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The Southeastern Conference has four teams in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1996 and the way Dick Vitale sees it playing out, the league will have two of the Elite 8 by the weekend.
The ESPN college basketball analyst revealed his Sweet 16 predictions over at Dick Vitale online, which is apparently a real website.
In what should be no surprise, Vitale is going straight chalk with these picks, as he’s picking all eight betting favorites to win on Thursday and Friday. We published a story on the betting lines on Monday if you missed the point spreads.
Here are Vitale’s picks for the upcoming Sweet 16 games:
- Gonzaga OVER Florida State
- Tennessee OVER Purdue
- Michigan OVER Texas Tech
- Virginia OVER Oregon
- Michigan State OVER LSU
- North Carolina OVER Auburn
- Duke OVER Virginia Tech
- Kentucky OVER Houston
Saturday Down South reports and comments on the news around the Southeastern Conference as well as larger college football topics.
