The UCLA Bruins took Pac-12 Tournament champion Arizona to OT in the semifinals and defeated that Wildcats team as a 9.5-point dog during the regular season, one of several impressive scalps.

The Bruins are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600 and they know what it takes in the Big Dance, making their fifth trip to NCAA Tournament in six years and having won at least two games three years in a row. The St. Bonaventure Bonnies had won 13 straight prior to an 82-70 loss to Davidson in the Atlantic-10 semifinals, taking away all the momentum.

The winner of this First Four contest will travel to Dallas to take on sixth-seeded Florida in the first round of the tournament on Thursday. I think that team will be UCLA.

My selection is an 8* play on UCLA Bruins.