The last four predictions for March Madness: Teams with the best odds to reach the final weekend in 2021

While every team that has made it to the NCAA tournament is eyeing a national championship, just making it to the Final Four is a major achievement. The same can be said for bookies who try to make some money during March Madness: If you bet on a team to make the Final Four and it gets there, you have at least accomplished something. is. If you collide with all four teams making it to the main stage of Lucas Oil Stadium, well, you’re the real national champion – especially if someone had relatively long odds.

It goes without saying that betting on teams to reach the Final Four is “easier” than trying to hit a national champion or possibly win your bracket pool, but if you keep your net too wide or too narrow It is not always profitable. You can go all in one or two teams, but it gives you very little margin for error. If you place bets on 15 teams, you can still lose money, even if you get one pair right, it depends on how you split your bets and which ones to hit. As with most futures bets, it is about balancing price with probability.

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Despite the many teams you decide to place bets on – and the amount of money you bet on each bet – you need to make a strategy if you are really trying to make a profit. Sure, you can place bets on all 1-seeds, but they have the smallest payouts. Unless you dig for at least one or two sleepers, you don’t want to wager on multiple teams from the same area. In this way, you get some great discounts and can make a profit with many losers as well.

This does not mean that you take on any team with long odds. You have to clearly assume that the team has a realistic shot of making the final four. It can be difficult to talk to yourself in any such team, and this usually requires some conditional reasoning, such as “If If Alabama gets upset before the Elite Eight, then Florida State will be the best team in the East, so ‘getting great value at NOH +700.’ This means that you are derailing Michigan over Isaiah Liver’s foot injury – but, again, this is part of the argument that goes into betting on almost any non-top three seed to make the Final Four. goes.

With this in mind, let’s look at some of the best bets in each region.

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East Region Final Four Best Bets

Levers’ injury certainly targets the Eastern Region for more than one wager. Michigan is more vulnerable than other top seeds – and Alabama has a somewhat unstable-No. 2 seed – leaving the door open for a surprise team to score the final four. Even on red-hot we put a little money Georgetown Makes sense at +6500. It wouldn’t really be shocking to see any of the top 12 seeds coming out of the East and with both third-seeded. Texas And fourth seed Florida State At +700, it makes sense to try their luck with both.

Midwest region final four best bets

The Midwest region is also placing several bets due to a potentially tough Sweet-16 matchup for top-seeded Illinois. value for Oklahoma State (+600) Not quite what you’d expect for a 4-seed, but it’s still a good payoff if they take out the upset (and another win). Fifth seed Tennessee At +1100 may actually be more attractive, as Oklahoma State may have a tough first-round fight, but it is also less likely that Tennessee will beat Illinois. The bottom half of that bracket is open, and if you don’t believe in Houston, then you have to get a small piece of what you like CLEMSON (5:00) vs Rutgers (4:00) in the first round and seeded sixth San diego state (+1200) makes sense. Till here West Virginia +750 is not bad for a 3-seed.

South Region Final Four Best Bets

Purdue The +850 is probably the best value in the South region. Apparently, Beiler is the favorite there, but Purdue takes shape in the second round to face either undermanned Villanova or 12th-seeded Winthrop, which suits the Boilermakers to any 4-seeds in the Sweet 16. From there, they will have the possibility of defeating Baylor and Ohio State, which is not easy at all, but If They collide with Baylor, then you’ll be glad you made some investment in Boilermakers. Yes, you can play the “if” game on just about any team, but being a talented team with a good chance of being in that position is half the battle. Purdue fits the bill, and it doesn’t hurt that the Boilermakers beat Ohio State twice and took them to overtime in the third game this season. You can give a similar argument for the 12th seed. WINTHROP (+10000), but you don’t want to invest too much in the Eagles. Also, get 2-seed Ohio State Great value at +480.

West Region Final Four Best Bets

Gonzaga is the most preferred in the West region, but with the ‘Zags-210 paid off, it doesn’t make a ton of bets on them unless you’re ready to throw too much cash. Taking a team from the bottom half of the field and Gonzaga hopes the Elite Eight is probably the way to go. Kansas +1400 is a great number for a 3-seed, but if you’re worried about Jayhawks’ COVID issues, then get the sixth seed Usc Makes a lot of sense at +1700. USC has an ultra-talented and a versatile elder in Evan Mbale, who is projected to be the No. 2 pick in this year’s draft. If he meets those two teams in the Sweet 16, he could give Luca Garza and Iowa all sorts of trouble, so projecting USC for that win is more than realistic.

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