Saint Peter's Peacocks (19-13) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (24-8)
March 21, 2024 9:20 pm EDT
The Line: Tennessee Volunteers -19; Over/Under: +129
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The Saint Peter’s Peacocks and the Tennessee Volunteers meet Thursday in the college basketball NCAA Tournament First Round at the Spectrum Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee Prediction.
Saint Peter’s Team Preview
The Saint Peter’s Peacocks come into the NCAA tournament repping the MAAC as the tournament champion, finishing the year 19-13 overall. Corey Washington leads the Peacocks in scoring and rebounding with 16.3 PPG along with 6.4 RPG while Latrell Reid has 11.3 PPG with 4.5 RPG and a team-high 4.6 APG as the only other double-digit scorer for Saint Peter’s while leading the Peacocks in assists this season. Michael Houge has 8.5 PPG with 5.7 RPG as well this season. As a team, Saint Peter’s is averaging 65.4 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field, 32.6% from three and 71.7% from the foul line this season.
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Tennessee Team Preview
The Tennessee Volunteers come into the NCAA tournament on behalf of the SEC, finishing the year 24-8 overall. Dalton Knecht leads the Volunteers in scoring with 21.1 PPG and 4.7 RPG while Jonas Aidoo has 11.9 PPG with a team-high 7.7 RPG to lead the Vols on the glass up to this point in the year. Zakai Zeigler has 11.1 PPG with a team-high 5.8 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Tennessee as the Vols’ leading assist man. Josiah-Jordan James also has 8.4 PPG and 6.5 RPG as well this season. As a team, Tennessee is averaging 79.5 PPG on 44.4% shooting from the field, 34.2% from three and 74.9% from the foul line this season.
Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee Prediction
I’m looking at the under here. I think this line was right on at 19 when it first opened, but now I think it’s gone too far for Tennessee but I’m also not comfortable taking a shot on Saint Peter’s here as I could see something like 75-53 or 73-54, so I’m going to side with the under here. I don’t envision Saint Peter’s breaking 60 and I also don’t envision Tennessee running it up here. I’ll take the under but there are much better options on Thursday’s card.
