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March Madness 2023 picks: Expert predictions for NCAA Tournament Final Four winners, national champion

March Madness 2023 picks: Expert predictions for NCAA Tournament Final Four winners, national champion


Even though the 2023 NCAA Tournament has seen more than its fair share of upsets, you would have done well to listen to our expert picks. I dominated straight-up picks during March Madness, accurately predicting 47 of the 64 games leading up to the Final Four, which led our expert pool. Meanwhile, everyone else on staff had at least 39 correct picks with a hit rate well north of 60%.

Now’s your second-chance to totally redeem yourself. With the Final Four set – San Diego State vs. FAU on one side of the bracket, Miami vs. UConn on the other – I’ve sent the bat signal to the team for picks leading into the final weekend. We’ve reset the bracket and made predictions for both Final Four games plus the national championship. 

To no surprise, UConn, the betting favorite to open the week, was the overwhelming favorite by our experts to finish off its week in Houston with a championship. There are plenty of on-the-ledge picks as you’ll see below – with David Cobb hooting his way into the hearts of Owls fans and several of us thinking the Aztecs face off against the Huskies with a title on the line.  

2023 Final Four expert predictions

Gary Parrish

Any Final Four with zero top-three seeds is surprising by definition; nobody could’ve reasonably predicted this. But it is worth noting that one of the schools heading to Houston (UConn) is now ranked No. 1 at KenPom.com, while the other three are conference champions. At the very least, these teams have all been good this season relative to their leagues, and were always capable of deep runs through the bracket. As for Saturday, I’m taking FAU over SDSU and UConn over Miami. In the championship game, I have UConn beating Florida Atlantic to win what would be a fifth national championship in a 25-year span, giving the Huskies two more titles in that timeframe than any other school. Dan Hurley predicted and promised years ago that he’d get UConn back to the tip-top of the sport. Now, he’s just two more wins away from delivering, and the smart money has him doing it.

Matt Norlander

I just watched FAU steel itself after trailing in the second half against Tennessee, then it followed that up with its best shooting performance of the tournament against Kansas State. The Owls are deep, and they’ve got a special thing going here. SDSU is a bowl of molasses to play against, but the good thing about FAU is that it can win games in the 50s,…

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