Old Dominion Monarchs versus Notre Dame Fighting Irish CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 15, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Old Dominion Monarchs from the Colonial Athletic conference will face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from the Big East conference in a first round NCAA Tournament game on Thursday afternoon. Tip off time from the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans Louisiana is set for 12:25PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

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The game’s point spread was set by the LVSC college basketball odds makers and it was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish opening up as a 2 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 122.

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The early money has come on the side of the underdog, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish is currently a 1-½ point favorite. The total has not moved off the opener as the over under is lined at 122 for the bettors to wager into.

Money line gamblers on the side of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will have to lay –135 odds with the underdog Old Dominion Monarchs bringing back +115 to pull off the upset victory without the aid of a point spread.

These schools will be meeting for the first time.

We will look at this first round game and base the stats against NCAA Tournament teams.

Notre Dame enters the NCAA Tournament with a 23-11 overall record and 10-8 versus Big East conference opponents. The Irish faced 9 NCAA Tournament teams this season and went 5-4. In those games the team averaged 70.3 points per game while allowing 72.2. Notre Dame shot 43.5% from the field and allowed 46.5%. From three the team shot well hitting on 38.2% from beyond the arc against NCAA Tournament teams. Notre Dame converted on 70.7% of their free throws in those 9 contests.

Old Dominion enters play with a 26-8 regular season record and 15-3 versus Colonial Athletic conference foes. The Monarchs faced 4 NCAA Tournament teams and went just 1-3 straight up in those contests. In those four games it was Old Dominion averaging 61.8 points per game while allowing 64.6. They hit on 44.4% of their shots while allowing 40.2%. From beyond the arc it was Old Dominion converting on 34.6% from three and made 67.5% of their free throws against NCAA Tournament teams.

Notre Dame played extremely well down the stretch. They are winners of 6 of their past 7 games. They began play in the Big East tournament with a 68-56 win over Seton Hall. In the quarterfinals it was a 50-45 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers. They Irish fell in the semifinals dropping a 53-51 decision as a 5-point underdog to the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Old Dominion as well closed strong down the stretch. The team finished with 8 victories in their last 9 games. They opened play in the Colonial Athletic conference with an 86-56 blowout victory as a 17 ½ point favorite over Towson St. In the semifinal round it was a 73-69 win over Virginia Commonwealth. Old Dominion met William and Mary in the conference tournament final and the Monarchs came away with a 60-53 victory as a 9-point favorite to earn the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

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