Sweet 16 Best Bets, Upsets, and Parlays
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It's our BEST BETS for all eight Sweet 16 games! Join Sia Nejad, Tom Casale, Jeff Hochman, and Eric Cohen as they give out their TOP plays for the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16!
(0:00) Intro
(3:50) Texas vs. Purdue
(7:40) Iowa vs. Nebraska
(11:25) Arizona vs. Arkansas
(19:58) Illinois vs. Houston
(23:16) St. Johns vs. Duke
(28:37) Alabama vs. Michigan
(31:30) MSU vs. UConn
(35:19) Tennessee vs. Iowa State
(42:51) Tournament Futures
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everybody? |
| 0:10.3 | Welcome to a special early-edge edition. |
| 0:13.4 | It's the Sweet 16 Best Betts show. |
| 0:15.9 | This show, of course, brought to you by BetMGM, Make It Legendary. |
| 0:19.8 | Ladies and gentlemen, I want to get right to it. |
| 0:21.7 | We got a lot of special shows lined up this week in the weeks to come right here on the Sportsline YouTube channel. Speaking a special, we got EC, we got Jeff Hockman, we got Tom Casale. Mike McClure may stop in. I've got some people in the chat that are very excited about catching a live show. |
| 0:38.5 | And I see Natty Sports. |
| 0:55.9 | He says, or Natty P. Sports says, hope someone will bring some player props to the show. Well, we don't have any official player props on the show, but I'll tell you this. We answer questions on this show. So if you have questions, put them in the chat, EC. I see you're rocking the Arizona shirt. you've been really hot over at Sportsline in the college basketball department. |
| 0:59.1 | You've got to be excited for a multitude of reasons. |
| 1:02.7 | See, I'm nervous just because of my team tomorrow. |
| 1:04.5 | I mean, you never know when they get to the Sweet 16. |
| 1:06.8 | Tommy Lloyd O'N3 in the Sweet 16. |
| 1:08.7 | Ah, you know what, see, we'll just throw that out. |
| 1:09.8 | We'll forget about that. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm really excited. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm fired up to make some picks. |
| 1:13.3 | Let's hit some winners. |
| 1:30.2 | I see a fantasy life, Wenzell Walker, and Tom Casale, I see you as well. We're winding down the college basketball season. Have you left your couch over the last week, week and a half? I have not, but if Tommy Lloyd overcoaches like he did against Utah State, they will be 0 and 4 in the Sweet 16. |
| 1:30.1 | When you have the horse, I have not, but if Tommy Lloyd overcoaches like he did against Utah State, they will be 0 and 4 in the Sweet 16. |
| 1:34.6 | When you have the horses and you have the best team, you play like it. |
| 1:38.6 | You don't slow down because you're worried about Utah State's transition game. |
| 1:40.0 | You blew out Alabama. |
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