Sweet 16 No. 1 Seeds Are 18-1 SU In Last Six NCAA Tournaments

Time to dance into the Sweet 16, and three No. 1 seeds remain – Gonzaga, Arizona and Kansas after defending national champion and No. 1 seed Baylor bowed out in the Round of 32 following an exciting opening round.

I’ve chipped in some Sweet 16 coverage on Forbes, and also Off Shore Gaming Association with schedule, odds, futures and top seed profiles and insight.

I’ve also added some March Madness insight and info on the Sweet 16 match-up along with odds and futures at TheLines.

Mattress Mack’s $1 million bet on the East Region (+260) to win the NCAA Tournament took a big hit with No. 1 Baylor and No. 2 Kentucky getting bounced in the opening rounds. Looking at the adjusted futures prices to win the 2022 NCAA Tournament on FanDuel Sportsbook and you see No. 3 Purdue (+800), No. 4 UCLA (+1500), No. 8 North Carolina (+3200) and No. 15 St. Peter’s (+15000) remain for Mattress Mack to win $2.6 million.

Check out the updated NCAA Tournament bracket and additional information you can bet on below.

https://twitter.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1507069741327949827

No. 1 Seeds

No. 1 seeds have won the last four NCAA Tournaments, and gone 18-1 SU in the Sweet 16 since 2015 including 3-0 SU/ATS last year.  See the breakdown below, but No. 1 seeds are now 88-23 SU in the Sweet 16 since 1985, including 73-23 SU vs. teams seeded #4 or #5. Until 2015, #1 seeds were getting bounced out of this round going back to 2010, but in the last six editions, they have dominated going 18-1 SU and 14-5 ATS in the Sweet 16 (or 14-4-1 as Gonzaga line closed -3 in 2017).

Sweet 16 Match-ups and Odds

Thursday, March 24

West Region – Chase Center in San Francisco

#1 Gonzaga vs #4 Arkansas – 7:10 p.m. ET  on CBS
Gonzaga -9.5 Total 155

#2 Duke vs #3 Texas Tech – 9:40 p.m. ET on CBS
Texas Tech pk ’em Total 137

South Region – AT&T Center in San Antonio

#2 Villanova vs #11 Michigan – 7:30 p.m. ET on TBS
Villanova -5 and Total 135

#1 Arizona vs #5 Houston – 10:00 p.m. ET on TBS
Arizona -1.5 Total 145

Friday, March 25

East Region – Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia

#3 Purdue vs #15 St. Peter’s  – 7:10 p.m. on CBS
Purdue -12.5 Total 134.5

#4 UCLA vs #8 North Carolina – 9:40 p.m. ET on CBS
UCLA -2.5 Total 141.5

Midwest Region – United Center in Chicago

#1 Kansas vs #4 Providence – 7:30 p.m. ET on TBS
Kansas -7.5 Total 141.5

#10 Miami vs #11 Iowa State – 10:00 p.m. ET on TBS
Miami -2 Total 133

Recent history of #1 seeds in the Sweet Sixteen

Update

2022
#1 Gonzaga (-10) lost to #4 Arkansas 74-68.
#1 Arizona (-1.5) lost to #5 Houston 72-60
#1 Kansas (-7.5) beat #4 Providence 66-61.

2021
#1 Gonzaga (-12.5 beat #5 Creighton 83-65
#1 Michigan (-1.5) beat #4 Florida State 76-58
#1 Baylor (-7.5) beat #5 Villanova 62-51

2020

Tournament Cancelled

2019
#1 Gonzaga (-7.5) beat #4 Florida State 72-58
#1 Duke (-7)  beat #4 Virginia Tech 75-73
#1 Virginia (-8.5) beat #12 Oregon 53-49
#1 North Carolina (-5.5) lost to Auburn 97-80

2018
#1 Villanova (-5) beat #5 West Virginia 90-78
#1 Kansas (-5) beat #5 Clemson 80-76

2017
#1 Kansas (-5) beat #4 Purdue 98-66
#1 North Carolina (-7) beat #4 Butler 92-80
#1 Gonzaga (-3.5) beat #4 West Virginia 61-58

2016
#1 Kansas (-5.5) beat #5 Maryland 79-63
#1 North Carolina (-5) beat #5 Indiana 101-86
#1 Virginia (-6) beat #4 Iowa State 84-71
#1 Oregon (-3) beat #4 Duke 82-68

2015
#1 Kentucky (-13.5) beat #5 West Virginia 78-39
#1 Duke (-4.5) beat #5 Utah 63-57
#1 Wisconsin (-6) beat #4 North Carolina 79-72

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Elite Eight

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