2024 NCAA Tournament PrizePicks Predictions: Round 2 (Saturday)

While the Round of 64 features wall-to-wall action of non-stop college hoops, I'm personally a big fan of the Round of 32 games on Saturday and Sunday that tend to feature much more intriguing and competitive matchups with a few potential Cinderella stories sprinkled in. For today's PrizePicks selections, I've chosen 3 props that will pay out 6X your initial wager. The first prop is for the NCAA Tournament veteran Armando Bacot to go over his rebounding prop in a great matchup against Michigan State, the second prop is for Iowa State role player Milan Momcilovic to go over his 3PM line, and the last prop is for N'Faly Dante to continue to do it all for Oregon and go over his Points + Rebounds line in the nightcap against Creighton.

2024 NCAA Tournament PrizePicks Predictions

Armando Bacot (North Carolina) Over 9.5 Rebounds

Armando Bacot has been an absolute beast on the boards for the Tar Heels over his extended collegiate career, averaging over 10 RPG in each of his previous 3 seasons including 10.3 RPG in his 2023-24 campaign. This is an outstanding matchup for Bacot to clean up the glass against a guard-oriented Michigan State team that features a rotating door of mediocre post players. Bacot hardly ever comes off the floor, rarely playing fewer than 30 minutes, and has reeled in 10+ rebounds in 11 of his previous 14 games. Barring some pretty significant foul trouble, I don't see any way that Bacot doesn't dominate the boards and record double-digit rebounds against a Spartans team that lacks a significant interior presence.

Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State) Over 1.5 3PM

Milan Momcilovic has been a revelation for the Cyclones as a freshman, averaging double digits and playing over 30 minutes per game. He shoots it from deep at nearly a 36% clip on just shy of 5 attempts per game, though those attempts have ticked up during Iowa State's recent win-and-advance games. He has hoisted at least 5 threes in each of his last 4 games, knocking down 2+ in 3 of those 4 games against some pretty formidable opponents in Baylor, Houston and South Dakota State. It appears that he has been gaining confidence, becoming more assertive offensively and looking to shoot more often in the games that matter the most. He doesn't need much time or space to get his shot off, and I think he carries that same aggressive mindset to launch enough 3-point attempts to hit at least 2 in what figures to be a tight game against Washington State.

N'Faly Dante (Oregon) Over 25.5 Points + Rebounds

Dante has almost singlehandedly carried the Ducks into this game, putting up some pretty absurd stat lines since the calendar turned to March. In those 7 games, Dante has posted 4 double-doubles and hit this line in 6 out of the 7 contests. Those games weren't against the dregs of the PAC-12 either, coming against Arizona (2X), Colorado (2X), Utah, UCLA and South Carolina in the 1^st round of the tournament. Dante needs to have a big game for Oregon to have any chance to hang with Creighton, and I have no doubt that Dana Altman will draw up a gameplan to maximize Dante's impact. I think we're getting a slight discount on this number because of the defensive prowess of Creighton's big man and Big East DPOY Ryan Kalkbrenner, but I'm not shying away as he just recently put up some big numbers in tough matchups against Arizona's C Oumar Ballo. Dante has had his biggest performances in must-win games against his toughest opponents, and I think he keeps that going against Creighton on Saturday night.

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