NCAA Tournament: Friday first-round games betting preview

On Friday, 16 more games will tip off in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament, and by the looks of the betting lines they will either be very competitive or extremely lopsided. Eight of the 16 matchups see double-digit favorites, but there are also six games with spreads of less than four points.

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

Greenville, South Carolina might have two of the best games, with the eighth-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks (25-9) starting the betting action against the ninth-seeded Seton Hall Pirates (21-11) in the South Region.

The Razorbacks are listed as one-point favorites and have gone 6-1 straight up and against the spread in their last seven games following an ATS loss. But the Pirates are 6-2 SU and 7-1 ATS in their previous eight games during March, and they have won six of eight versus winning teams.