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2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, odds in Saturday's Round 2 games

Best bets for Houston-Gonzaga, St. John's-Arkansas and much more from the Saturday NCAA tournament schedule

March Madness 2025: Cooper Flagg's explosive return from injury solidifies Duke as NCAA Tournament favorite

Cooper Flagg returned from injury with highlight-reel plays and a strong start to a blowout win for Duke

2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, odds in Friday's Round 1 games

Best bets for Friday's first round action including UNC-Ole Miss, UConn-Oklahoma and more

2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, odds in Thursday's Round 1 games

Best bets for the top games Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Cooper Flagg injury: Duke star freshman cleared to return in 2025 NCAA Tournament opener on Friday

Flagg missed two games with an ankle injury suffered in the ACC Tournament

2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, odds in Wednesday's First Four

Best bets for Xavier vs. Texas and American vs. Mount St. Mary's in the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament

These five teams are the ACC's legitimate College Football Playoff contenders for the 2025 season

Clemson and SMU eye a return to the 12-team bracket while Miami hopes to finish the job

NCAA Tournament bracket 2025: The best team on each of the Nos. 1-16 seed lines in March Madness

Picking the best team on each of the 16 seed lines in the 2025 NCAA Tournament

2025 March Madness predictions: NCAA bracket expert picks against the spread, odds in Tuesday's First Four

Best bets for North Carolina-San Diego State and Alabama State-Saint Francis

2025 NCAA Tournament odds, lines: Game spreads for every First Four, first-round matchup in March Madness

The opening odds and game spreads for the 2025 NCAA Tournament

2025 March Madness odds: Duke, Florida have best odds to win NCAA Tournament after bracket is set

Duke and Florida have better odds to win the NCAA Tournament than Auburn, the No. 1 overall seed

Questions for each ACC football team in spring: Carson Beck's health, Clemson's new defense among storylines

A look around the ACC with the biggest questions each team must face this spring

Firing Kevin Keatts now was cold-blooded, but urgently needed by NC State in face of clear deterioration

Keatts was on the hot seat prior to reaching the Final Four in 2024, so his dismissal should not be a surprise

As spring games disappear, teams are losing opportunities to connect with 'regular' fans -- and make new ones

Spring games have long provided an affordable way for whole families to enjoy college football together

Ceiling for portal-heavy teams in expanded CFP era: Why traditional roster building is necessary to win title

How far can a portal-heavy roster go in the expanded playoff era?

Chip Patterson has been working at CBS Sports since 2010, primarily covering college football while also contributing to college basketball and golf coverage across various platforms. You can find him as host on the Cover 3 Podcast, offering analysis on CBSSports.com and CBS Sports HQ and making appearances on various SportsLine properties including the Early Edge. Chip has covered college football national championship games, NFL Drafts, NCAA Tournaments and the 2014 U.S. Open. among other big events, for CBS Sports. He's a Raleigh, North Carolina, native and resident deep in the heart of ACC country (but don't hold that against him).

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