{"id":336324,"date":"2025-03-27T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=336324"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:41:30","slug":"march-madness-prop-bets-sweet-16-march-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/march-madness-prop-bets-sweet-16-march-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s best March Madness Sweet 16 prop bets: Fade Kaufman-Renn, back Richardson and Goldin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final four spots in the Elite Eight will be punched on Friday, and I&#8217;ve got three prop bets for the action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Trey Kaufman-Renn has been on a tear for the Purdue Boilermakers, but is worth fading against the Houston Cougars. I&#8217;m also backing Jase Richardson (Michigan State) and Vladislav Goldin (Michigan) to do damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best March Madness prop bets for March 28.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10530\"><strong>Full March Madness Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/un-bustable-bracket-challenge\"><strong>PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best Bet: Kaufman-Renn under 17.5 points (-130)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fading Kaufman-Renn is risky business considering he&#8217;s leading Purdue with 20.3 PPG and has cleared this line in five straight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But on Friday, he faces a nightmare matchup against the Cougars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Houston has the best adjusted defensive efficiency in the country, according to KenPom.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That&#8217;s largely thanks to owning the fifth-best 2-point defence (44.3%) and having the fifth-highest block rate (15.9%) in D-1. <br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Cougars also play with the fifth-slowest pace, averaging just 61.6 possessions per 40 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaufman-Renn has only attempted seven 3-pointers all season, and I struggle to see him producing with fewer opportunities against a team which fights tooth and nail on every possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: The Cougars allow 58.4 PPG, the lowest in D-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best March Madness picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Richardson over 14.5 points (-125):<\/strong> Richardson is coming off his worst game as a Spartan, scoring six points on 1-of-10 shooting against the New Mexico Lobos in the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do yourself a favour and throw that result out of the window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The freshman guard has been a beast since entering the starting lineup on Feb. 8, and one bad result won&#8217;t discourage me from backing him at this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>16.2 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8-5 against this line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mississippi has a solid defence, mainly because it&#8217;s disruptive, forcing turnovers on 20.3% of possessions. But Richardson takes care of the ball and can score from anywhere on the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Goldin over 17.5 points <\/strong>(-130)<\/strong>: Michigan&#8217;s offence is run through a pair of 7-footers in Goldin and Danny Wolf \u2014 this seems like a great spot for the former to do damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior from Russia is averaging 16.8 PPG and has cleared this mark in six of his last nine games. He&#8217;s coming off a 23-point outing against the Texas A&amp;M Aggies, who rank eighth in KenPom&#8217;s adjusted defensive efficiency.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while Auburn&#8217;s defence is solid (12th in defensive efficiency), it commits a <em>lot <\/em>of fouls (18.4\/game, 305th in D-1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goldin had 11 free-throw attempts against Texas A&amp;M in the second round and is shooting 73.3% from the line this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>March Madness prop bets made at 1:38 p.m. ET on 03\/27\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final four spots in the Elite Eight will be punched on Friday, and I&#8217;ve got three prop bets for the action. The pregame narrative: Trey Kaufman-Renn has been on a tear for the Purdue Boilermakers, but is worth fading against the Houston Cougars. I&#8217;m also backing Jase Richardson (Michigan State) and Vladislav Goldin (Michigan) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":336282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,75],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-336324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball"],"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 28: Sweet 16 picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best March Madness prop bets for March 28, 2025. 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