Predicting winners for March Madness round of 32 Saturday games

The first two days of March Madness 2026 are in the books! Only 32 teams are left standing, and half of them are going to be gone by Monday morning. This weekend will separate the contenders from the pretenders. Here are our game picks for Saturday’s Round of 32 action. Enjoy what promises to be an incredible weekend of college basketball!

MORE: Predicting the winner of March Madness 2026

Advertisement

Michigan over Saint Louis

This one should be a bit of a chess match, as it will be very interesting to see how Michigan will guard Robbie Avila (and who Avila will guard on the other end). If Aday Mara guards someone else and can sit in the paint, and gets the Avila defense, I think he could be in for a huge night. The Billikens will keep it close for a half, but expect Michigan to pull away in the second!

Michigan State over Louisville

I don’t like using the word “lucky,” but the Louisville Cardinals are very fortunate that South Florida, a good shooting team, had their worst shooting night of the season in the round of 64. Without Mikel Brown Jr, I expect Jeremy Fears to lock up Ryan Conwell, and the Sparty frontcourt will dominate on the other end.

Advertisement

Duke over TCU

If you look up “wake-up call” in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Duke’s victory over Siena on Thursday. TCU is going to get the Blue Devils’ best. And Duke’s best, even with injuries, is one of the best in the country. The injury to Caleb Foster will not be as impactful as long as Cayden Boozer continues to play at a high level.

Houston over Texas A&M

“Buckyball” got its first NCAA Tournament win against a sick Saint Mary’s on Thursday, but this style should not be effective against the Cougars. Houston’s experienced guards, Miloz Uzan and Emanuel Sharp, should be unfazed by the press. And Texas A&M is not a good rebounding team, which is a recipe for disaster against Houston.

Advertisement

Texas over Gonzaga

Without Braden Huff, the Zags have been overly reliant on Graham…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/predicting-winners-march-madness-round-113000346.html

Author :

Publish date : 2026-03-21 11:30:00

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.