UNC Greensboro vs Boston University 3/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The UNC-Greensboro Spartans and the Boston University Terriers meet in college basketball action from the Ocean Center on Sunday afternoon.

The UNC-Greensboro Spartans come into the tournament as the #7 seed out of the SoCon, finishing the year at 17-14 overall, including a 9-9 mark in conference play to finish with the conference’s #6 seed. The Spartans were taken out in the quarterfinals by #3 Samford, but were still invited to the CBI. De’Monte Buckingham leads UNCG in scoring and rebounding with 12.2 PPG and 6.4 RPG as the lone double-digit scorer for the Spartans up to this point in the seasonBas Leyte has 9.3 PPG and Kalen Hunter and Keyshaun Langley each have 8.5 PPG with Leyte logging 5.7 RPG while Kobe Langley has a team-high 3 APG as well this season. As a team, UNC-Greensboro is averaging 65 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 34.3% from three and 72.8% from the foul line while allowing 64.7 PPG on 41.8% shooting from the field and 34.6% from three this season.

The Boston University Terriers come into the tournament as the #10 seed, finishing the year at 21-12 overall and 11-7 in conference play, to end up as the #3 seed. The Terriers took out Loyola-Maryland before falling to Navy in OT. Javante McCoy leads the Terriers in scoring and assists with 17.3 PPG and 2.9 APG while Walter Whyte has 13 PPG with 5.9 RPG and Sukhmail Mathon has 15.1 PPG with a team-high 10.3 RPG to make up the trio of double-digit scorers for Boston U up to this point in the season. As a team, Boston is averaging 70.9 PPG on 45.5% shooting from the field, 35.3% from three and 72.9% from the foul line while allowing 67 PPG on 44.7% shooting from the field and 34.1% from three this season.

Boston U is 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS loss while the over is 11-2 in their last 13 games overall. UNC-Greensboro is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite while the over is 4-0 in their last 4 Sunday games.

I get the case to be made for UNCG here, but Boston U is no joke and I don’t think the Petriot League gets nearly enough respect. The Terriers have some solid pieces like Mathon, McCoy and Whyte and I think that’s a deadly mix to go against if you’re UNC-Greensboro. Give me the Terriers in this one.