St.Marys CA - Gonzaga (-6) I'm also passing on a proposal from the NCAA at the tournament conference that is running this time. In the evening tonight we have the semi-final at the West Coast conference with the matches being played on neutral ground in Las Vegas.
1o seed in the Gonzaga tournament will face 4o seed St.Marys, with both teams taking a different lead in their first matches here.
Gonzaga finished first in the regular season with 15-3 and showed steady performance throughout the season. In his first match in the tournament he faced a sly opponent who made it difficult in the season 9 seed Santa Clara. He managed to get the match in the last seconds of 77-75, while being a big enough favorite at 12.5 points. After yesterday's difficult pass, I expect the Bulldogs to be more serious tonight from the start of the match. 9-1 at the Bulldog this year in a match with a day's rest.
St.Marys entered as an underdog here as he finished in 4 with 11-7 record. He was able to win yesterday in the match ended yesterday against 5 seed Pepperdine 80-69, a team that made it difficult enough during the season. Less rest for Saint as he finished his match late and today the semifinal is the first match in the program. St.Marys does not have the best trends this year, especially against better opponents. In summary, we see a 2-8 ats after a win at the 2-10 against positively positive opponents in the second half of the season, and 8-11 this year at the West Conference this year.
The two matches this two teams have given are indicative of the difference between the two opponents. Before 9 days, Gonzaga moved from Mary's headquarters to 75-47 as a favorite at -1. The Bulldog looked like 56% in that match and Marys close to 23% with big differences in the rebounds. A similar picture in the first 2 / 1 match for Gonzaga 73-51. 8 points in that match 49% shooting, a bigger difference near the basket while Marys sat with 32% in that match. 5's winning streak overall counts Gonzaga against the current opponent, 6-2 at 3 last years, and 37-8 ats from 97 'and then.
For me Gonzaga is a strong favorite here, and I find it difficult to change the data so soon St.Marys. The fact that Gonzaga played a difficult match yesterday will do them good in the future as it will keep them grounded. They find today's handicap for the favorite at tolerable levels and I will go with the Bulldogs tonight. At 6 points I get the handicap for Gonzaga at Bet365 @ 1.83.
