Rothstein: The 2024 NCAA Tournament Primer

This is March!

Check out our official NCAA Tournament primer below as we give you everything you need to know for March Madness.

EAST REGION

• FAVORITE: UConn (+420 odds to win national championship)
• SLEEPER: Florida Atlantic (+20000)
• PLAYER TO WATCH: Donovan Clingan, UConn
• FIRST-ROUND GAME TO WATCH: Auburn (-12.5) vs. Yale

WEST REGION

• FAVORITE: North Carolina (+1800)/Arizona (+1500)
• SLEEPER: New Mexico (+7500)
• PLAYER TO WATCH: Caleb Love, Arizona
• FIRST-ROUND GAME TO WATCH: Michigan State (-1.5) vs. Mississippi State

SOUTH REGION

• FAVORITE: Houston (+550)
• SLEEPER: Florida (+6500)
• PLAYER TO WATCH: Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska
• FIRST-ROUND GAME TO WATCH: Nebraska (-1.5) vs. Texas A&M

MIDWEST REGION

• FAVORITE: Purdue (+700)
• SLEEPER: Oregon (+20000)
• PLAYER TO WATCH: Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
• FIRST-ROUND GAME TO WATCH: Gonzaga (-6.5) vs. McNeese

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Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016. He joined FanDuel in 2022 as a Content Creator. Rothstein is also the host of the College Hoops Today Podcast via Compass Media Networks.