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TD Garden is the venue as the UConn Huskies meet the San Diego State Aztecs in the Sweet Sixteen on Thursday. The Huskies are the defending champions and the favorite to win the Championship match again in 2024. A Sweet Sixteen fixture against the Aztecs should be routine for UConn. But at this stage of the competition, nothing is certain. In our latest NCAAB betting picks, we tell you if the Huskies are going to march on in March Madness.
- What: 2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament – Sweet Sixteen
- Who: UConn Huskies (1) vs. San Diego State Aztecs (5)
- Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
- When: Thursday, March 28th, 2024
- Tip-Off: 6.39 pm ET
Things are about to get a bit more difficult for the UConn Huskies (33-3) as we enter the Sweet Sixteen stage of the competition. Okay, the No.1 seeds and favorites to win the competition are still expected to beat San Diego (26-10). However, the Aztecs are a step up in class compared to Northwestern and Stetson.
Betting to win the Men’s 2024 NCAA Basketball Championship
Of the 16 schools left in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, 12 are top-four seeds.
The favorite to win and retain the NCAA Championship with the best March Madness betting sites are the UConn Huskies. UConn is +215 to retain the title they won in 2023, putting them clear of second favorites, the Houston Cougars, at +500.
The Purdue Boilermakers are at +650, and Arizona is at +850. Another No.1 seed, North Carolina, is +1000, ahead of Tennessee and Marquette at +1400. The Iowa State Cyclones are next in the betting, on their own at +2000. The Fighting Illini, Gonzaga, Duke, and Creighton are +2500.
Making up the betting are the outsiders of Alabama at +4000, San Diego at +8000, and Clemson and NC State, who are both +10000.
Betting to win the East Region
In regional betting, the mighty UConn are favorite at -250 to win the East Region. Following the Huskies, the best college basketball betting sites have Iowa State at +425 and the Fighting Illini at +625. San Diego State completes the East Region winner betting at +1400.
UConn vs. San Diego Match Betting
Onto the betting to win the Sweet Sixteen showdown, and the bookmakers still can’t see past another win for the UConn Huskies. On the money line, the No.1 seeds are -600. The San Diego State Aztecs are +460.
On the handicap spread, the Aztecs are receiving a 10.5-point advantage. To win with the spread, San Diego is -110. To win and cover the 10.5-point spread, UConn is -110.
The total points amount is 136, with over and under both at -110. More betting options are available on our college basketball odds table. For our odds, we only use the top-rated NCAA basketball betting sites.
| UConn vs. San Diego |  |  |  |
| UConn | -600 | -600 | -600 |
| San Diego | +460 | +460 | +460 |
| UConn (-10.5) | -110 | -110 | -110 |
| San Diego (+10.5) | -110 | -110 | -110 |
| Over 136 | -110 | -110 | -110 |
| Under 136 | -110 | -110 | -110 |
UConn vs. San Diego: Latest Form
UConn is having a simply sensational season with an overall record of 33-3. They ran away with the Big East, topping the conference table with an 18-2 record. Their closest rivals were Marquette and Creighton, both with respectable 14-6 records.
So far in the NCAA Tournament, the Huskies haven’t been challenged. UConn defeated Stetson 91-52 in their opening match, covering the 26.5-point start given to the Hatters. Things weren’t much different in the second round, with the Huskies defeating the Northwestern Wildcats 75-58.
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— UConn Men's Basketball (@UConnMBB) March 25, 2024
San Diego finished fifth in the Mountain West with an 11-7 conference record. Overall this season, the Aztecs are 26-10.
In Round One of the NCAA Tournament, the No.5 seed Aztecs defeated the No.12 UAB Blazers 69-65. In Round Two, they defeated No.13 Yale 85-57, in what was a far more convincing performance than the win over the Blazers.
The Aztecs will need to improve greatly against the defending champions if their tournament isn’t to end at the Sweet Sixteen stage.
UConn vs. San Diego: Our Picks
Starting with the total points line, we are looking at overs with the line set at a low-looking 136.
In the 2023/24 season, games involving UConn have topped 136 points on 24 occasions. For the Aztecs, it’s 20 times. The two schools’ combined match average is 156.3 points. Of the four matches the two schools have played at this year’s NCAA Tournament, over 136 have been covered twice.
We are happy to go with over 136 points for our betting pick. It looks low, and at the very least, it should be a close call.
For our match-winner pick, we are going with the Huskies to extend their season record to 34-3. The Huskies are too short to be backed on the money line at odds of -600. But, so far in the end-of-season tournament, they have won both their matches with plenty to spare.
Can the Huskies cover a 10.5-point spread? Oh course they can. The Huskies to win and cover the spread is our betting pick.
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