The 2024 First Four features a matchup between the (23-10) of the ACC and the (24-10) of the Mountain West in Dayton, Ohio. The Wahoos finished the regular season in third place in the ACC before losing to N.C. State in the ACC Tournament semifinal round. CSU finished the regular season in seventh place in the Mountain West and would go on to lose to eventual champion New
Mexico in the conference tournament semifinals. UVA will be making its ninth appearance in the last 10 NCAA Tournaments. The Rams are making their second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years, and 12th all time. Tipoff is 9:10 p.m. ET at UD Arena. The latest
Colorado State vs.
Virginia odds via SportsLine consensus list the Rams as 2.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 121. Before making any Virginia vs. Colorado State picks, . Kaylor is a betting and DFS expert for SportsLine, who has covered college sports and the
NFL for close to a decade as a member of the Pro
Football Writers of America. His background as a former high level athlete -- he was a Division-I All-American and professional athlete -- gives him a unique perspective when building his fantasy lineups and locking in his betting picks. He has his finger on the pulse of the college
basketball landscape and has been cashing in big for SportsLine members for the last two years. Kaylor enters the 2024 NCAA Tournament on a 19-9 run on his college basketball picks for SportsLine. He is up 10.1 units, returning a profit of $1,010 for $100 bettors. Anyone who has followed his picks this season is way up. Now, the Kaylor has his sights on in the First Four 2024 and just locked in his picks and predictions. . Here are several and trends for Colorado State vs. UVA: The Rams climbed as high as No. 13 in the national polls during the regular season. The Rams' non-conference resume included wins over , , and , and their overall strength of schedule ranked 12th in the country. Niko Medved's team is experienced and ranks among the top teams in the country in efficiency on both ends of the floor. Senior point guard leads the charge for CSU. The program's all-time leading scorer is averaging 16.9 points, 7.0 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and is a true floor general. The Rams have leaned on a trio of transfers in (12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists), (12.9 points, 6.0 rebounds) and (10.5 points, 2.6 rebounds) to round out their core group of players. . Virginia is one of the top defensive teams in college basketball. The Wahoos enter Tuesday allowing only 59.6 points per game. That figure ranks third in the country, and Tony Bennett is one of the most accomplished head coaches in the NCAA Tournament field. Virginia is led by guards (14.3 points, 6.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds, 2.1 steals), (12.5 points, 3.0 rebounds), and (8.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.3 blocks). Dunn is an extremely athletic wing who is widely considered a likely first round pick in the 2024
NBA Draft. The Cavaliers have played in eight of the last nine NCAA Tournaments. . Kaylor has analyzed Virginia vs. Colorado State from every angle and he's leaning Over on the point total. He has also discovered a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread. .