Two teams coming off impressive wins in round 1 of the tournament will square off on Sunday evening when the 9-seed Northwestern Wildcats face the #1 overall seed the UConn Huskies in the East Region with the game taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York with the game tipping off at 7:45 PM ET and will air on Tru TV.

The Northwestern Wildcats were in a battle in their 1^st round matchup in what was one of the lowest-scoring 1^st halves in the tournament this season and trailed the Florida Atlantic Owls 19-20 at halftime and led by six points with less than five minutes left in the game with a 56-50 lead before the Owls would go on an 8-0 run to take the 58-56 lead with 1:04 left in the game and neither team would score until 9 seconds left in the game when Brooks Barnhizer would make the game-tying basket to tie the game at 58-58. 

The Wildcats would take full control of the game in overtime as they would outscore the Owls 10-1 to start overtime and Florida Atlantic would only score seven points in the overtime period with Northwestern winning the game 77-65 to advance to the 2^nd round of the NCAA Tournament for the 2^nd consecutive season. 

The Northwestern Wildcats will have their hands full in the round of 32 in the 2024 NCAA Tournament as they will be facing the #1 overall seed, the UConn Huskies, who is also the favorite to win the tournament.

The UConn Huskies entered the 2024 NCAA Tournament as the #1 overall seed and dominated in their 1^st round matchup against the Stetson Hatters winning by 39 points in a 91-52 win to also extend their winning streak to eight games. 

UConn is the favorite to win the National Championship this season and after winning by 39 points in their 1^st round matchup it leaves no doubt that they deserved their seed. UConn has won its last eight games by an average margin of 20.25 points per game and has won by double-digits in six of the eight contests. UConn is also one of the most explosive teams offensively and ranks 22^nd nationally in scoring with an average of 81.47 points per game. This will make the 2^nd year in a row the Huskies have advanced to the 2^nd round after winning the National Championship last season. 

UConn will look to extend their winning streak in the NCAA Tournament to eight games when they face the Northwestern Wildcats in the 2^nd round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening.

JustBet has the UConn Huskies listed as 13.5-point favorites against the Northwestern Wildcats in the 2^nd round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening. This will be the first time in the history of these two programs that they will face each other in college basketball. The UConn Huskies enter this game with a record of 23-12 ATS overall while the Northwestern Wildcats are 18-13-2 ATS overall.

UConn is the odds-on favorite to win the National Championship and is coming off a 39-point win in their 1^st round matchup while Northwestern needed overtime to beat their 1^st round opponent this season. The Huskies had the better record at covering the spread this season with a record of 23-12 ATS overall while the Wildcats are 18-13-2 ATS overall. Buy the .5 point and lay the points with the UConn Huskies when they face the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday evening.