Opening Lines For 2016 NCAA Tournament
While other people are going to be linking the actual bracket, I'm going to give you what you really care about: the opening lines in all the tournament games.
Reminder: I will be in Las Vegas for the opening round of the NCAA tournament this coming weekend and we will have a meet up at some point for Outkick readers, viewers and listeners. Stay tuned, I'll announce it on here and Tweet it out.
The Play-In Games:
Wichita State -3.5 vs. Vanderbilt (opened at -2.5)
Michigan -2 over Tulsa
Florida Gulf Coast -6 over Fairleigh Dickinson
Southern -2.5 vs. Holy Cross
First Round Tourney Games
Miami -13.5 vs. Buffalo
Duke -9.5 vs. UNC-Wilmington
Baylor -5 vs. Yale
Kansas -25 vs. Austin Peay
UConn -3.5 vs. Colorado
Villanova -15.5 vs. UNC-Asheville
Providence -1 over USC
Virginia -24 over Hampton
Butler -2.5 over Texas Tech
Indiana -11 over Tennessee-Chattanooga
Kentucky -13.5 over Stony Brook
Purdue -8 over Arkansas-Little Rock
Iowa State -7.5 over Iona
Utah -8.5 over Fresno State
Seton Hall -1 over Gonzaga
Iowa -7 over Temple
Oklahoma -13 vs. Cal-State Bakersfield
Michigan State -17 vs. MTSU
Xavier -14 vs. Weber State
Syracuse vs. Dayton pick'em
Texas A&M -12.5 vs. Wisconsin Green Bay
Wisconsin -1.5 vs. Pittsburgh
West Virginia -7 vs. Stephen F. Austin
VCU -3 vs. Oregon State
Texas -5 vs. Northern Iowa
Maryland -8.5 vs. South Dakota State
Cal -6.5 vs. Hawaii
Cincinnnati -2 vs. St. Joseph's
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See y'all in Vegas.
FYI, early bets for me: Vandy +4 vs. Wichita State, SJU +2, and VCU -3