No. 7 seed Marquette and No. 10 seed New Mexico play Friday, March 21 in a
March Madness NCAA Tournament first-round game at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The South Region game is scheduled for 4:25 p.m. MST and can be seen on TBS (
stream with Sling TV ). Who will win the March Madness game and advance to the second round in the
NCAA bracket ? Check out these
NCAA Tournament first-round picks and predictions for the men's college basketball matchup. Marquette is a 4.5-point favorite over New Mexico in the game in
March Madness odds provided by
BetMGM Sportsbook . The Golden Eagles are -180 on the moneyline. The Lobos are +145. The over/under for the game is set at 151.5 points.
Jeremy Cluff writes: "New Mexico won the Mountain West regular season title and beat VCU, UCLA and USC in non-conference games. The Mountain West will flex with another first-round win."
Dimers : Marquette 77, New Mexico 74
It writes: "After extensive simulations, our model gives New Mexico a win probability of 37%, while Marquette has a win probability of 63%."
Ben Steele writes: "MU likely will be a trendy upset pick because of its struggles since Feb. 1. New Mexico is a strong defensive team with a good guard in Donovan Dent, so it won't be an easy matchup. But MU should be able to advance to the second round."
FOX Sports : Marquette 75, New Mexico 74
It writes: "Marquette has won 14 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover or pushing 19 times.New Mexico has compiled a 15-17-0 ATS record so far this season. Marquette has been favored by 3.5 points or more 24 times this season, and covered the spread in 13 of those contests. New Mexico has covered the spread once this year (1-2 ATS) when playing as at least 3.5-point underdogs."
ESPN : Marquette has a 70.4% chance to beat New Mexico
The site gives the Lobos a 29.6% shot at defeating the Golden Eagles in Friday's first-round March Madness NCAA Tournament game.
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