VSiN Daily 3-27-26

🏀 Down to 12

I recently received a few letters from the fine folks at the NCAA about our use of the trademarked phrase “March Madness,” among others.

It seems like we should get a free pass since Brent Musburger, the Godfather of VSiN, made the phrase trademark-worthy.

But no worries today — we’re down to the Tenacious 12™ in the NCAA Tournament.

📍 Saturday regional finals previews

👉 South: No. 9 Iowa (+6.5) vs. No. 3 Illinois — 6:09 p.m. ET
Read Adam Burke's preview →

👉 West: No. 2 Purdue (+6.5) vs. No. 1 Arizona — 8:49 p.m. ET
Read Adam's preview →

📊 Thursday recap

👉 Iowa (+1.5) upset Nebraska 77-71
👉 Purdue survived Texas 79-77 (didn’t cover -8.5)
👉 Illinois (+2.5) knocked out Houston 65-55
👉 Arizona (-8.5) routed Arkansas 109-88

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🔥 4 more games tonight

👉 1 Duke (-6.5) vs. 5 St. John’s — 7:10 ET, CBS
Read preview →

👉 1 Michigan (-8.5) vs. 4 Alabama — 7:35 ET, TBS/truTV
Read preview →

👉 3 Michigan State (+1.5) vs. 2 UConn — 9:45 ET, CBS
Read preview →

👉 2 Iowa State (-3.5) vs. 6 Tennessee — 10:10 ET, TBS/truTV
Read preview →

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🎯 Sweet Expert Picks

👉 Greg Peterson’s best bets →
👉 Tyler Shoemaker’s plays →
👉 Matt Youmans’ card →
👉 Dave Tuley’s takes →

Coming later: Adam Burke and Josh Appelbaum will post this morning. 👉 Go here

🏀 Your NCAA Tournament Toolkit

👉 NCAA Tournament Hub (stories and resources)

📊 Betting tools

👉 Matchup Page (stats, trends, projections)

👉 Makinen’s Daily Power Ratings

👉 Peterson’s Handicapped Lines

👉 DraftKings & Circa Betting Splits

👉 College Basketball Picks Page

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⚾️ MLB Best Bets

Opening Day, as always, was quite the party here at Circa. Now the grind begins . . .

👉 Greg Peterson picks →

Adam Burke and Zach Cohen will file their top plays later this morning and Steve Makinen will have his daily MLB Analytics Report. 👉 Go to our MLB page→

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🧰 Your MLB betting toolkit

👉 Matchups →
👉 Peterson's Lines →
👉 Splits →
👉 Makinen's Ratings →

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🏀 Zach Cohen’s NBA Report

Hornets Flex Maturity

It was impressive to see Charlotte earn a wire-to-wire victory over the Knicks, one of the favorites to win the East. For months now, this Hornets team has been stacking wins and looking the part of an elite team when looking at their advanced stats profile.

Kon Knueppel finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, going wild after strong back-to-back games from Cooper Flagg. The Rookie of the Year race is going to be fascinating to monitor.

Friday night

We have 10 games Friday and plenty of parlay options as we look to fade some of these miserable franchises. 👉 Zach’s best bets →

👉 Hardwood Handicappers podcast →

👉 Explore NBA Opta AI projections (no paywall) →

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