2010 March Madness Murray State vs. Vanderbilt Picks & Predictions

Last Updated on March 18, 2010 11:00 am by drew

Vandy-Murray St. Pick

Though the seeds are far apart, oddsmakers see Vanderbilt and

Murray
State as a very competitive game in Thursday’s NCAA Tournament.

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These two teams will battle it out in the West Regional. Vanderbilt is the No. 4 seed and

Murray
State is the No. 13 seed. These two will play at 2:30PM ET on Thursday from the HP Pavilion in

San Jose,
California.
Oddsmakers from online sports book BroburySports.com have made Vanderbilt a 3-point favorite over Murray State on Thursday afternoon. The over/under has been set at 141.

Vanderbilt is making its 11^th tournament appearance and third showing in four years. The Commodores haven’t won a tournament game since 2007, but come in to this tournament with a 24-8 overall record and a 12-4 mark in the SEC. The Commodores have lost two of their last three coming into the tournament. Vanderbilt averages 77.3 points per-game on offense, ranking 29^th in the country, while giving up 69 points a game, which ranks 167^th. Vandy has four players that score in double figures, with Jermaine Beal leading the way at 14.7 points per-game. A.J. Ogilvy and Jeffery Taylor each post 13.4 points per-game while Ogilvy also pulls down 6.2 rebounds.

Murray
State is making its 14^th NCAA Tournament appearance, with the last coming in 2006. The Racers have one NCAA tournament win in school history, which came in 1988.

Murray
State is 30-4 this season and the Racers were 17-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Murray
State averages 77.5 points per-game, which ranks 28^th in the nation. The Racers give up 60.5 points per-game, which puts them 19^th in the country.

Murray
State has a lot of balance as five players average just over 10 points per-game. Ivan Aska averages 10.6 points to lead the way, but also pulls down 4.9 rebounds while shooting 59.2 percent from the floor.

The oddsmakers know something that the bracket makers don’t in this one. It is pretty clear

Murray
State is no joke and they have a history of playing close to top seeded opponents, including an overtime loss to a No. 1 seeded Michigan State team in 1990. The Racers have 30 wins this season and tremendous balance, while the Commodores finished the season in mediocre fashion in a conference that is questionable in its overall talent level. Look for the Racers to cover and perhaps even win this game.

Our NCAA Tournament Free Pick for this matchup is: MURRAY STATE +3 and UNDER 141
March Madness Betting Trends
Murray State is 21-1 SU in its last 22 games

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of

Murray
State‘s last 6 games

Vanderbilt is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games

The total has gone OVER in 12 of Vanderbilt’s last 16 games

March Madness Injury Report
VANDERBILT

[G/F] 12/29/2009 – Charles Hinkle has transferred ( Personal ) 

[G] 12/08/2009 – Elliott Cole out for season ( Shoulder ) 

MURRAY
STATE

No Injuries Reported 
March Madness Game Odds
Vanderbilt Commodores -3 Over 141

Murray State Racers +3 Under 141
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Posted: 3/18/10 11:00AM ET