TOM STRYKER’S FREE COLLEGE BASKETBALL SELECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH
#616 DAVIDSON (-) over St. Louis at 3:30 PM EST
The Wildcats are locked into a powerful 121-75 ATS for 61.7{98f2b46702b964aa2f621cb1b604d81e6a02f7a689ec244db25f4c0c4ad46cb7} conference tournament system and they will jump all over the Billikens on Saturday afternoon. St. Louis enters this A-10 semifinal off a huge upset win over Dayton and head coach Travis Ford’s troops won’t have enough gas left in the tank to finish the job here.
These two teams only met once in the regular season and Davidson (+2.5) pulled off the upset on the road 54-53. Actually, the Wildcats have won five of the last six meetings straight up. Keep in mind, No. 2 or No. 3 seeds in the semifinal round of a conference tournament own a sparkling 121-75 ATS mark for 61.7{98f2b46702b964aa2f621cb1b604d81e6a02f7a689ec244db25f4c0c4ad46cb7} provided they own a team won/loss percentage of .501 or better and their opponent takes the floor off a straight up underdog win. That lucrative wagering angle backs Davidson in this battle. Also, in the semifinal of the A-10 Tournament, teams that are matched up against an opponent that arrives off a straight up underdog win own a solid 19-9 SU and 17-11 ATS mark including 18-2 SU and 14-6 ATS if they are priced as a favorite of -1.5 or more.
Off back-to-back straight up conference tournament victories over Richmond and Dayton, battling Davidson in their third consecutive game in three days will be a tall order for St. Louis. When coming off a game in which they demolished the Las Vegas pointspread by double-digits, the Billikens have been a poor investment inking a weak 9-19 SU and 6-19 ATS record. If SLU holds a team won/loss percentage that is greater than .400, this angle falls to a woeful 3-13 SU and 2-13 ATS including 0-9 ATS in this set if it battled a conference foe last.
In yesterday’s 10-point victory over St. Joseph’s, head coach Bob McKillop’s kids shot poorly in the first-half and still won by double-digits. Rest assured, the Wildcats will be firing on all cylinders this afternoon. Take Davidson. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
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