NCAA Tournament betting recap
Providence-texas A&M Aggies -4/-2.5 Texas A&M, 73-69 The Friars trailed by six and had the ball and a chance to earn a push for many bettors in the final seconds. But Providence settled for a layup by Tom Planek with seven seconds left and didn’t foul.
Cal State Fullerton-purdue Boilermakers -20.5/-20.5 Purdue, 74-48 Carsen Edwards and Vince Edwards scored 15 points apiece for Purdue, which pulled away in the second half, outscoring the Titans 44-27.
Marshall-wichita State Shockers -12/-13 Marshall, 81-75 Jon Elmore scored 27 points and hit several huge shots in the second half, and C.J. Burks had a steal and dunk to make the score 78-72 with 2:01 left.
Georgia State-cincinnati Bearcats -14.5/-14 Cincinnati, 68-53 The Bearcats finished the game on a 22-6 run, and Devin Mitchell missed a 3-point attempt for the Panthers in the final minute.
Lipscomb-north Carolina Tar Heels -19/-22 North Carolina, 84-66 Andrew Fleming hit a 3-pointer with 35 seconds left to make it a 20-point game, and Brandon Huffman then missed a putback dunk for the Tar Heels.
Butler-arkansas Bulldogs -1/-2 Butler, 79-62 Murray State-west Virginia Mountaineers -10.5/-10 WV, 85-68
Texas-unr Pick/pick UNR, 87-83 The Wolf Pack erased a 14-point second-half deficit and tied the score at
68 on Jordan Caroline’s free throw with 3.8 seconds left in regulation. Caleb Martin made two huge 3-pointers in overtime as UNR erased an early fivepoint deficit.
Kansas State-creighton Bluejays -1/-2.5 Kansas State, 69-59 Barry Brown scored 18 points, and the Wildcats held the Bluejays to a seasonlow 59 points in posting a wire-to-wire win without leading scorer Dean Wade.
Bucknell-michigan State Spartans -14/-14.5 MSU, 82-78 The Spartans led by 16 with 2:03 left, but the Bison made five 3-pointers the rest of the way, including three by Stephen Brown in the final 17 seconds.
Texas Southern-xavier Musketeers -19/-19.5 Xavier, 102-83 Marquis Salmon made two free throws with 13 seconds left to cut the deficit to 19, which pushed or covered the spread for most Tigers bettors.
Charleston-auburn Auburn -10.5/-9 Auburn, 62-58 Jared Harper made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:18 left to put Auburn ahead to stay. The Tigers never led by more than seven points.
Umbc-virginia Cavaliers -22.5/-20.5 UMBC, 74-54 The Retrievers, who were 20-1 to 25-1 underdogs on the money line, outscored Virginia 53-33 in the second half in becoming the first No. 16 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed.
Syracuse-tcu Horned Frogs -4/-4.5 Syracuse, 57-52 Tyus Battle and Frank Howard made consecutive jumpers to put the Orange ahead with 1:31 left.
Florida State-missouri Seminoles +1/-1 Florida State, 67-54 The Seminoles built a 42-20 halftime lead and held off the Tigers in the second half.
New Mexico State-clemson Tigers -5/-3.5 Clemson, 79-68 The Tigers led by 12 at halftime and held off the Aggies down the stretch to complete a rare sweep by No. 5 seeds over No. 12 seeds.