Outkick's 2017 NCAA Tournament Picks

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For the fourth straight year I'm going to bet every first and second round NCAA tournament game in Las Vegas. So far we have not met with total disaster on all these picks. In fact, I don't think we've ever finished beneath 50%.  

By the time you read this I'll be headed to the airport to fly to Vegas. Which will continue a wild Wednesday. Wake up at 4 am central to do my Outkick show for three hours, write and then fly to Vegas, where I'm speaking at two different corporate events on Wednesday night from 5:30 pt to 8:30 pt -- if you want to book me to speak, I'm expensive, but pretty fucking outstanding at entertaining an audience -- and then I'll head to my hotel for a couple of hours before going back out to do the Outkick morning show live from Vegas from 3-6 am pt.

Days like this are why I'm going to die at 42.

But in the meantime I'm going to make you a ton of money.  

So 32-0 here we go:

Villanova vs. Mt. Saint Mary's +26.5

Virginia Tech vs. Wisconsin, the under 137

Princeton +6.5 vs. Notre Dame

Bucknell vs. West Virginia, the over 148

NC Wilmington vs. UVa, the under 135

East Tennessee State +10.5 vs. Florida

Florida Gulf Coast vs. FSU, the over 146

Xavier +2 vs. Maryland

Nevada vs. Iowa State -6

Vermont +9.5 vs. Purdue

MTSU pick'em vs. Minnesota

Winthrop +11 vs. Butler

South Dakota State +22 vs. Gonzaga

Vandy -1 vs. Northwestern

Arizona -16.5 vs. North Dakota

VCU vs. St. Marys, the over 129.5

Duke -19 vs. Troy

South Carolina -1 vs. Marquette

UNC vs. Texas-Southern +26.5

Arkansas -1 vs. Seton Hall

Louisville -20 vs. Jacksonville State

Michigan vs. Oklahoma State, the over 153

Kentucky vs. Northern Kentucky, the under 152.5

Wichita State -6 vs. Dayton

Baylor -12.5 vs. New Mexico State

SMU -7 vs. team playin

Kansas -22.5 vs. playin

Michigan State +2.5 vs. Miami

Iona vs. Oregon, the over 152

Rhode Island pick'em vs. Creighton

Kent State vs. UCLA, the over 161

Cincinnati -3.5 vs. Kansas State 

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Clay Travis is the founder of the fastest growing national multimedia platform, OutKick, that produces and distributes engaging content across sports and pop culture to millions of fans across the country. OutKick was created by Travis in 2011 and sold to the Fox Corporation in 2021. One of the most electrifying and outspoken personalities in the industry, Travis hosts OutKick The Show where he provides his unfiltered opinion on the most compelling headlines throughout sports, culture, and politics. He also makes regular appearances on FOX News Media as a contributor providing analysis on a variety of subjects ranging from sports news to the cultural landscape. Throughout the college football season, Travis is on Big Noon Kickoff for Fox Sports breaking down the game and the latest storylines. Additionally, Travis serves as a co-host of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, a three-hour conservative radio talk program syndicated across Premiere Networks radio stations nationwide. Previously, he launched OutKick The Coverage on Fox Sports Radio that included interviews and listener interactions and was on Fox Sports Bet for four years. Additionally, Travis started an iHeartRadio Original Podcast called Wins & Losses that featured in-depth conversations with the biggest names in sports. Travis is a graduate of George Washington University as well as Vanderbilt Law School. Based in Nashville, he is the author of Dixieland Delight, On Rocky Top, and Republicans Buy Sneakers Too.