Mar 14, 2021 - 10:30 PM ET
A busy week of basketball begins this Thursday with the First Four, as No. 11-seed teams the Wichita State Shockers and Drake Bulldogs take to the floor in a play-in contest.
College basketball betting odds opened with the Shockers as 2-point favorites to win and move on to face the No. 6 seed USC Trojans in the first round of the West Region.
Here are our best free March Madness picks and predictions for Wichita State vs. Drake on Thursday, March 18, with tipoff at 6:27 p.m. ET.
Wichita State vs Drake odds
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