NCAA Predictions: Thursday, March 20

The predictions below are based on TAPE matchups which compare teams in 20 statistical rate categories to determine how they stack up against each other, and then applies those rates to a possession model to determine how many points each is likely to score against the other.

14 Georgia      62                   15 Belmont      74
 3 Xavier       72   (65 poss.)       2 Duke         93   (78 poss.)

16 Portland St. 63                   11 Kansas St.   69
 1 Kansas       83   (68 poss.)       6 USC          68   (69 poss.)

12 Temple       65                   13 Winthrop     48
 5 Michigan St. 70   (63 poss.)       4 Wash. St.    57   (57 poss.)

11 Kentucky     62                    9 Texas A&M    68
6 Marquette     70   (67 poss.)       8 BYU          65   (67 poss.)

11 Baylor       73                   10 Arizona      67
6 Purdue        72   (69 poss.)       7 W. Virginia  68   (64 poss.)

9 Kent St.      64                   14 Fullerton    62
 8 UNLV         65   (64 poss.)       3 Wisconsin    78   (68 poss.)

13 Oral Roberts 62                   12 George Mason 70
 4 Pittsburgh   67   (64 poss.)       5 Notre Dame   76   (67 poss.)

14 Cornell     63                    16 MS Valley St 46
 3 Stanford    75   (66 poss.)        1 UCLA         78   (63 poss.)