Tonight the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will do battle with the Wisconsin Badgers at CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. The game has a start time of 9:20 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on TBS. Current Vegas betting odds have the Badgers listed as 19 point favorites, while the total is set at 130.5.
Analysis: The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are from the Big South Conference, where they finished in a tie for 3rd place during the regular season, but they had a nice run through their conference tourney to get the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Chanticleers have been to the Big Dance 3 times and have yet to pick up a win (0-3). The Chanticleers have gone 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600, and 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games following a S.U. win. Coastal Carolina has been a good offensive team this year, ranking 68th in scoring (71.7 ppg), 153rd in shooting (43.8%), 120th in 3 point shooting (35.5%) and 190th in FT shooting (68.8%). The defense for this team has been very good this year, as they come in ranked 57th in points allowed (61.7 ppg), 24th in defensive FG% (39.0%) and 63rd in 3 point defense (32.1%).
The Wisconsin Badgers had another very nice year in the big 10 as they won both the regular season and the tournament titles. The Badgers have gone 31-3 overall for the year, which includes a perfect 6-0 mark on neutral courts. The Badgers have been to 20 NCAA Tournaments, which include 3 final Four appearances and 1 National Title. Wisconsin has gone 20-8-1 ATS in their last 29 neutral site games and 42-20-1 ATS in their last 63 non-conference games. The Badgers have been a good offensive team this year, ranking 66th in scoring (71.9 ppg), 19th in shooting (48.0%), 111th in 3 point shooting (35.7%) and 11th in FT shooting (76.3%). The defense for this team has been excellent this year, ranking 9th in points allowed (56.1 ppg), 116th in defensive FG% (41.9%) and 272nd in 3 point defense (36.0%).
Pick: Neither team plays uptempo ball and both have played very good defense this year, which has me looking at the Under here. The Chanticleers have allowed just 61.7 ppg this year overall, and while they have allowed 67.2 ppg in their last 4 games, they have done so on just 40.4% shooting. The Badgers have been excellent on defense this year, allowing just 56.1 ppg overall, including just 58.2 ppg in their last 5 games. CC has been a bad shooting team of late and it won't get much better vs the Badgers, while CC'd defense should hold the Badgers offense down as well. This one should be played in the lower 120s.
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