Opening Maryland vs Florida Odds

• The #1 Florida Gators will meet the #4 Maryland Terrapins within the West Area Candy 16 subsequent week
• After surviving a spirited upset huge by UConn, the Gators are heavy favorites to advance previous the Terps
• Under, discover the opening Maryland vs Florida odds, together with unfold, moneyline and recreation complete

Arguably the most well liked group within the nation, the #1 Florida Gators (33-4, 26-10 ATS) wanted every thing they might muster to get previous two-time defending nationwide champion UConn within the second spherical on Sunday. Now the Gators are scheduled to fulfill the Maryland Terrapins (27-8, 18-16-1 ATS) within the Candy 16 subsequent Thursday, March 27. Regardless of a subpar efficiency (by their lofty requirements) towards the Huskies, the Gators have opened as heavy favorites to succeed in the Elite Eight for the primary time since 2017.

Opening Maryland vs Florida Odds

The opening Maryland vs Florida unfold favors the Gators by 4.5 factors whereas UF is a -205 favourite on the moneyline, giving Florida a 67.21% implied win chance. As a +170 underdog, 37.04 has a % implied win chance. The sport complete has opened at 150.5 with -110 odds every means.

Odds as of March 23 at DraftKings. See SBD’s up to date listing of on-line betting banking strategies.

The Gators stay the +280 second-favorite within the March Insanity championship odds, trailing solely outright favourite Duke at +230. The Terps are +3500 longshots to win their first title since 2002.

Florida didn’t cowl the 9.5-point unfold towards UConn on Sunday, however the Gators have been among the finest ATS bets within the nation all season, going 26-10 towards the quantity of their first 36 video games, a 72.2% cowl price. Solely three of the nation’s 364 Division I groups coated at the next price than Florida.

The Gators obtained one other strong efficiency from main scorer Walter Clayton Jr of their 77-75 win over UConn on Sunday in Raleigh. The 6’3 senior guard had a game-high 23 factors on 6-of-14 taking pictures from the sphere and a 6-of-7 efficiency from the stripe. Regardless of committing twice as many turnovers because the Huskies, Florida’s +5 edge on the glass and electrical three-point taking pictures (47.4% to 27.6% for the Huskies) proved the distinction.

The Terrapins put the boots to #13 Grand Canyon within the first spherical (81-49), propelled by an 18-point, nine-rebound efficiency from ahead Julian Reese (13.3 PPG, 9.0 RPG) and a 12-point, 15-rebound night time from freshman sensation Derik Queen (16.2 PPG, 9.2 RPG).

The highway was a lot more durable within the second spherical towards #12 Colorado State. Maryland discovered itself trailing by seven after the primary half (37-30) however battled all the best way again for a 72-71 win, because of a last-second bucket by Queen to place the Terps on prime by one. Queen led Maryland with 17 factors and 6 rebounds within the victory, helped by a 15-point, 11-rebound double-double from Reese.

Maryland vs Florida Rankings Comparability

Florida is rated as excessive as third within the nation in total effectivity at KenPom (and as little as fourth at Torvik). They pair an elite offense (second) with a top-ten protection. Offensive rebounding is the Gators’ calling card, grabbing 38.7% of all OREB probabilities, sixth-best within the nation.

Maryland has one of many larger ranges throughout the three foremost analytics websites. They’re as excessive as fifth as Haslam and as little as eleventh at KenPom.