Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

This is a great matchup of mid-major conference teams that have grown accustomed to battling at the top of the West Coast Conference. The Gaels are the new kid on the block. The Gaels are in familiar territory facing the Bulldogs as they took them down in the 2009-10 conference tournament, but lost last year by 12. Gonzaga is always good, but they are good and young this year and if there is a place for that to show up, it will be tonight when the championship is on the line. Evidence shows the Zags are not quite up to their perceived levels of play as they are 4-9-1 ATS in their last 14 games overall. The Bulldogs always bring the defense and reign supreme in the role of a chalk playing to an NCAA best 38-12-2 mark to the UNDER. The Gaels reinforce the idea of a defensive intense game here as they have brought the defense as a 6.5 dog or less to a 10-1 UNDER mark in the last 11. They have also played five straight to the UNDER as a neutral site dog, while Gonzaga has five straight UNDERs as a neutral site favorite. These teams mirror each other and this one is likely to come down to the last possession where the points are huge. Play on St. Mary's and the UNDER.