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March Madness is tipping off, Selection Sunday has passed, and now, it's all about which teams will survive and move on and which teams will be sent home early from the big dance. This is the best time of the year whether you're a college basketball hoops head or not because the madness takes over every sports fan's life. You can't ignore it, and AccuScore provides the perfect analysis to build out your bracket whether you're an NCAA basketball expert or a complete novice trying to take home some extra cash in your office pool. After every round, AccuScore will update the bracket and probabilities. As always, our super computer has simulated out every game 10,000 times to come up with odds for every team. Of course, AccuScore also has game picks against the spread and totals on every matchup, so be sure to check out AccuScore's college basketball game picks all month long.

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NCAA Tournament Bracketology 2018 - East Region

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2018 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: East Region

Villanova is not considered the overall no. 1 seed, but it seems to be the consensus candidate to win the Eastern bracket, only AccuScore's computer doesn't think it's a given. Nova has a particularly easy route to the Sweet 16, with only Virginia having better odds to make it past the first four days of madness. Based on AccuScore's simulations, Villanova has a 28.28% chance of reaching the Final Four and an 8.47% chance of winning the National Championship, which are the best odds of any team in the East bracket. Only, Purdue is on Villanova's heels with a 27.89% chance to reach the Final Four and an 8.48% chance of winning it all. Wichita State's odds of making the Final Four are 21.54%, so there is a clear drop off from Purdue and Villanova.

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AccuScore projects Villanova to cruise past Redford and Virginia Tech before putting down the Shockers in the Sweet 16. Likewise, Purdue is expected to demolish Cal State Fullerton before handily beating Arkansas. The game against Texas Tech is a bit trickier, but the East looks like it will come down to a Villanova vs Purdue showdown in the Elite 8. That's a close game, and even though Villanova has better odds to win the tournament, the computer likes Purdue to pull the upset and advance as a no. 2 seed out of the East. Again, this is a close game and both teams are capable of winning it all if they can get by each other. Only one will advance out of the East, and in this case, AccuScore is picking Purdue on the head-to-head.

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NCAA Tournament Bracketology 2018 - South Region

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2018 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: South Region

In AccuScore's eyes, the South region features the two most likely winners of the national championship in no. 1 overall seed Virginia and no. 2 seed Cincinnati. Virginia is a 92% favorite to reach the 2nd round and projects to put down Creighton with 86% likelihood, which is pretty dominant. Then, a probable matchup against Kentucky, assuming Davidson or Arizona don't upset Kentucky, allows Virginia safe passage to the Elite 8. Meanwhile, Cincy expects to make quick work of Georgia State and Nevada before beating Tennessee 57% to 43% in simulations. In the Elite 8, it's a coinflip matchup with Virginia winning 48% of simulations and Cincinnati winning 52% of head-to-head matchups to win the South and advance.

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This is a bit off, of course, because in terms of raw probabilities, Virginia is AccuScore's most likely national champion with 10.84% probability to win it all. Unfortunately for Virginia, Cincinnati is the second most-likely team to lead into "One Shining Moment" with a 10.55% chance of winning it all. So, ultimately, AccuScore says the champion will most likely come out of the South. Part of why Virginia has a slightly higher probability than Cincy to win it all is that Virginia is favored more heavily in the first couple rounds. As such, Virginia's odds of making the Elite 8 are 53.25% versus Cincy's odds of making the Elite 8 at 47.58%. From that point forward, Cincy is the stronger team and gains ground on Virginia until the odds of winning the tournament for the two teams are separated by about 0.3%.

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NCAA Tournament Bracketology 2018 - West Region

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2018 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: West Region

Xavier has the no. 1 seed in the West after losing in its conference tournament final to Providence, and thought that doesn't spell upset for the Bulldogs against the winner of the North Carolina Central Eagles or the Texas Southern Tigers, AccuScore has Xavier exiting in the Sweet 16 to fellow Bulldogs, Gonzaga.

The Zags have become tournament regulars, and that means something this time of year. UNC Greensboro doesn't expect to pose much of a challenge, but the game against Ohio State should provide a tougher test before Xavier arrives at the Sweet 16. On the bottom half of the bracket, North Carolina and Michigan are the two clear favorites to make the Sweet 16. No.3 Michigan wins the proverbial coin flip with a 51-49 edge in simulations over no. 2 North Carolina in what promises to be a heck of a game if both teams can survive and advance to that point. Then, the computer is calling another 51-49 coin flip on Gonzaga advancing to the Final Four as a no. 4 seed. Gonzaga claimed its sixth straight WCC title with a 20-point beatdown of BYU in the championship game, so the Bulldogs are tournament ready and have the right pedigree to cause a couple upsets along the way.

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In terms of raw percentages, AccuScore calculates Gonzaga has a 33.54% chance of making the Final Four and 5.27% chance of winning the championship, while North Carolina is close behind with 20.86% chance of making the Final Four and 4.6% chance of winning it all. Michigan is the third most likely team to win the West at 16.63% to reach the Final Four, followed by Xavier at 11.75% emerge as the no. 1 seed out of the West region.

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MidWest Region
East Region