Thursday March Madness Free Pick
(The Spread) – The March Madness Tournament is back! Who holds the edge tonight in the battle between Florida and BYU?
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Oddsmakers from online sports book Sportsbook.com have made Florida a 2.5-point favorite over BYU for tonight’s game at 7:25PM ET. The over/under total for this contest is currently 149.5 points.
The winner of tonight’s game will play the winner of tonight’s Butler-Wisconsin game on Saturday. BYU enters this game with a 32-4 overall record and is 8-2 at neutral sites this year. Florida is 28-7 overall and 5-1 at neutral sites where its averaging 70.8 points for and 61.7 points against.
According to latest college basketball trends, the Cougars are 3-7 against the number in their 10 neutral site games this year, while the Gators are a stellar 5-1 ATS. Florida was also 16-14-1 ATS in all lined games this season.
March Madness Free Pick: I like Florida because of its defense and its inside game advantage with Brandon Davies (BYU’s leading rebounder) out for the season. Even though the Cougars have gotten outstanding play out of Jimmer Fredette, the Gators have covered the spread in six of their last seven games and in five of their last six as a neutral court favorite. Florida is also 5-0 ATS in its last five non-conference games and 7-1-1 ATS in its last nine games overall. They’re 6-1 ATS in their last seven games as a favorite, while the Cougars are just 2-8 ATS in their last 10 Thursday games. Take Florida.
THURSDAY MARCH MADNESS FREE PICK: FLORIDA –2.5
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