Washington Huskies versus New Mexico Lobos CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 19, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Washington Huskies representing the Pac 10 conference will face the New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain West conference in a second round NCAA Tournament game on Saturday. They tip off this college basketball game at the HP Pavilion in San Jose California at 5:50PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers opened the line in this NCAA Tournament game and it opened up a pick with the over under coming in at 150. Interesting to see a game involving a number 3 seed against an 11 seed lined as a pick.

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The early money from the NCAA Tournament betting public has been all Pac 10 conference money, as the Washington Huskies have been bet as 1-½ point favorites. The total has seen the early money come on the side of the over, as the game is lined at 150 ½.

Money line gamblers on the side of the Washington Huskies will be dealt –120 odds with the underdog New Mexico Lobos returning +100 to pull off the upset victory without the benefit of getting points on their side.

The Washington Huskies qualified for second round play in the NCAA Tournament with a stunning come from behind 80-78 victory over Big East conference school the Marquette Golden Eagles as a 2 point underdog. It was the Huskies overcoming a 60-45 second half deficit to rally to victory. It’s worth noting the site in San Jose plays to a Husky advantage as the Washington fans traveled well to San Jose. Washington shot extremely well in victory hitting on 54% of their shots and 9 of 14 from beyond the arc. The Huskies needed a good shooting game because they allowed the Golden Eagles 52% shooting and 12 of 19 from beyond the arc. Huskies senior forward Quincy Pondexter had 18 points and 11 rebounds but never had 2 bigger points in his college career than the bucket he made with 1.7 seconds remaining to beat Marquette 80-78 in an NCAA Tournament opening round game. Pondexter created his own shot off the dribble for an easy bunny at the hole to advance the Huskies into the second round.

The New Mexico labored through a 62-57 victory against the Montana Grizzlies as a 9-point favorite in the opening round. It appeared that the Lobos lacked the energy and cardio to finish off the Grizzlies as the team was spent at the finish. New Mexico could be in huge trouble here against the cardio style play from the Pac 10 conference school. New Mexico fell behind at the half to the Grizzlies 29-28 but with a 34-28 second half performance defeated the Big Sky tournament champions. New Mexico was only able to convert on 41% against the Big Sky School and 5 of 20 from beyond the arc. New Mexico missed 10 free throws hitting just 13 of 23 from the charity stripe. Senior forward Roman Martinez led the Lobos with 19 points and 6 rebounds.

The Washington Huskies like to push the ball with an up tempo cardio style. They can wear out teams not in good cardio condition late in ball games. The team is 13th in all off college basketball in scoring offense as they average 79.8 points a game. The site and match up greatly favors Washington.

Trend: Washington Huskies are 7-1 ATS in their past 8 games

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