Sharp or Square - SWEET 16 MARCH MADNESS Betting Preview: College Basketball Picks & Predictions
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The second week of the 2026 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament tips off with the Sweet 16 on Thursday and Friday, as teams look to punch their tickets to Elite 8 weekend. Betting expert Chad Millman and professional gambler Simon Hunter welcome back college basketball bettor Joshua "Duck" Nunn of the Big Bets On Campus podcast. Duck provides his best bets for the Sweet 16, including college basketball picks and predictions for underdogs like Iowa Hawkeyes and Texas Longhorns, and how to play the futures betting market after the Duke Blue Devils struggles in the opening rounds.
Will the mighty Houston Cougars finally win another championship? Which coaches are primed for even better jobs next season? And can the Tennessee Volunteers pull off more upsets this week? Listen in for everything you need to bet smarter on the Sweet 16! #Volume
0:03:00 - START
0:08:56 - MARCH MADNESS RECAP
0:18:00 - MARCH MADNESS FUTURES BETS
0:20:30 - COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHING MOVES
0:25:40 - THURSDAY SWEET 16 BEST BETS
0:32:00 - FRIDAY SWEET 16 BEST BETS
0:36:00 - SWET 16 UPSETS & UNDERDOG PICKS
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
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| 0:05.8 | Hey there, this is Josh from Stuff You Should Know with a message that could change your life. |
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| 0:35.3 | Welcome to Sharper Square presented by Hard Rock Bat. |
| 0:38.9 | We are part of the volume. |
| 0:40.9 | Podcast Network. |
| 0:42.1 | This is the show that makes the square sharper and makes the wise guys. |
| 0:45.1 | Pay attention all year long. |
| 0:48.3 | I am Chad Milman. |
| 0:49.1 | I am joined. |
| 0:50.1 | As always, by my co-host, my companion, my compadre, my BFF professional better. Simon Hunter. Hello, Simon. Chad, we were talking before we came on about how there's no upsets in college basketball. And it's, I'm not going to lie, it's tough. It's tough coming here today. I don't worry about to talk more college basketball, but the NIL, it's killed what I loved. Cinderella stories. It's, like, I was trying to explain to a kid, George Mason and, you know, all that hot hoopla. And back in the day, how we'd always get these random teams that would make a run. And it's just something's missing in college basketball right now. We need those runs again. I'm just, |
| 1:27.9 | I had a fun weekend, |
| 1:29.0 | but I'm like Matt Mitchell, |
| 1:30.2 | I lost a ton of money, |
| 1:31.6 | Ben on Underdogs, |
| 1:32.4 | and it was just all favorites this past weekend. |
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