March Madness: NCAA Tournament East Region odds, picks and predictions

The East Region features No. 1-seed Baylor and several blue-blood programs, and that mix figures to offer up an interesting 15-game slate. Below, we look at the NCAA Tournament East Region futures odds and and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.

This bracket is highlighted by the Baylor Bears, Kentucky Wildcats, and Purdue Boilermakers - all three were ranked in last week's national top-10. But Baylor is a bit banged up; they head into March Madness with the longest title odds (+1200) of the four top seeds. Some chaos can be expected.

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East Region futures odds

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 7:20 p.m. ET .

1 seed: Baylor +250 (bet $100 to win $250)

2 seed: Kentucky +150 (bet $100 to win $150)

3 seed: Purdue +300 (bet $100 to win $300)

4 seed: UCLA +350 (bet $100 to win $350)

5 seed: St. Mary's +2000 (bet $100 to win $2,000)

6 seed: Texas +1000 (bet $100 to win $1,000)

7 seed: Murray State +3000 (bet $100 to win $3,000)

8 seed: North Carolina +2000 (bet $100 to win $2,000)

9 seed: Marquette +4000 (bet $100 to win $4,000)

10 seed: San Francisco +3000 (bet $100 to win $3,000)

11 seed: Virginia Tech +1500 (bet $100 to win $1,500)

12 seed: Wyoming +8000 or Indiana +3000

13 seed: Akron +10000 (bet $100 to win $10,000)

14 seed: Yale +8000 (bet $100 to win $8,000)

15 seed: St. Peter's +10000 (bet $100 to win $10,000)

16 seed: Norfolk State +10000 (bet $100 to win $10,000)