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NCAA Basketball Betting - Who’ll Win Today’s Opening Round Games

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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NCAA Basketball Betting - Who’ll Win Today’s Opening Round Games - Demontez Stitt

If you’re looking to make some NCAA Basketball Betting picks, you no longer need to wait for the NCAA Tournament to tip-off Thursday. Instead start wagering on Tuesday, when a pair of opening round games will be played in Dayton.

No. 16 UNC-Asheville Bulldogs (19-13 SU, 3-1 ATS) vs. No. 16 Arkansas Little-Rock Trojans (19-16 SU, 17­-16 ATS)
Tuesday, March 15: 6:30 p.m. TruTV, Live from Dayton, OH

Betting Odds:
UNC-Asheville: -4
Arkansas Little-Rock: +4

In the first half of the College Basketball Betting doubleheader, UNC-Asheville and Arkansas Little-Rock will get together to open up this year’s NCAA Tournament. The winner gets the unenviable task of playing No. 1 seed Pittsburgh on Thursday.

While neither team was expected to be here, the less surprising bid went to UNC-Asheville which finished third in the Big South regular season standings, before ripping off three straight wins in the Big South Tournament to get the conference’s automatic bid. To their credit, the Bulldogs enter this one as an underrated offensive team, as they rank 49th in the country in scoring, putting up 74 points per game. While Matt Dickey is this team’s leading scorer (15.4 a game), it is actually guard J.P. Primm who is the difference maker. Primm is averaging 14 points per game, while also leading this club in assists (4.6) and steals (2.1).

Still, in the surprise of all surprises, we’re going to take Arkansas Little-Rock with our NCAA Basketball Betting Picks. For whatever reason, something seems to be brewing with this club, which won four straight games, all as underdogs to get here. The Trojans don’t have a ton of scoring, but do get enough from guard Solomon Bozeman, who puts up over 16 points per game.

Ultimately, the quick reaction is to take UNC-Asheville here. But coming from the tougher conference, and going down the tougher road to get here, Arkansas Little-Rock is BetUS Sportsbook NCAA Basketball Betting pick.

No. 12 UAB Blazers (22-8 SU, 17-11-1 ATS) vs. No. 12 Clemson Tigers (21-11 SU, 13-13-2 ATS)
Tuesday, March 15: 9:00 p.m. TruTV, Live from Dayton, OH

Betting Odds:
UAB: +4 ½
Clemson: -4 ½

Next up in the NCAA Basketball Betting picks, we have one of the most controversial teams in the NCAA field, as UAB plays Clemson Tuesday night. The winner gets West Virginia on Thursday.

That controversial team is UAB, a club that no one saw getting an at-large bid, after losing in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament.

Still, the Blazers did get that bid, and they’ll enter Tuesday night with the best player on the court,  Conference USA Player of the Year, Aaron Johnson. The senior was not only good this year, but one of the elite guards in the country, as he actually led all of college basketball with 7.7 assists per game. Fellow senior Jamarr Sanders added 17.7 points per game from the perimeter as well.

And in the end it’ll be those seniors that get the win in the NCAA Basketball Betting odds Tuesday night.

The truth is, that as good as Clemson is, they have been erratic of late, losing three of their last six games. Guard Demontez Stitt is a senior that does it all (14 points, 3.4 assists per game), but unfortunately he doesn’t have much help around him. Only one other starter Jerai Grant averages more than 10 points per game.

Clemson may be the team with the big name, from the power conference, but it is ultimately UAB which is just a flat out better basketball team.

Make the Blazers your second NCAA Basketball Betting pick of the weekend!

BetUS Sportsbook NCAA Basketball Betting Pick: UAB +4 ½

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