March Madness 1st Round Predictions
The first round of the March Madness tournament is seen as one of the most exciting rounds of the tournament, as there are 32 different games being played within two days. This creates for a lot of buzzer beaters, blowouts, and upsets! The first round of this year's 2010 March Madness College Basketball Tournament guarantees to be an exciting two days, and we will have all of your 1st round March Madness Predictions.
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Below are some consensus picks from our experts brackets for the 1st round:
Every experts has all 1,2,3 seeds advancing and three of four have all 4 seeds advancing.
Two of four experts have UTEP (12) over Butler (5)
Two of four experts have Utah State (12) over Texas A&M (5)
Three of four experts have St Mary's (10) over Richmond (7)
Check out our experts first round predictions by viewing our Bracket Predictions
Kevin's Bracket
Brent's Bracket
Sean's Bracket
Darren's Bracket
March Madness 1st Round Statistics and Trends:
To help you with your March Madness 1st round picks and betting we have provided some stats and trends from past years at the tournament. These stats were taken from the March Madness Wikipedia page and they look correct and up to date. As the tournament gets closer we will have more stats and trends covering the first round of the March Madness tournament.
-No 16th seed has ever defeated a number one seed since the field was expanded to 64 teams.
-Five 16th seeds have come within 5 points of beating a number one seeded team.
Winning Percentages of Seeds in 1st Round of March Madness (since 1985):
#1 seed has beaten the #16 seed 100% of the time
#2 seed has beaten the #15 seed 96% of the time
#3 seed has beaten the #14 seed 85% of the time
#4 seed has beaten the #13 seed 79% of the time
#5 seed has beaten the #12 seed 66% of the time
#6 seed has beaten the #11 seed 69% of the time
#7 seed has beaten the #10 seed 61% of the time
#8 seed has beaten the #9 seed 46% of the time
From these stats you can find a few interesting things. The number 9 seeded team has actually beat the higher ranked 8th seed 54% of the time, and the number 5 seed has historically been upset by their opponent more than the number 6 seed has been.
Trends and statistics, such as what was provided above, can help you make more accurate predictions and picks when it comes to the March Madness, but you want to make sure you do other research as well.
So what do you think about this year's 1st Round of the March Madness? Could this be the year a 16th seeded team upsets a number 1?
