2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket East Region Predictions

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2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket Analysis: East Region Predictions

Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils will draw more eyeballs than any other team, but winning the tournament and having the no. 1 pick in the NBA Draft don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.

Duke is projected to cruise in its opening matchup before drawing VCU after the team from Virginia knocks off UCF in its opening round matchup. This region isn't exactly stuffed with upsets in the early going, but the Maryland-Belmont appears to be the best matchup to pick the early upset. Both teams win 50% of simulations, but Maryland gets the slightest of edges, so the computer has Maryland going through to meet LSU after the Tigers knock out the Ivy League's Yale comfortably in the first game.

Michigan State is projected to make easy work of Bradley in the Spartans' first game, before knocking out Louisville to arrive at the Sweet 16. The Michigan State-LSU matchup favors Michigan 62% to 38%, before the Spartans meet Williamson and the Blue Devils in the Elite 8.

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Before arriving at the Elite 8, the Blue Devils have to get past Virginia Tech, which is projected to only slightly edge Mississippi State in the second round to make the second weekend of the tournament. That matchup, the Virginia Tech versus Miss. State is a near toss-up, according to the computer, with Virginia Tech only winning 52% of simulations.

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Duke is projected to beat Virginia Tech with 61% confidence before meeting Michigan State with a trip to the Final Four. Michigan State is projected to upset Duke in the Elite 8, but Duke's road to the Elite 8 is easier that MSU's , so the Blue Devils still have a higher percentage chance to advance to the Final Four, 32.0%, and win the title, 8.24% than the Spartans, 29.1% and 7.9% respectively.

Still, AccucScore projects a close Elite 8, with Michigan State pulling the upset 51% of the time to advance to the Final Four.

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Olympics Hockey Profitable, Top NHL & College Basketball Trends

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Olympic Hockey Review + NHL & College Basketball Top Trends

Germany was a minute away from the biggest surprise of Olympics ice hockey tournament history. Their unbelievable run for a gold was denied by Olympic athletes from Russia in the last minute of the game and an eventual 4-3 overtime defeat for Germany.

Even though there were many surprises and Germany busted brackets by reaching the final of the tournament, Accuscore predictions provided our members with hefty profits during the games. Side value bets, especially, were right on a money since start of the tournament. Members who bet 100 dollars for every game's side value picks in Olympics ice hockey tournament cashed +1555 dollars in pure profit. This wasn't amateur hour for out members.

This time, NHL players didn’t participate in the Olympics. They continued their regular season schedule last two weeks as planned. And so, AccuScore members benefited from accurate hockey predictions and NHL predictions simultaneously.

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Since start of the season, accurate Accuscore predictions have provided 829 dollars profit, if total, side value and money line bets have been placed for every game. Like in Olympics, NHL side value bets have been especially profitable and returned profits of 2286 dollars since start of the season. Total bets haven’t been as profitable as side value predictions in NHL, but in Finnish ice hockey Liiga, total bets have been a real bank. So far, 6540 profit form the Liiga games speaks for itself...if you didn't know already, AccuScore takes hockey seriously.

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College Basketball Top Trends

March madness is just around the corner. Like the name says, it is complete madness when trying to predict all games correct in the final tournament. Before the madness, we can highlight some best betting results from the games of individual teams:

Charlotte has won only five games so far, but that's in line with our computer's thoughts. Actually, if you had placed a side value bet based on our predictions in every Charlotte game, you have over +1500 profit only from those games. So, while Charlotte won't be making the tourney, there's still time to cash in on their season.

NCAA basketball Totals have been especially strong with UNLV and number 4 ranked Villanova. By betting totals in every game for these teams, 1340 and 1140 dollars profit, respectively, would be sitting in your wallet. Predictions for another highly ranked team, Michigan State, have been accurate as well. Side value bets for the Spartans have recorded over 900 profits since start of the season. Now we are preparing for the perfect bracket - stay tuned.

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