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Men's tournament: Best bets for the round of 64, plus Eliminator picks

Mark Zinno

created: March 18, 2026, 1:21 p.m. | updated: March 18, 2026, 8:46 p.m.

Throughout the tourney, Mark Zinno will provide his best bets for each round, as well as his picks for the new ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge Eliminator game. The Badgers are middle of the road in effective field goal percentage defense and 3-point shooting defense. The Red Raiders are an elite 3-point shooting team, making better than 39% of them this season. They should feast on a Zips defense that is 253rd in 3-point shooting defense. Purdue isn't particularly stout defensively, coming in 232nd in effective field goal percentage defense and 197th in 3-point shooting defense.

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