Virginia Commonwealth finished second to St. Louis in A-10 play, but now in the tourney title game they get to face No. 4 seed St. Joseph's. The Rams are balanced and hot, on a 5-0-1 ATS run. They've been here before, too, looking for its fifth conference championship in the past 11 years and second during Coach Smart's tenure at VCU. Coach Shaka Smart's VCU teams are 28-7 in the month of March, plus 23-6 in postseason play. VCU is a great rebounding team behind Treveon Graham and Juvonte Reddic, powering past Richmond (71-53) and George Washington (74-55) the last two days. The Rams are 4-0 ATS in their last four neutral site games. St. Joseph's is not a great rebounding team, and they are awful from the free throw line, just 63.5% (last in the A-10). VCU is tops in the Atlantic 10 in scoring and third in points allowed, plus first in scoring margin with a whopping +8.9 differential (St. Joe's is +3). Play Virginia Commonwealth.
This pick was released to clients on March 16, 2014 at 10:05AM ET.
CBB
St. Joseph's vs. Virginia Commonwealth
March 16, 2014
1:00 PM Eastern
0.5 unit on Virginia Commonwealth -4 (-120) (risk 0.5 to return 0.98)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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