Saint Joseph's impressed in conference tournament play, winning three in a row while upsetting St. Louis for the A-10 title. However, this team is 2-3 against top 25 competition, getting blown out by St. Louis (65-49) and by Villanova (98-68). St. Joe's is not a good rebounding team and is terrible from the charity stripe at .635% - worst in the Atlantic 10. Those weaknesses will hurt against a Connecticut team that has power in the frontcourt behind 6-9 junior DeAndre Daniels, plays great defense and has a spark plug all-around guard in Shabazz Napier (17 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 4.9 apg). The Huskies are 21-10 ATS in their last 31 neutral-site games and the value here is with the favorite to win the game.
This pick was released to clients on March 18, 2014 at 9:27PM ET.
CBB
St. Joseph's vs. Connecticut
March 20, 2014
6:55 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Connecticut -230 (moneyline) (risk 1.5 to return 2.15)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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