March Madness college basketball predictions for Thursday’s games

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The first full day in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will take place Thursday. 16 games will be contested between 12:15-10:10 p.m. EDT.

March Madness tipped off Tuesday with two play-in games between No. 11 and 16 seeds.

Alabama State won the tournament’s first game, 70-68, on a last second layup from Amarr Knox against St. Francis. The contest was between No. 16 seeds. Alabama State advances to play No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Thursday at 2:50 p.m. EDT (CBS).

Tuesday’s second play-in game was between No. 11 seed North Carolina and No. 11 seed San Diego State. The Tar Heels defeated San Diego State, 95-68, and will face No. 6 seed Ole Miss on Friday (4:05 p.m. EDT, TNT).

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Ahead of Thursday’s slate of contests, Warren Nolan released score predictions for all 16 college basketball games and are listed below. No. 2 seed Tennessee will also open NCAA Tournament play Thursday against No. 15 seed Wofford. The Vols are projected to defeat Wofford, 80-61.

NCAA Tournament March Madness college basketball score predictions and TV schedule

Game score predictionTime (TV)Creighton 72, Louisville 7112:15 p.m. EDT (CBS)Purdue 78, High Point 7212:40 p.m. EDT (truTV)Wisconsin 81, Montana 671:30 p.m. EDT (TNT)Houston 80, SIU Edwardsville 532 p.m. EDT (TBS)Auburn 89, Alabama State 602:50 p.m. EDT (CBS)Clemson 73, McNeese State 643:15 p.m. EDT (truTV)VCU 71, BYU 704:05 p.m. EDT (TNT)Gonzaga 78, Georgia 704:35 p.m. EDT (TBS)Tennessee 80, Wofford 616:50 p.m. EDT (TNT)Kansas 74, Arkansas 717:10 p.m. EDT (CBS)Texas A&M 72, Yale 687:25 p.m. EDT (TBS)Drake 74, Missouri 697:35 p.m. EDT (truTV)UCLA 73, Utah State 709:25 p.m. EDT (TNT)St. John’s 84, Omaha 659:45 p.m. EDT (CBS)Michigan 73, UC San Diego 7010 p.m. EDT (TBS)Texas Tech 73, UNC Wilmington 6510:10 p.m. EDT (truTV)

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