With The Brackets Set…Let The Betting Start

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Posted: March 18, 2024 at 6:33 am

Now that the March Madness brackets have been revealed, let the betting begin! The American Gaming Association predicts that American adults will bet $2.72 billion on the 2024 NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments. To be clear, that’s the official number – and is only the “above board” money expected to be wagered. It doesn’t factor in the many billions of dollars that will exchange hands because of things like bracket contests and casual bets with friends. When ALL the money is considered, industry insiders believe more than $15 billion will be gambled before a champion is crowned.

The Iowa Women earned the No. 1 seed in the Albany Region.  They’ll face the winner of the Holy Cross and UT Martin game on Saturday, March 23rd in Iowa City at 2:00 PM.

The Iowa State Women earned the No. 7 seed in the Portland Region.  They’ll take on No. 10 Maryland in Stanford, California.  The game will be played Friday, March 22 at 6:30 PM

The Drake Lady Bulldogs will be the No. 12 seed and will tale on No. 5 Colorado in the Albany Region on Friday, March 22 at 6:00 PM in Manhattan, KS.

The Iowa State Men earned a No. 2 seed in the East Region and will face No. 15 seed South Dakota State on Thursday, March 21, in Omaha. Tipoff is set for 6:35 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, March 21st.

The Iowa Hawkeye Men  will host No. 4 seed Kansas State in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday, March 19th at 8 p.m. in  Carver-Hawkeye Arena.