NCAA Women’s Tournament First Four Odds, Picks, Bets | March Madness (Thursday, March 21)

The NCAA Women's Tournament First Four tips off on Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m. ET to start this year's March Madness. I’ll have picks for every game of the tournament here on Action Network, and for some games that I feel stronger about, I’ll go deeper in separate articles.

The First Four of this year's women's tournament features Presbyterian vs Sacred Heart and Columbia vs Vanderbilt on Wednesday, with Arizona vs Auburn and UT-Martin vs Holy Cross on Thursday. Let’s go in order of tip-off with the odds, picks and bets for every game of the Women's NCAA Tournament.

I think the books are giving the Pac-12 too much credit here. Auburn’s tenacious defense should have Arizona’s young guards under pressure all game. I love the physical Tigers to win outright here.

I also like Holy Cross getting points here and slight 'dogs on the moneyline. They have some veterans who have tournament experience and in my opinion should be favored.

Sacred Heart should roll in this matchup against the worst team in terms of NET rating in the tournament. Presbyterian is 299th in NET and 293rd in HerHoopStats rating. Sacred Heart is going back-to-back in tournament appearances, and I expect them to win by double digits.

I expect this game to feature two teams feeling each other out, getting through jitters and off to slow starts. Shea Ralph should devise a good gameplan to slow down Columbia’s Abbey Hsu. Play the under.