Who are the “Experts” Picking?: #11 NC State vs. #6 Texas Tech

#11 seed NC State and #6 seed Texas Tech will tipoff tonight in the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament at 9:40pm. Who are the “experts” picking?

CBSSports

Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander, David Cobb, Dennis Dodd and Josh Nagel picked the Red Raiders. Jerry Palm, Kyle Boone, Chip Patterson, Cameron Salerno and Tim Doyle picked the Wolfpack.

Yahoo!

All three of the experts over at Yahoo! (Woken, Mendoza and Myerberg) picked the Red Raiders.

Sporting News

The Sporting News has Texas Tech winning 82-73.

Action Network

Action Network has the Wolfpack losing 70-75.

KenPom

Texas Tech 76-73. (37% chance of victory)

Bart Tovik 

Texas Tech 76-71 (34% chance of victory)

ESPN Analytics

ESPN gives the Wolfpack a 37.5% chance of winning.

ESPN

ESPN has NC State defeating Texas Tech being the 7th most likely upset in the first round.

Texas Tech hits its 3s, takes care of the ball and seldom puts opponents on the line. Those last two strong points aren’t deal-breakers for NC State, which doesn’t rely too heavily on takeaways or free throws. What the Wolfpack do emphasize is the scoring of DJ Horne and DJ Burns Jr., along with the on-ball defense of Casey Morsell. To be sure, the Red Raiders are a clear favorite. Then again, so was North Carolina in the ACC title game. (ESPN)