TOM STRYKER’S FREE BASKETBALL SELECTION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST
#899 SAN FRANCISCO (-12′) over Pacific at 9 PM EST
Highly motivated off a 69-64 road loss at St. Mary’s, San Francisco will travel to Stockton and totally dominate this soft Pacific squad. The Tigers enter this WCC battle off a hard-fought 69-68 home win over LMU and they’ll revert right back to their losing ways here.
Even though the Dons own a solid 14-3 SU record in the last 19 meetings, USF will have no trouble staying focused for this matchup. The Pac-Rat has won two of the last three battles (straight up) including last year’s lone meeting on this very same floor by the final of 76-69. Even more important, on the conference road running with four or more days of rest, San Francisco has been a cash cow posting a reliable 37-17-1 ATS tally including an outstanding 33-7 ATS provided its opponent owns a team won/loss percentage less than .750. With those two parameters clicking and the Dons locked into a revenge mode, this team trend explodes to a nearly perfect 17-1 ATS.
It won’t take much to fade Pacific here either. For starters, when priced as an underdog and busting in off a straight up win, the Tigers own a dismal 28-45 ATS record provided their opponent arrives without steam off a straight up loss. In this role carrying a team won/loss percentage less than .480, the Pac-Rat owns a pitiful 0-12 SU and 2-10 ATS record in their last 12 games. In addition, Pacific is currently on a disturbing 8-19 SU and 5-18-2 ATS run in its last 27 contests including a woeful 0-8 SU and ATS provided the Tigers played in the comforts of home last.
The Dons are ranked 25th in the NCAA in three-point field goals per game (9.5), 30th in scoring margin (+10.6), and 34th in rebounding margin (5.8) and they’ll prove to be too much for the struggling Tigers in the end. Take San Francisco. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
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