In one of the most even round-of-64 games from a betting perspective, the eighth-seeded North Carolina State Wolfpack meet the ninth-seeded LSU Tigers in an East Region matchup in Pittsburgh Thursday.

Both teams seem capable of pulling off an upset in the next round, most likely against the top-seeded Villanova Wildcats. But until then, the slightly favored Wolfpack will try to knock out a Tigers team that has gone 7-1 against the spread as an underdog this season.

Opening spread

The Wolfpack opened as 1.5-point favorites. (Bleacher Report - College Basketball
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