Loyola Chicago +1.5 over Kansas St.
Love Loyola Chicago in this matchup. They have the much better defense in the matchup ranking 12th out of 351 in defensive rating and before this tourney started they beat Florida at Florida and they’ve beat some really good teams in the tourney. They have 5 players that average double figures compared to Kansas St. with 3 and they seem to be a team of destiny winning their first 3 games by 4 points in buzzer beating fashion.
Kansas St. should be thankful to be here because they could’ve easily lost that game against Kentucky. Kentucky went 23/37 from the free throw line (62%) and 3/12 from the 3 point line (25%). Also Kansas St. shot 35% from 2 but they had a uncharacteristic game shooting 40% from the 3 point line and they committed 30 fouls against Kentucky. I don’t anticipate them shooting that well from 3 against Loyola, who’s a much better defensive team than Kentucky and they better defend the 3 point line better than they did against Kentucky because Loyola can knock them down (shooting 39% from 3 ranking inside the top 20 in the nation)
I’m gonna put a little money down on Loyola Chicago ML if they’re still +1.5 !!