ACC And SEC 2024 Conference Tournament Basketball Betting Preview

It’s major conference tournament week in college basketball and Selection Sunday is less than one week away on March 17. The 2024 NCAA Tournament begins next week and it’s the biggest betting event of the year. The Thursday through Sunday opening rounds of 64 and 32 is the biggest betting weekend of the year. But I’m providing major conference tournament coverage including the ACC and SEC 2024 Conference Tournament Basketball betting previews.

My full coverage of major college conference tournament action with schedules, updated game odds and stat profiles including KenPom rankings is available for complete review in Forbes. I’m adding the tournament schedules here along with selective picks. So check back daily as I update the round-by-round tournament results.

It’s also one of the biggest weekend of the sports season in Las Vegas, where I’ll be watching the games at top sportsbooks. I provided a profiles of the top Las Vegas Sportsbooks previously in Forbes ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.

ACC Tournament Odds

Leading ACC favorites and contenders to win the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

• +180: Duke
• +190: North Carolina
• +750: Wake Forest
• +950: Clemson
• +1300: Virginia

ACC Tournament Matchups And Betting Lines

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First Round: Tuesday, March 12 on ACC Network (all times Eastern)

• Game 1: No. 12 Notre Dame (-1.5) vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech, Total 130.5 | 2 p.m.
• Game 2: No. 10 NC State (-8.5) vs. No. 15 Louisville, Total 149.5 | 4:30 p.m.
• Game 3: No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Miami (-1.5), Total 148.5 | 7 p.m

Second Round: Wednesday, March 13 on ESPN and ESPN2

• Game 4: No. 8 Virginia Tech (-3.5) vs. No. 9 Florida State, Total 152.5 | 12 p.m
• Game 5: No. 5 Wake Forest (8.5) vs. Notre Dame, Total 136.5 | 2:30 p.m
• Game 6: No. 7 Syracuse (-1.5) vs. NC State, Total 151.5 | 7 p.m
• Game 7: No. 6 Clemson (-6.5) vs. Boston College | 9:30 p.m

Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 14 on ESPN and ESPN2 | 12 p.m

• Game 8: North Carolina vs. Winner Game 1 | 12 p.m
• Game 9: No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. Winner Game 5 | 2:30 p.m
• Game 10: No. 2 Duke vs. Winner Game 6 | 7 p.m
• Game 11: No. 3 Virginia vs. Winner Game 7 | 9:30 p.m

Semifinals: Friday, March 15 on ESPN and ESPN2 | 12 p.m

• Game 8 Winner vs. Winner Game 9 | 7 p.m
• Game 10 Winner vs. Winner Game 11 | 9:30 p.m

Championship: Saturday, March 16 on ESPN

• Game 12 Winner vs. Winner Game 13 | 8:30 p.m

The top ACC teams in KenPom’s adjusted offense and defense rankings include: (national rank)

• Offense: Duke (5), Clemson (21), North Carolina (26), Wake Forest (27)
• Defense: North Carolina (5), Virginia (7), Duke (23), Notre Dame (27)

SEC Tournament Odds

• +175: Tennessee
• +240: Auburn
• +400: Kentucky
• +500: Alabama
• +1600: Florida

SEC 2024 Conference Tournament Basketball Matchups And Betting Lines

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First Round: Wednesday, March 13 on SEC Network (all times Eastern)

• Game 1: No. 12 Arkansas vs. No. 13 Vanderbilt | 7 p.m.
• Game 2: No. 11 Georgia vs. No. 14 Missouri | 25 mins after Game 1

Second Round: Thursday, March 14 on SEC Network

• Game 3: No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Mississippi State | 1 p.m.
• Game 4: No. 5 South Carolina vs. Winner Game 1 | 25 mins after Game 3
• Game 5: No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Ole Miss | 7 p.m.
• Game 6: No. 6 Florida vs. Winner Game 2 | 25 mins after game 5

Quarterfinals: Friday, March 15 on SEC and ESPN

• Game 7: No. 1 Tennessee vs. Winner Game 3 | 1 p.m. | ESPN
• Game 8: No. 4 Auburn vs. Winner Game 4 | 25 mins after Game 7 | ESPN
• Game 9: No. 2 Kentucky vs. Winner Game 5 | 7 p.m. | SEC Network
• Game 10: No. 3 Alabama vs. Winner Game 6 | 25 mins after Game 9 | SEC Network

Semifinals: Saturday, March 16 on ESPN

• Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Winner Game 8 | 1 p.m.
• Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Winner Game 10 | 25 mins after Game 11

Championship: Sunday, March 17 on ESPN

• Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 | 1 p.m.

The SEC has two teams that rank top-25 in both offense and defense efficiency rankings, according to KenPom.

• Tennessee: 25 offense, 3 defense
• Auburn: 13 offense, 6 defense

Alabama (2) and Kentucky (6) both rank highly in adjusted offense, but outside the top 90 nationally in adjusted defense. South Carolina (44/47) and Texas A&M (45/46) rank top-50 in both.

More college conference tournament coverage posted including A10 & Atlantic and Big 12-Big Ten plus Pac-12 & Mountain West and Big East in my college basketball tournament previews in Forbes.

Recent college basketball coverage also including Last Home Game betting profiles and NCAA Tournament coverage of Top Seeds (1-2) and NCAAT seeds 3-5 from last year, which I’ll be providing again next week ahead of the Big Dance.

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