{"id":335582,"date":"2025-03-23T12:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=335582"},"modified":"2025-03-23T12:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:02:39","slug":"march-madness-prop-bets-march-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/march-madness-prop-bets-march-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday&#8217;s best March Madness second-round prop bets: Ride with Oregon&#8217;s Nate Bittle, Alabama&#8217;s Mark Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A pair of 3-point props and a rebounding milestone round out my March Madness prop bets for Sunday&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Nate Bittle (Oregon) has peaked at the right time and looks like a good bet to rack up rebounds tonight. I&#8217;m also interested in Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State) and Mark Sears (Alabama) finding success beyond the arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best March Madness prop bets for March 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">March Madness prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\">Full March Madness Markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/un-bustable-bracket-challenge\">PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Bittle over 8.5 rebounds (-106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My colleague Avery Perri backed Bittle as a rebounder in the first round, and he came through. Despite a reduced workload in a blowout win, Bittle grabbed 10 rebounds in 22 minutes against Liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bittle, a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award \u2014 presented to the top centre in NCAA Division I \u2014 has enjoyed a stellar senior year after two significant waves of adversity as a junior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Bittle missed multiple months with a broken wrist. Two games following his return, he was sidelined the rest of the year due to long COVID symptoms that reportedly caused a 30-pound weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 7-footer once again tips the scales at 240 pounds, according to the Oregon athletics website, and he&#8217;s putting that size to good use on the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7.5 rebounds\/game this season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8+ rebounds in 17 of 34 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7+ rebounds in 22 of 34 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5-seed Oregon Ducks tend to play quickly, with the 100th-fastest average possession length, per KenPom.com. They face the 4-seed Arizona Wildcats, who have the 45th-fastest average possession length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put &#8217;em together and we should have ample possessions that lead to ample rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like Bittle to cash this bet for a fourth time in five games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Over his past 10 matchups, Bittle has averaged 8.8 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best March Madness picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Momcilovic over 2.5 threes (+100):<\/strong> Opportunity volume is always an important aspect of prop betting, and Momcilovic should have plenty of chances to score from deep on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 41.1% 3-point shooter averages 2.3 makes on 5.6 attempts, so efficiency hasn&#8217;t been an issue most of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now he faces the 6-seed Mississippi Rebels, who allow 24.4 attempted 3s per game \u2014 77th-most out of 364 D-I schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The sophomore forward has cashed this bet in 4 of his past 6 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 2+ threes in 9 of 10 since Feb. 15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Sears over 1.5 threes<\/strong> (-118)<\/strong>: Sunday&#8217;s matchup between the 2-seed Alabama Crimson Tide and the 7-seed Saint Mary&#8217;s Gaels is an epic clash of styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Mary&#8217;s plays at the fifth-slowest pace. On a per-game basis, the Gaels allow the second-fewest 3-point makes (5.4) and attempts (17.6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alabama, meanwhile, plays at the nation&#8217;s quickest pace and averages 29.5 threes per game (14th-most in D-I). Leading the way on that front is Sears, who averages 2.3 made threes on 6.9 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matchup is a daunting one, but Sears will have a good chance as long as the Tide \u2014 who are 6-point favourites \u2014 stick to their game plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 2+ threes in 21 of 34 games this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his past six March Madness games, Sears is shooting 21-for-49 (42.9%) from deep. He cashed this bet in five of those matchups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>March Madness prop bets made at 11:50 a.m. ET on 03\/23\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of 3-point props and a rebounding milestone round out my March Madness prop bets for Sunday&#8217;s action. The pregame narrative: Nate Bittle (Oregon) has peaked at the right time and looks like a good bet to rack up rebounds tonight. I&#8217;m also interested in Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State) and Mark Sears (Alabama) finding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":335555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,75],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-335582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March Madness prop bets March 23: Picks &amp; predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best March Madness prop bets for March 23, 2025. 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