This is your official welcome to March Madness. We’re here to answer tourney questions, dish out stats and facts, talk futures, the bracket, coaches, cinderella and more.
Welcome to the March Madness edition of Action Network’s betting primer.
The old “fade the public” — teams with 60% or more of the bets on the spread are 56-80-5 (41.2%) against the spread in the NCAA Tournament since 2016. A $100 bettor would be down $2,812 (-19.9% ROI) tailing each of those public picks.