Oklahoma vs. UConn odds, prediction, time: 2025 NCAA Tournament picks from proven model
SportsLine's model has locked in its best bets for the No. 8 UConn Huskies vs. the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Friday
The No. 8 seed UConn Huskies (23-10) will begin their quest for a third straight NCAA Tournament championship when they face the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners (20-13) in a first-round 2025 March Madness matchup on Friday. The Huskies have won five of their last six games, while OU struggled down the stretch, losing eight of its last 12. Oklahoma leads the all-time series 3-1, with the last meeting coming in 2005.
Tipoff from the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, N.C., is at 9:25 p.m. ET. The Huskies are 5.5-point favorites in the latest Oklahoma vs. UConn odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points is 147.5.
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The model simulates every Division 1 college basketball game 10,000 times. It enters the 2025 NCAA Tournament on a 228-166 roll (+2025) on all top-rated college basketball picks dating back to 2023. This model has also produced brackets that have beaten over 91% of CBS Sports entries in four of the last six tournaments and nailed 24 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds! Anyone following could have seen HUGE returns!
The model has simulated Oklahoma vs. UConn 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it also says one side of the spread cashes in well over 60% of simulations!
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