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Betting news, trends, odds and predictions for Friday, March 23, 2018 from various handicappers and websites

Posted : March 23, 2018 11:14 am

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Preview: Clemson vs. Kansas
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Mar 22, 2018

Clemson was picked to finish 13th out of 15 teams in the preseason ACC poll and lost its second-leading scorer Donte Grantham to a season-ending knee injury in January, but the fifth-seeded Tigers find themselves two wins from the Final Four. Clemson, making its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1997, takes on top-seeded Kansas on Friday night in a Midwest Region semifinal at Omaha, Neb.

“I think we’re excited that we went to the Sweet 16, and we don’t do that here at Clemson very often, but why not more?” Tigers coach Brad Brownell told The State. “And that’s what we’re thinking about. … I want to do what we can to get ready and try to beat one of the best teams in the country, one of the best programs in the country.” Clemson rolled to an 84-53 victory over Auburn in the second round while allowing 25.8 percent shooting from the field and will have to raise its game defensively against the Jayhawks, who boast five players averaging at least 12 points. Big 12 champion Kansas rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat Pennsylvania in the first round and outlasted Seton Hall 83-79 in the second to reach the Sweet 16 for the ninth time in the last 12 years. “They are so well-coached and sound,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self told reporters of Clemson. “Playing in the ACC, they’ve played against some unbelievable teams all year long. This will be a difficult game, a game that will require us to play a lot better than we did this past weekend.”

TV: 7:07 p.m. ET, CBS

ABOUT CLEMSON (25-9): Senior guard Gabe DeVoe became the first Tiger to score at least 20 in consecutive NCAA Tournament games since Elden Campbell in 1989 by recording 22 in both contests on 18-of-28 shooting. Junior guard Marcquise Reed leads the team in scoring (15.9) and is second in assists (3.4) while DeVoe (14.2 points) has drained a team-best 83 from 3-point range. Junior point guard Shelton Mitchell (12.3 points, team-high 3.7 assists) scored 23 in the first round against New Mexico State and junior forward Elijah Thomas (10.9 points, 8.1 rebounds) had a double-double versus Auburn.

ABOUT KANSAS (29-7): Sophomore center Udoka Azubuike, who missed the Big 12 Tournament with a knee injury, is expected to be back in the starting lineup Friday after recording 10 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes against Seton Hall. Senior guard Devonte’ Graham, the Big 12 Player of the Year, leads the team in scoring (17.4) and assists (7.5) but must rebound from a 1-for-7 shooting effort in the second round. Sophomore guard Malik Newman, who averaged 24 points in the Big 12 Tournament, scored 28 on 8-of-14 shooting (4-of-8 from 3-point range) against Seton Hall to raise his season mark to 13.4.

TIP-INS

1. Kansas senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has drained 110 3-pointers and needs one to tie Terry Brown (1991) for the single-season program record.

2. Clemson can break the program record of 25 wins set in both 1986-87 and 2006-07 and reach the Elite 8 for the first time since 1979-80. Awaiting in the Elite 8 will be either Duke or Syracuse on Sunday.

3. Jayhawks junior G Lagerald Vick is averaging 13.5 points in the NCAA Tournament - 1.4 better than his season mark - on 10-of-16 from the field.

PREDICTION: Kansas 70, Clemson 66

Posted : March 23, 2018 11:17 am

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Preview: West Virginia vs. Villanova
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Mar 22, 2018

Few NCAA Tournament teams, if any, looked better than Villanova during the opening weekend. The top-seeded Wildcats aim for a third straight blowout Friday when they take on East Region fifth seed West Virginia in a Sweet 16 matchup in Boston.

Villanova has opened its tournament by beating 16th-seeded Radford by 26 and ninth-seeded Alabama by 23 behind more fabulous work from Mikal Bridges. The junior swingman is averaging 18 points for the tournament (and the season) and has made 8-of-14 from 3-point range through the first two rounds of this event. West Virginia and its havoc defense will pose a legitimate threat for Villanova, which enters leading the nation in scoring (86.9) and may have its hands full against a Mountaineers squad that has won its first two Big Dance games by a combined 40 points. “The pressure they bring with all the guys they play. It’s 40 minutes of pressure; they’re a very physical team, they’re quick, athletic and play so fast paced," Villanova guard Phil Booth told reporters. "They have one of the most rare styles of play in all of college basketball. The preparation for that is going to be big for us.”

TV: 7:27 p.m. ET, TBS

ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA (26-10): The Mountaineers are a better offensive team than they typically are, although their defense isn't the top 20 unit that coach Bob Huggins has had many times throughout his career. Senior guard Jevon Carter is the team's on-court leader and has maintained that status through the first two rounds of the tournament, averaging 24.5 points, 6.5 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.5 rebounds on 54.3 percent shooting. "We're just happy to keep playing," Carter told reporters. "This is March. This is what we came to do. We don't just want to go to the Sweet 16 - we want to win it all, go back, prepare for Villanova, watch a lot of film, and get ready for the next game."

ABOUT VILLANOVA (32-4): The Wildcats only made eight two-pointers against Radford but thankfully went 17-of-41 from 3-point range in the second round with Bridges (five), Donte DiVincenzo (five) and Jalen Brunson (three) doing the heavy lifting from long distance. Brunson has recovered from a brutal February from 3-point range to shoot 50 percent from the arc over the last six contests. Booth averages 10.6 points but has only totaled 14 in the last three games, while DiVincenzo also endured a quiet stretch before scoring 18 points - his most in a month - against the Crimson Tide.

TIP-INS

1. The winner of this game will return to the court Sunday to take on the winner of the matchup between No. 2 seed Purdue and No. 3 Texas Tech.

2. After failing to record a point or a rebound in a seven-minute run during the first round, West Virginia F Lamont West totaled 18 points and a season-high 10 rebounds in the second round.

3. Bridges has made at least three 3-pointers in 10 straight games and drained at least half of his 3s in eight of those contests.

PREDICTION: Villanova 73, West Virginia 67

Posted : March 23, 2018 11:19 am

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Preview: Syracuse vs. Duke
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Mar 22, 2018

Jim Boeheim's 2-3 zone has flustered opponents during this NCAA Tournament just like it seems to whenever Syracuse makes the Big Dance, but it has been Mike Krzyzewski's use of the same defense that has made Duke equally stingy. The two winningest coaches in Division I college basketball history will attempt to outwit one another yet again Friday in Omaha, Neb., as the No. 2 seed Duke meets the 11th-seeded Orange in a Sweet 16 matchup.

Krzyzewski (1,099-337) made the move to the zone as his team's primary defense 11 games ago, and the Blue Devils, who surrendered 72.8 points per game over their first 24 games, have allowed an average of 61.7 points since. Duke's defensive renaissance may been best illustrated five games after the switch as the Blue Devils held Syracuse to 31.5 percent shooting and forced 17 turnovers in a 60-44 victory on Feb. 24. While Duke has won its first two NCAA Tournament games by an average of 23.5 points, the Orange has claimed their three victories - by a total of 11 points - by riding a defense that has kept each of its opponents at least 25 points below their season scoring average. Syracuse, where Boeheim has posted a 925–367 record (minus 101 vacated victories), pulled off the biggest upset of its run Sunday, forcing Michigan State to miss its final 13 shots en route to a 55-53 win.

TV: 9:37 p.m. ET, CBS

ABOUT SYRACUSE (23-13): Tyus Battle (1,403), Frank Howard (1,383) and Oshae Brissett (1,371) rank first, second and fourth, respectively in Division I in total minutes and are responsible for 73.2 percent of the team's offensive production this season. Battle (team-high 19.3 points) is the highest-scoring sophomore in Orange history with 693 points and has played all 40 minutes in 14 of the last 17 games, but he is shooting only 27.4 percent from the field over his last four outings. Brissett (14.9 points, 8.9 rebounds) needs 11 more points to move into fourth place on the school's freshman scoring list and has accounted for 31.6 percent of the team's points over the last four contests.

ABOUT DUKE (28-7): ACC Player of the Year Marvin Bagley III (21.2 points, 11.3 rebounds) has tallied 22 points in each of the first two rounds, and he is shooting 67.4 percent from the floor since he returned against the Orange following a four-game absence. Fellow freshman forward Wendell Carter Jr. (13.6, 9.2) produced the last of his 15 double-doubles this season with 16 points and 10 boards last month versus Syracuse and was the only other player beside Bagley (19) to score more than 10 points in the contest. Following a month-long stretch in which he failed to reach double figures six times in 10 outings, senior guard Grayson Allen (15.6 points) is averaging 18.5 points over his last 11 games.

TIP-INS

1. The winner will face either Kansas or Clemson in Omaha on Sunday for the right to advance to the Final Four.

2. The Orange rank fifth in kenpom.com's adjusted defensive efficiency rankings (92.3 points allowed per 100 possessions), while the Blue Devils rank eighth (93.3).

3. Krzyzewski on Saturday broke his tie with the late great women's basketball coach Pat Summitt (Tennessee) for the most wins by a basketball coach in NCAA history.

PREDICTION: Duke 66, Syracuse 55

Posted : March 23, 2018 11:19 am

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Preview: Texas Tech vs. Purdue
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Mar 22, 2018

Purdue and Texas Tech last met on a basketball court in 1988 at Municipal Coliseum in Lubbock. But the Boilermakers, seeded No. 2 in the East Regional, have a much more recent history with the coach of Friday night's Sweet 16 opponent at TD Garden Arena in Boston, Chris Beard of the third-seeded Red Raiders.

It was just two years ago when Beard's 12th-seeded Arkansas-Little Rock squad overcame a 13-point deficit in the final 3:33 of regulation to pull off an 85-83 double overtime upset of the fifth-seeded Boilermakers in first round of the Midwest Regional in Denver. "Every team is different, that was two years ago," Beard told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "I don't think there's really any similarities. ... What I see from Purdue is just a really well-coached team. They're a team that's been in this position before. We're a team that's new to this as a unit." Senior forward Vincent Edwards had 24 points and 13 rebounds in 41 minutes in the loss for the Boilermakers, while guard Dakota Mathias (12 points), center Isaac Haas (seven points) and guards P.J. Thompson (five points) and Ryan Cline also saw substantial action. "I don't know if there's much you take from that," Purdue coach Matt Painter said. "It's just that you're going to have to go in there and compete and play hard and rebound the basketball."

TV: 9:57 p.m. ET, TBS

ABOUT TEXAS TECH (26-9): The Red Raiders lead the nation with seven top-25 wins and have done it with a defense that leads the Big 12 in points allowed (64.6) and field-goal percentage defense (40.2). Senior guard Keenan Evans, who leads the team in scoring (17.8 points) and assists (3.2), is the first Red Raider since former All-American Jarrius Jackson (2003-07) to earn first team All-Big 12 honors. Jarrett Culver is second in scoring (11.5), while fellow freshman guard Zhaire Smith (11.3), who is also averaging in double figures while shooting 44.4 percent from 3-point range, has been one of the stars of the tournament for Texas Tech, flirting with a triple-double with 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in Saturday's 69-66 second-round victory over No. 6 seed Florida.

ABOUT PURDUE (30-6): The Boilermakers edged Butler 76-73 in the second round despite the loss of the 7-2 Haas to a fractured right elbow suffered in the team's 74-48 first-round win over Cal State Fullerton, but the finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, who averages 14.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks, was showing off a special elbow brace designed by some of the school's mechanical engineering students that he hopes the NCAA will approve so he can try and play Friday. "I don't see him playing," Painter said at a Thursday press conference. "Until he can practice and show me a right-handed free throw and get a rebound with two hands. The last two days he hasn't practiced, so I don't see it." Purdue ranks second in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage (42.1) with sophomore guard Carsen Edwards (team-high 18.2 points), Vincent Edwards (14.7), Mathias (12.3) and Thompson (7.4) all shooting 40 percent or better from 3-point range.

TIP-INS

1. The winner will play either Villanova or West Virginia on Sunday for a spot in the Final Four in San Antonio.

2. Purdue is playing in its fourth Sweet 16 since 2009, while Texas Tech is playing in its first since 2005.

3. The Boilermakers are 133-5 under Painter when holding opponents to 59 or fewer points.

PREDICTION: Texas Tech 67, Purdue 64

Posted : March 23, 2018 11:20 am

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Friday, March 23

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W VIRGINIA (26 - 10) vs. VILLANOVA (32 - 4) - 3/23/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VILLANOVA is 24-12 ATS (+10.8 Units) in all games this season.
VILLANOVA is 24-12 ATS (+10.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
VILLANOVA is 24-12 ATS (+10.8 Units) as a favorite this season.
VILLANOVA is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in all neutral court games this season.
VILLANOVA is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
VILLANOVA is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) when playing on a neutral court this season.
VILLANOVA is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) in non-conference games this season.
VILLANOVA is 112-79 ATS (+25.1 Units) after allowing 60 points or less since 1997.
VILLANOVA is 22-9 ATS (+12.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VILLANOVA is 13-6 ATS (+6.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games this season.
VILLANOVA is 14-6 ATS (+7.4 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game this season.
W VIRGINIA is 22-8 ATS (+13.2 Units) in a NCAA tournament games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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TEXAS TECH (26 - 9) vs. PURDUE (30 - 6) - 3/23/2018, 9:55 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TEXAS TECH is 135-181 ATS (-64.1 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
TEXAS TECH is 30-49 ATS (-23.9 Units) in all neutral court games since 1997.
TEXAS TECH is 1-12 ATS (-12.2 Units) in a neutral court game where the total is 135 to 139.5 since 1997.
TEXAS TECH is 1-8 ATS (-7.8 Units) in road games in March games over the last 3 seasons.
TEXAS TECH is 30-49 ATS (-23.9 Units) when playing on a neutral court since 1997.
TEXAS TECH is 108-140 ATS (-46.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
PURDUE is 19-8 ATS (+10.2 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PURDUE is 19-8 ATS (+10.2 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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SYRACUSE (23 - 13) vs. DUKE (28 - 7) - 3/23/2018, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SYRACUSE is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in road games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
DUKE is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all games this season.
DUKE is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all lined games this season.
DUKE is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
DUKE is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in March games over the last 2 seasons.
DUKE is 216-159 ATS (+41.1 Units) after scoring 80 points or more since 1997.
SYRACUSE is 80-56 ATS (+18.4 Units) in all neutral court games since 1997.
SYRACUSE is 80-56 ATS (+18.4 Units) when playing on a neutral court since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
SYRACUSE is 2-1 against the spread versus DUKE over the last 3 seasons
SYRACUSE is 2-1 straight up against DUKE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CLEMSON (25 - 9) vs. KANSAS (29 - 7) - 3/23/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
KANSAS is 28-15 ATS (+11.5 Units) in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
KANSAS is 25-10 ATS (+14.0 Units) in road games after scoring 80 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
KANSAS is 35-21 ATS (+11.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
CLEMSON is 19-11 ATS (+6.9 Units) in all games this season.
CLEMSON is 19-11 ATS (+6.9 Units) in all lined games this season.
CLEMSON is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
CLEMSON is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in non-conference games this season.
CLEMSON is 7-1 ATS (+5.9 Units) after scoring 80 points or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.
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Posted : March 23, 2018 11:20 am

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Friday, March 23

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