Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
Sunday, March 17, 2019 | 4:35 p.m.
The best numbers are available early.
NCAA Tournament betting lines are notoriously tight, and it doesn’t take long for the market to stabilize. That’s why it’s important to start handicapping and wagering immediately.
Luckily, Nevada sports books have made that increasingly easy by posting numbers on the first 32 matchups of the NCAA Tournament almost as soon as the selection show concludes.
South Point was the first property to get every game on the board this year. Check out its opening betting lines below.
First Four
No. 16 seed Farleigh Dickinson minus-1.5 vs. No. 16 seed Prairie View A&M
No. 16 seed North Dakota State minus-4.5 vs. No. 16 seed North Carolina Central
No. 11 seed Belmont minus-3 vs. No. 11 seed Temple
No. 11 seed Arizona State minus-2 vs. No. 11 seed St. John’s
East Region
No. 8 seed VCU pick’em vs. No. 9 seed UCF
No. 5 seed Mississippi State minus-10 vs. No. 12 seed Liberty
No. 4 seed Virginia Tech minus-10 vs. No. 13 seed St. Louis
No. 3 seed LSU minus-10 vs. No. 14 seed Yale
No. 7 seed Louisville minus-4 vs. No. 10 seed Minnesota
No. 2 seed Michigan State minus-20 vs. Bradley
West Region
No. 8 seed Syracuse minus-1.5 vs. No. 9 seed Baylor
No. 5 seed Marquette minus-6.5 vs. No. 12 seed Murray State
No. 4 seed Florida State minus-14.5 vs. No. 13 seed Vermont
No. 3 seed Texas Tech minus-14.5 vs. No. 14 seed Northern Kentucky
No. 10 seed Florida minus-1.5 vs. No. 7 seed UNR
No. 2 seed Michigan minus-18 vs. No. 15 seed Montana
South Region
No. 1 seed Virginia minus-24 vs. No. 16 seed Gardner-Webb
No. 9 seed Oklahoma minus-1 vs. No. 8 seed Ole Miss
No. 5 seed Wisconsin minus-3 vs. No. 12 seed Oregon
No. 4 seed Kansas State OFF vs. No. 13 seed UC-Irvine
No. 6 seed Villanova minus-5 vs. No. 11 seed St. Mary’s
No. 3 seed Purdue minus-13.5 vs. No. 14 seed Old Dominion
No. 7 seed Cincinnati minus-2.5 vs. No. No. 10 seed Iowa
No. 2 seed Tennessee minus-19.5 vs. No. 15 seed Colgate
Midwest Region
No. 1 seed North Carolina minus-26 vs. No. 16 seed Iona
No. 8 seed Utah State minus-1.5 vs. No. 9 seed Washington
No. 5 seed Auburn minus-7.5 vs. No. 12 seed New Mexico State
No. 4 seed Kansas minus-11.5 vs. No. 13 seed Northeastern
No. 6 seed Iowa State minus-7 vs. No. 11 seed Ohio State
No. 3 seed Houston minus-12.5 vs. No. 14 seed Georgia State
No. 7 seed Wofford minus-2 vs. No. 10 seed Seton Hall
No. 2 seed Kentucky minus-23 vs. No. 15 seed Abilene Christian
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