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St. John's -6.5(-110)

Reasoning

The St. John’s Red Storm and the Georgia Bulldogs will face off on Sunday in the Bahamas for a non-conference game. Both teams have played at least one game Nassau already and this will the last game of the trip. The Red Storm are coming off a blowout win against Virginia in the Baha Mar third place game while Georgia is coming off a loss to Marquette. We expect this trend to continue, and we like St. John’s to take care of business here. The spread is currently set at St. John’s -6.5 and that is our best bet of the game.

St. John’s to cover the spread is our best bet because their offense should be able to excel against Georgia’s defense. The Red Storm are ranked #27 nationally in points per game and have scored over 80 points in every game except one. According to KenPom, St. John’s offense is ranked #15 in adjusted offensive efficiency and #26 in effective field goal percentage. The Bulldogs might struggle to stop them defensive as they are ranked #101 in opposing points per game this season. They are ranked #80 in defensive efficiency and #99 in defensive effective field goal percentage on KenPom, so we do not see them being able to slow down St. John’s offense. Take St. John’s to cover.

St. John’s vs Georgia prediction: St. John’s -6.5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to -8.

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Maryland -5.0(-110)

Reasoning

A Sunday afternoon matchup will be taking place between the Villanova Wildcats and the Maryland Terrapins that will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Villanova has endured a shaky start to its season, sitting at 3-3 including a buy game loss to Columbia. As for the Terps, they are 4-1 with 4 dominant buy-game performances — but they lost their only true test of the season in a 78-74 game against Marquette. Both teams are fairly close to this venue, so we can assume a close to 50/50 split when it comes to fan support, so there is no real edge there.

Maryland does have a few advantages in this game, with the first being on the defensive end. Villanova prefers to run their offense through the versatile Eric Dixon, but Maryland has plenty of options to guard him 1-on-1. The frontcourt of Julian Reese and Derik Queen has enough size and is mobile enough to at least contain the Wildcats big man, and that will go a long way in this contest. Villanova loves hunting mismatches and forcing teams to help so they can get the ball to their 3-point shooters, but having a versatile defense like Maryland will be key in negating that offensive path for them. Maryland has a size and athleticism advantage and that should give Villanova fits on Sunday.

Maryland’s size may also give them an advantage on the offensive end. If they are able to work through Derik Queen and Julian Reese consistently, they may be able get Dixon into early foul trouble and that would be devastating to a Wildcat offense that essentially relies on him. The Terrapins also have capable shooters in Jakobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice to make Villanova pay if they need to send double teams at the Terrapins frontcourt duo. Maryland is a team on the rise, as their performance against Marquette now looks much better due to the Golden Eagles recent success. This is most likely an underrated Terrapins squad, and we should take advantage while we can.

Villanova vs Maryland prediction: Maryland -5 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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