4.5) vs Iowa State ❌
🔴 Virginia–Tennessee UNDER 137.5 ❌

The takeaway: Favorites continued to control the board Sunday, while Unders made a comeback at 6-2 (just not in VA-Tenn!).

Tournament to date:
👉 SU: Favorites lead 39-9
👉 ATS: Favorites lead 27-19-2
👉 Totals: Unders now lead 25-23

🎯 Sweet 16 outlook
The big picture: This is a power-conference tournament now.

👉 Big Ten: 6 teams
👉 SEC: 4
👉 Big 12: 3
👉 Big East: 2
👉 ACC: 1
👉 Everyone else: 0

In other words — no mid-majors remain. Texas (No. 11) is the only double-digit seed left. Can you really call Texas a Cinderella?

🏀 Sweet 16 — Matchups & Previews
Thursday

👉 2 Purdue (-7.5) vs 11 Texas — 7:10 ET, CBS
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👉 4 Nebraska (-2.5) vs 9 Iowa — 7:30 ET, TBS/truTV
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👉 1 Arizona (-8.5) vs 4 Arkansas — 9:45 ET, CBS
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👉 2 Houston (-2.5) vs 3 Illinois — 10:05 ET, TBS/truTV
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Friday

👉 1 Duke (-6.5) vs 5 St John’s — 7:10 ET, CBS
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👉 1 Michigan (-10.5) vs 4 Alabama — 7:35 ET, TBS/truTV
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👉 3 Michigan State (+1.5) vs 2 UConn — 9:45 ET, CBS
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👉 2 Iowa State (-4.5) vs 6 Tennessee — 10:10 ET, TBS/truTV
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👉 NCAA Tournament Hub →
🏀 Zach Cohen’s NBA Report
The big picture: With March Madness on pause, the NBA takes center stage.

👉 Lakers (-2.5) chasing 10 straight (no Cade Cunningham for Detroit)
👉 Spurs–Heat opens NBC/Peacock doubleheader
👉 Warriors (no Steph Curry) at Mavericks (+2.5) in nightcap
👉 Tank-A-Palooza parlay: Pacers, Grizzlies, Bulls, Jazz and Nets all in action against playoff teams

👉 Find NBA Best Bets from Zach →
⚾ MLB Opening Day is almost here
The big picture: The MLB season opens Wednesday with a standalone matchup.

👉 Yankees at Giants — 8:05 ET, Netflix

Get ready: Full season previews now live.

👉 Yankees preview →

👉 Giants preview →

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🚀 Coming this week: Opta AI player prop projections for every MLB game.

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