After opening this NCAA tournament with a pair of wins/covers the Virginia Cavaliers are now 7-1 against the spread over their last eight games. They'll try to keep the cash flowing when they meet Iowa State in a Midwest Region semifinal Friday night in Chicago.
Point spread: The Cavaliers opened as 4.5-point favorites; the total was 140.5, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
March Madness pick, via Odds Shark computer: 69.8-63.8 Cavaliers
Why pick Iowa State to cover the spread
The fourth-seeded Cyclones also advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in the last three seasons by getting past Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday 78-61.