The pinnacle of amateur sport – March madness 2022 – has come.
Every year the 68 best teams come together for one massive tournament of epic proportions, culminating with the college basketball national title game on Monday. 4. April. Before we can even get there, there are 36 games to sort through in the first four and the first round.
Odds, props and futures have taken over sports culture in recent years. With legalized betting reaching new states every year, sportsbooks are sure to break records in 2022 when it comes to how many bets they’re taking. It could start as early as Tuesday with March Madness’ first game between Texas A&M-CC and Texas Southern at 6:40 p.m. EST.
Below are March Madness first round odds and spreads, provided by BetMGM Sportsbook.
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Tuesday March Madness Odds
No. 16 Texas A&M Corpus (+3.5) vs. No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 12 Indiana (-3.5) vs. No. 12 Wyoming
Wednesday March Madness Odds
No. 16 Bryant (+2.5) vs. No. 16 Wright St.
No. 11 Notre Dame (+1.5) vs. No. 11 Rutgers
- Rutgers is the choice: The Fighting Irish take on the Scarlett Knights in a first four matchup. Big game here with Rutgers poised to move into the first round against Alabama. Alabama will be on high alert against Rutgers, who has the advantage on the Ron Harper Jr.-led perimeter. It wouldn’t be shocking for this Big Ten team to make a run.
Thursday March Madness Odds
No. 11 Michigan (-2.5) vs. No. 6 Colorado St.
#13 South Dakota St. (+2.5) vs. #4 Providence
#9 Memphis (-2.5) vs. #8 Boise St.
- Boise State is the choice: The Memphis Tigers, led by Penny Hardaway, take on Boise State. This is the highest seed Boise State has ever had. Memphis is an extremely young team with two reclassified players who should currently be seniors in high school. Support the Boise State Broncos who have a solid roster of young and veteran talent.
No. 16 Norfolk St. (+20.5) vs. No. 1 Baylor
No. 14 Longwood (+16.5) vs. No. 3 Tennessee
No. 12 Richmond (+9.5) vs. No. 5 Iowa
No. 16 Georgia St. (+23.5) vs. No. 1 Gonzaga
No. 9 Marquette (+2.5) vs. No. 8 North Carolina
- North Carolina is the choice: North Carolina looked phenomenal against Duke last time out. With RJ Lewis playing his best basketball, UNC will try to follow the roadmap they laid out in the ACC tournament.
No. 12 New Mexico St. (+6.5) vs. No. 5 UConn
No. 15 St. Peter (+17.5) vs. No. 2 Kentucky
No. 9 Creighton (+2.5) vs. San Diego St.
No. 13 Vermont (+5.5) vs. No. 4 Arkansas
#10 San Francisco (-1.5) vs. #7 Murray St
#13 Akron (+13.5) vs. #4 UCLA
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Friday March Madness Odds
#10 Loyola Chicago (-1.5) vs. #7 Ohio St.
No. 15 Jacksonville St. (+16.5) vs. No. 2 Auburn
No. 14 Montana St. (+15.5) vs. No. 3 Texas Tech
No. 14 Yale (+15.5) vs. No. 3 Purdue
No. 15 Delaware (+15.5) vs. No. 2 Villanova
No. 10 Miami (+1.5) vs. No. 7 USC
- USC is the choice: Pac-12 contender USC could be one of the overlooked teams in the Midwest region. Isaiah Mobley, brother of Cavaliers rookie Evan Mobley, uses his 6’10 height very effectively and had a terrific season. They should be in a good place to beat Miami and face off against Auburn.
No. 11 Virginia Tech (+1.5) vs. No. 6 Texas
No. 13 Chattanooga (+7.5) vs. No. 4 Illinois
No. 15 CS Fullerton (+18.5) vs. No. 2 Duke
No. 11 Iowa State (+4.5) vs. No. 6 LSU
No. 12 UAB (+8.5) vs. No. 5 Houston
No. 10 Davidson (+1.5) vs. No. 7 Michigan State
No.9 TCU (+1.5) vs. No.8 Seton Hall
No. 14 Colgate (+7.5) vs. No. 3 Wisconsin
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