March Madness Sweet 16 Picks and Printable Bracket

The first weekend of March Madness proved to be as wild as ever the 2021 NCAA Tournament seemed to award NCAA college basketball fans for a two year wait for the event

March Madness Printable Bracket

To get you started for your weekend of binge worthy NCAA basketball goodness weve put together an updated printable bracket Click on this link to download and print or click on the image below

If youre feeling down or angry about the state of your bracket and March Madness picks this should make you feel better

No Perfect Brackets

All verifiably perfect brackets busted on only game 28 the second day of the first round

Not a single bracket out of millions went 16 for 16 in picking the Sweet 16 teams based on public data

While we cant know every single bracket in the world we do know this from the biggest verifiable sources Bracket Challenge Game ESPN Yahoo CBS and Sports Illustrated

The best we found 15 of 16 correct picks with 300 of a possible 320 points are two on ESPNs public leaderboard

One of these ESPN brackets is called Sanders175 4 and this one had all Sweet 16 teams except for Ohio State

The other is Lucenda and missed on Iona Thats right This bracket had two No 15 seeds in the Sweet 16

Not a single bettor predicted this Sweet 16 line up

Feeling better Now lets have a look at the absolutely wild games in this years March Madness opening rounds Here are some highlights

March Madness Upset Highlights

• 2 Ohio State shockingly fell to 15th seed Oral Roberts That loss is going to sting for a while
• Abilene Christian broke Texas heart with two late free throws to make it to the Round of 32 only to be knocked out by UCLA
• 13 Ohio won a shocker over reigning national champs Virginia
• Loyola Chicago toppled 1 seed Illinois in the second round of the tournament

With Sweet 16 starting this weekend weve got a breakdown and our March Madness picks for 3 of the top games

Lets dive right in

March Madness 2021 Sweet 16 Free Picks

12 Oregon State versus 8 Loyola Chicago

Number 12 Oregon State Beavers and Number 8 Loyola Chicago Ramblers combine for the largest total seed number of any of the games with 20 The most interesting line here might be the over under of 125 points as Loyola is the best team in America in adjusted defensive efficiency by KenPom The Beavers have averaged 756 points per game during their five game win streak but both teams have some of the slowest pace in all of college basketball

The Smart Bet Take the Over at 125

How to Bet Oregon State vs Loyola Chicago NCAA Basketball Odds TV Info

• When Saturday 240 PM ET
• Where Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis
• TV CBS
• Stream httpswwwncaacommarch madness live
• Opening NCAAB Lines Loyola 65 total 1255

5 Villanova vs 1 Baylor

The Cats had a relatively easy path here getting past a feisty but incapable Winthrop 73 63 then stomping on North Texas 84 61 that was just happy to make it the second Round In the two games against quality opponents without Collin Gillespie theyve struggled in capping the Big East season against Providence and Georgetown

And the smart bettors agree Starting Chris Arcidiacono against Baylors backcourt of MaCio Teague Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell is a huge mismatch Right now the Bears are a 65 point favorite are getting 87 of the handle and 77 of the bets

The Smart Bet Baylor covering the 65 point spread

How to Bet Villanova vs Baylor NCAA Basketball Odds TV Info

• When Saturday 515 PM ET
• Where Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis
• TV CBS
• Stream httpswwwncaacommarch madness live
• Opening NCAAB Lines Baylor 65 total 140

11 UCLA vs 2 Alabama

UCLA are the only team that had to win three games in this tournament to get here getting past Michigan State in the First Four before knocking off BYU and Abilene Christian to reach the Sweet 16

After losing four straight to end the Pac 12 NCAA season they really looked like one of the best teams in the country due in no small part to the outstanding play of Johnny Juzang

The Crimson Tide has the 3rd best adjusted defense in the country and UCLA hasnt seen a true shutdown team this season As good as UCLA has looked during this tournament they dont have the weapons to fight against Alabamas powerful defense

Herbert Jones Jahvon Quinerly and Jaden Shackelford can all score and stop people but the depth of Bamas offense can be a problem Alabama are a six point favorite they have 77 of the handle and 79 of the bets as of now

The Smart Bet Look for Alabama to squeak out a win Take the Crimson Tide straight up

How to Bet UCLA vs Alabama NCAA Basketball Odds TV Info

• When Sunday 715 PM ET
• Where Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis
• TV CBS
• Stream httpswwwncaacommarch madness live
• Opening NCAAB Lines Alabama 65 total 1455

Sweet 16 Round Up

March Madness has always been incredibly difficult to predict Unknown potential Cinderella teams can play an incredible game upsetting all of the favorites and breaking every single bracket

Lets see what this weekends Sweet 16 round offers up to all of us anxious sports bettors