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March Madness 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket picks, predictions from affirmed computer model

SportsLine’s computer model called 12 of the 18 first-round surprises by double-digit seeds in the previous three years

After months of anticipation, the madness has at long last arrived. The 2019 NCAA Tournament field was declared on Sunday. Sixty-eight teams are going dancing, with 32 earning automatic bids and 36 making it in by means of everywhere berths. Duke, Gonzaga, Virginia and North Carolina earned the four No. 1 seeds, however March Madness gets its name from the unpredictability of this tournament. Since the field is set, a great many individuals will round out 2019 March Madness brackets. And keeping in mind that there are endless methods for choosing which teams to pick in each round, the model at SportsLine actually has it down to a science.

Their proven projection model has reproduced each game in the tournament 10,000 times. It completely smashed its March Madness picks a year ago, completing in the main five percent of all Sports brackets and calling Villanova to win it all.

It realizes how to spot a resentful too. A similar model has produced brackets that have nailed 12 of the 18 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds the most recent three years. It likewise nailed some massive upsets last year, including enormous successes by No. 13 seed Buffalo over No. 4 seed Arizona, No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago over No. 6 seed Miami, and No. 10 seed Butler over No. 7 seed Arkansas.

There’s essentially no motivation to depend on luck when there’s proven technology to enable you to overwhelm your 2019 NCAA Tournament pools. Presently, the model has reenacted each conceivable matchup in the 2019 NCAA Tournament and uncovered its optimal bracket. You can only see it over at SportsLine.

In case you’re looking for a pick that will give you a gigantic edge in your 2019 March Madness bracket, SportsLine’s model says you should back No. 5 Marquette with confidence. Look for the Golden Eagles to bounce back from a tough end of the season to make a Sweet 16 run.

It’s an surprising pick in light of the fact that the Golden Eagles tumbled to Seton Hall in the 2019 Big East Tournament. They additionally dropped their final four games amid the regular season, yet the model likes their matchups against No. 12 Murray State and No. 4 Florida State. It projects Marquette to roll past both to set up a date in the Sweet 16 with No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the West Region.

Another curveball: No. 9 seed Baylor bounces back from a speedy exit from the Big 12 Tournament and brings down No. 8 Syracuse in the West.

The Bears dropped their final four games heading into the NCAA Tournament 2019, however that length included extreme matchups against Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State. The model has taken their quality wins this season against Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon and Iowa State (twice) into account.

Syracuse, in the interim, lost five of its previous seven entering March Madness 2019 and found the averaged fewer than 70 points per game this year. Making the right call in No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchups can be a difference-maker in NCAA Tournament pools, and the model says you can bank on the Bears in well over 50 percent of its simulations.