The second-seeded Tennessee Volunteers will make their sixth consecutive NCAA Event look on Thursday after they battle No. 15-seed Saint Peter’s Peacocks in a Midwest Area first-round matchup in Charlotte, N.C. The Volunteers (24-8), who can be out to snap a two-game dropping streak, are making their twenty sixth NCAA Event look general. The Peacocks (19-13), the champions of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Convention Event, made the Elite Eight as a 15-seed in 2022.
Tipoff is about for 9:20 p.m. ET. The Volunteers are 22-point favorites within the newest Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee odds from SportsLine consensus, whereas the over/below for complete factors scored is 130.5. Earlier than making any Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s picks, it’s essential to take a look at the faculty basketball evaluation from the SportsLine Projection Mannequin.
The mannequin simulates each Div. I faculty basketball recreation 10,000 occasions. It enters the 2024 NCAA event on a 148-106 roll on all top-rated faculty basketball picks relationship again to final season, returning greater than $1,700 for $100 gamers. It additionally has a powerful 29-19 (+810) file on top-rated unfold picks this season. Anybody following it has seen large returns.
Now, the mannequin has set its sights on Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s. You possibly can go to SportsLine now to see the picks. Listed below are a number of faculty basketball betting strains and developments for Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee:
- Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s unfold: Tennessee -22
- Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s over/below: 130.5 factors
- Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s cash line: Saint Peter’s +1450, Tennessee -3175
- SP: The Peacocks have coated the unfold in 18 of their final 26 video games (+9.25 models)
- TENN: The Volunteers have coated the first-half unfold in 20 of their final 33 video games (+6.15 models)
- Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s picks: See picks at SportsLine
Why Tennessee can cowl
The Volunteers are led by fifth-year senior Dalton Knecht, who was chosen because the SEC Participant of the 12 months and is Tennessee’s fourth consensus first-team All-American. He has began all 32 video games for the Volunteers in 2023-24, averaging 21.1 factors, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists. Knecht is simply 24 factors from turning into the fourth Tennessee participant with 700 in a season. He scored a career-high 40 factors on March 9 in opposition to Kentucky.
Junior ahead Jonas Aidoo, who was named to the All-SEC Defensive Group, earned second-team all-conference honors. He’s averaging 11.9 factors and seven.7 rebounds per recreation. He is simply three offensive rebounds away from being the fourth Vol with 100 in a yr. He has began all 32 video games for Tennessee and has 41 begins in 86 profession video games on the college. Aidoo had a career-high 15 rebounds at Georgia on Jan. 13, probably the most by a Volunteer over the previous 5 years. See which workforce to again at SportsLine.
Why Saint Peter’s can cowl
Sophomore ahead Corey Washington had a breakout season for the Peacocks, main the workforce in scoring and rebounding. In 25 video games, together with 22 begins, he’s averaging 16.5 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 28.7 minutes. Within the MAAC championship recreation win over Fairfield, he poured in 24 factors and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Senior guard Latrell Reid has reached double-figure scoring 21 occasions and has registered a pair of double-doubles on the yr. The primary time was an 11-point and 11-assist effort in an 81-68 win at Manhattan on Jan. 14. He poured in 15 factors and dished off 17 assists in an 89-57 win over Manhattan on March 3. In 32 video games, all begins, he’s averaging 11.1 factors, 4.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 32.9 minutes. See which workforce to again at SportsLine.
How you can make Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee picks
SportsLine’s mannequin is leaning Over on the entire, projecting the groups to mix for 134 factors. The mannequin additionally says one aspect of the unfold has all the worth. You possibly can see the picks solely at SportsLine.
So who wins Tennessee vs. Saint Peter’s, and which aspect of the unfold has all the worth? Go to SportsLine now to see which aspect of the unfold it’s essential to bounce on, all from the mannequin on a 148-106 roll on its top-rated faculty basketball picks, and discover out.
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