Welcome back, college sports fans, as we dive into a busy day. We have games with tipoffs from 11:00am to 11:30pm (all times Eastern) and everything in between. Overall, we have 53 tourney games today including four finals. Speaking of finals, congratulations to the 3 women’s champions crowned yesterday (Green Bay-Horizon League, Colorado St-Mountain West Conference, and Gonzaga-West Coast Conference) who punched their NCAA tickets. The men had 5 who won their banner (Hofstra-Coastal Athletic Association, Wright St-Horizon League, Siena-MAAC, Long Island-Northeast Conference, and Gonzaga-West Coast Conference).
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Yesterday, the GCR correctly picked the winner 9 out of 10 times (with 3 games not predicted). That brings the 4-day total to 67-16 (.807). For those wondering why just 4 days, we did not publish predictions for the first couple of tourney days. While we could go back and determine who we would have picked for completeness, it is kind of cheating since the selections were not published. Starting tomorrow, we will quit counting the days and just call it the total. For a reminder, when we publish NO PRED it indicates that the GCR metrics, Score and RPIF, differ in which team is “better.” If both metrics agree, we publish that team as the projected winner. If they disagree, we cannot pick. The data, in a small sample so far, show that when there is a disagreement, neither of the metrics is “more right” than the other – it’s very close to 50/50. Here are today’s games.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| American | R2 | FAU (14-17/243) / North Texas (17-13/168) | 1:00 | North Texas |
| American | R2 | Temple (15-16/208) / UTSA (14-15/215) | 3:30 | Temple |
| Big Sky | FINAL | Montana St (25-6/24) / Idaho (28-5/58) | 5:00 | Montana St |
| Big West | R1 | Northridge (10-19/263) / Fullerton (17-13/167) | 3:00 | Fullerton |
| Big West | R1 | UC Riverside (10-20/262) / Santa Barbara (20-9/115) | 5:30 | Santa Barbara |
| C-USA | QF | Delaware (13-18/245) / LA Tech (24-5/21) | 12:30 | LA Tech |
| C-USA | QF | Jax St (16-15/191) / FIU (19-10/116) | 3:00 | FIU |
| Coastal | R1 | Wilmington (6-23/336) / Northeastern (7-21/323) | 2:00 | Northeastern |
| MAC | QF | Kent St (15-15/172) / Miami OH (25-6/48) | 11:00am | Miami OH |
| MAC | QF | Ohio (17-12/150) / C Michigan (18-11/148) | 1:30 | C Michigan |
| MAC | QF | Bowling Green (17-13/147) / Ball St (25-6/44) | 4:00 | Ball St |
| MAC | QF | Toledo (15-14/190) / UMASS (23-6/63) | 6:30 | UMASS |
| MEAC | QF | SC St (5-24/350) / Howard (23-7/111) | 12:00 | Howard |
| MEAC | QF | Delaware St (7-21/326) / MD Eastern (17-14/181) | 2:00 | MD Eastern |
| SWAC | QF | Florida A&M (9-21/313) / Alabama A&M (21-9/113) | 11:00am | Alabama A&M |
| SWAC | QF | Ark Pine Bluff (14-15/231) / Alcorn St (17-12/188) | 5:30 | NO PRED |
| Southland | SF | Rio Grande (20-12/126) / McNeese (27-4/33) | 11:30am | McNeese |
| Southland | SF | Steph F Austin (23-9/98) / Lamar (20-9/136) | 2:00 | Steph F Austin |
| WAC | R1 | Utah Tech (9-19/289) / Arlington (10-20/277) | 6:00 | Arlington |
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The men are a little more frustrating from a prediction standpoint. If the women are Marching, the men are just Madness. The GCR had a 14-7 (.667) record yesterday bringing the 4-day total (see the women’s write up above) to 53-27 (.663). It’s a big slate today for the men.
| CONF | Round | Game (All Times Eastern) | Tipoff | Prediction |
| A10 | R1 | St Bonaventure (15-16/204) / La Salle (9-21/312) | 11:30am | St Bon’ture |
| A10 | R1 | Loyola Chicago (8-23/342) / Richmond (15-16/226) | 2:00 | Richmond |
| ACC | R2 | Pittsburgh (13-19/211) / NC St (19-12/54) | 12:00 | NC St |
| ACC | R2 | SMU (20-12/47) / Louisville (22-9/29) | 2:30 | Louisville |
| ACC | R2 | California (21-10/64) / Florida St (17-14/97) | 7:00 | NO PRED |
| ACC | R2 | Wake Forest (17-15/96) / Clemson (22-9/39) | 9:30 | Clemson |
| American | R1 | Tulane (17-14/167) / Memphis (13-18/240) | 7:00 | Tulane |
| American | R1 | Temple (16-15/230) / FAU (17-14/188) | 9:00 | FAU |
| Big Ten | R2 | Maryland (12-20/241) / Iowa (20-11/56) | 12:00 | Iowa |
| Big Ten | R2 | Southern Cal (18-13/101) / Washington (15-16/171) | 2:30 | So Cal |
| Big Ten | R2 | Northwestern (14-18/186) / Indiana (18-13/76) | 6:30 | Indiana |
| Big Ten | R2 | Rutgers (13-18/218) / Minnesota (15-16/170) | 9:00 | Minnesota |
| Big East | R1 | Providence (14-17/195) / Butler (16-15/140) | 4:00 | Butler |
| Big East | R1 | Xavier (14-17/184) / Marquette (12-19/234) | 6:30 | Xavier |
| Big East | R1 | Georgetown (14-17/180) / Depaul (16-15/160) | 9:00 | NO PRED |
| Big Sky | FINAL | Idaho (20-14/187) / Montana (18-15/191) | 11:30 | NO PRED |
| Big West | R1 | Cal Poly (14-18/237) / UC San Diego (22-10/81) | 9:00 | UC SD |
| Big West | R1 | Santa Barbara (18-13/142) / UC Davis (18-13/146) | 11:30 | Santa Barbara |
| C-USA | QF | Missouri St (15-17/221) / Liberty (25-6/40) | 6:30 | Liberty |
| C-USA | QF | New Mexico St (16-15/193) / Sam Houston (21-10/88) | 9:00 | S Houston |
| MEAC | QF | Delaware St (7-22/356) / Morgan St (14-15/280) | 6:00 | Morgan St |
| Mtn West | R1 | Wyoming (18-13/106) / UNLV (16-15/148) | 3:00 | Wyoming |
| Mtn West | R1 | Air Force (3-28/364) / Nevada (20-11/66) | 5:30 | Nevada |
| Mtn West | R1 | Fresno St (13-18/228) / Colorado St (20-11/84) | 9:00 | Colorado St |
| Mtn West | R1 | San Jose St (8-23/336) / Boise St (20-11/61) | 11:30 | Boise St |
| Patriot | FINAL | Boston Univ (17-16/222) / Lehigh (17-16/215) | 7:00 | Lehigh |
| SEC | R1 | LSU (15-16/168) / Kentucky (19-12/44) | 12:30 | Kentucky |
| SEC | R1 | Mississippi St (13-18/214) / Auburn (16-15/82) | 3:00 | Auburn |
| SEC | R1 | Mississippi (12-19/239) / Texas (18-13/89) | 7:00 | Texas |
| SEC | R1 | South Carolina (13-18/216) / Oklahoma (17-14/118) | 9:30 | Oklahoma |
| SWAC | QF | Prairie View (15-17/291) / Bethune (17-14/189) | 2:00 | Bethune |
| SWAC | QF | Jackson St (12-20/290) / Florida A&M (14-15/262) | 8:30 | NO PRED |
| SLAN | FINAL | McNeese (27-5/37) / Steph F Austin (28-4/53) | 5:00 | McNeese |
| WAC | R1 | Tarleton (14-17/249) / Abilene Chr (13-18/245) | 8:30 | Abilene Chr |
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That’s it for today. Tune in tomorrow for another set of games as we continue our March Madness coverage. Please let us know any feedback, suggestions, questions, or comments you have. They make us better. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read our episodes. That is why we do this. Thank you for taking the steps to share with others. That helps us grow. See you tomorrow, JoJo and G.
