Selection Sunday is officially in our rearview and the glorious 68-team bracket for this year’s NCAA Tournament is set, which means you’ve probably stumbled upon this page to gather intel as you make your picks. The good news is that you’ve landed in the right place. The bad news is that you’ve now all but officially guaranteed yourself a perfect bracket in the South Regional thanks to my expertise, thus you may be shunned from your friend group after embarrassing everyone else in your bracket pool this year. You’re welcome and I’m sorry in advance. Don’t say you weren’t forewarned.
There’s always a chance for madness in March, but the odds of mayhem feels particularly high in the South Regional, which makes picking this bracket tricky. No. 1 seed Houston is the betting favorite to emerge from the bracket and land in the Final Four, but this pod is stacked with stars from the likes of Duke, Kentucky, Marquette and Nebraska, positioning a potential dark horse to emerge from this regional.
Smart money will be on the top-seeded team in Houston. I won’t go as far as to lobby against them, but for my money, Duke and Kentucky — the No. 3 and No. 4 seed in this regional, respectively — got excellent draws and will be trendy picks to come out of this regional. There’s also No. 2 seed Marquette quietly lurking at the bottom of the bracket with star guard Tyler Kolek, the NCAA’s leader in assists per game who missed all of the Big East Tournament with an oblique injury, expected to return to action this week.
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Let’s break down the South Regional further as the opening games of the 2024 NCAA Tournament approach. Be sure to check out all the betting lines for every game the next few days right here to help as you fill out your bracket.
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