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          Best bets for Friday's Sweet 16 games

          Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley III and the Duke Blue Devils are the favorites against the Syracuse Orange on Friday. Justin K. Aller/Getty Images
          • Andrew Lange
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            Andrew Lange
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              Andrew Lange has been a college basketball bettor and handicapper at Sportsmemo.com since 2007.
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          • Seth Walder
          Mar 23, 2018, 02:16 AM

          March Madness has been nothing but exciting thus far. With as many 11-seed teams remaining as 1-seeds, the Sweet 16 promises to be more of the same.

          Our college basketball experts -- Andrew Lange and Seth Walder -- are here to help as you look at the matchups, giving their best bets for Thursday and Friday's Sweet 16 games.

          If you're looking for more analysis, be sure to check out PickCenter, which has projections on every NCAA tournament game, and the Chalk home page.

          Note: All odds are via Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, as of March 20.

          No. 1 Villanova Wildcats (-5.5) vs. No. 5 West Virginia Mountaineers

          Friday at 7:27 p.m. ET in Boston

          Lange: Villanova has been the average bettor's dream with 24-12 ATS and O/U records. The Wildcats have netted more than one point per possession in all but two games this season and scored virtually at will (1.28 PPP) in tournament wins over Radford and Alabama.