St Mary’s Gaels versus Gonzaga Bulldogs ESPN TV College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 8, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The St Mary’s Gaels will do battle with the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the finals of the WCC Tournament on Monday night. This college basketball contest will be contested at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas at 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and it was the Gonzaga Bulldogs coming in as 3 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 146.

The WCC tournament final has seen early movement on the side of the favorite, as the Gonzaga Bulldogs are currently 4 point betting favorites. The total has seen no early movement from the college basketball bettors, as the game is currently hung at 146.

Gonzaga Bulldogs money line players can lay –165 odds with the St Mary’s Gaels bringing back +155 to pull off the upset victory without the need for taking the points.

These WCC conference schools are meeting for the third time this season. It was Gonzaga with the 89-82 victory at St Mary’s on January 14th as a 4 ½ point betting favorite. The clubs then met on February 11th in Gonzaga and the Bulldogs earned an 80-61 blowout victory as a 5 point favorite.

Gonzaga is a lock for an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament as they sit with a 26-5 overall record and 12-2 in WCC conference play. After their bad loss at Loyola Marymount by 8 points on February 18th, the Bulldogs have responded with 5 straight victories. They are coming off a 77-62 win over Loyola Marymount on Sunday night as a 12-½ point betting favorite. Gonzaga shot well hitting on 52.1% of their shots while limiting the Lions to just 36.7% shooting. The Zags were led by starting guard Steven Gray who contributed with 18 points on 6 of 10 shooting in the win. A concern for Gonzaga is their free throw shooting as the team converted on 23 of 36 from the line against the Lions.

St Mary’s is clearly on the bubble as they sit with a 25-5 regular season record and 11-3 in WCC conference play. St Mary’s was a bubble team last year but had their NCAA Tournament hopes dashed with a bad 83-59 blowout loss to the Gonzaga Bulldogs as a 7 point underdog in the finals of the WCC Tournament last season. It was not so much the loss but the margin of victory that seemed to keep the Gaels from qualifying last season for the NCAA Tournament. St Mary’s has recovered nicely after dropping two straight at Portland and Gonzaga on the road with four straight wins. The team blew out a pretty good Portland squad 69-55 on Sunday night as a 4-½ point favorite. The Gaels were hot from the field hitting on 55.6% of their shots while limiting Portland to just 28.8% shooting. Saint Mary’s got good balanced scoring from their team with 4 players with at least 14 points in victory. Center Omar Samhan was a huge factor last night for the Gaels with 16 points and 13 boards.

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