UMass vs Dartmouth 12/20/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Dartmouth Big Green (4-9) vs. UMass Minutemen (8-3)
December 20, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: UMass Minutemen -13.5 / Dartmouth Big Green +13.5; Over/Under: +139.5
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The Dartmouth Big Green and Massachusetts Minutemen meet Tuesday in college basketball action at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. The Dartmouth Big Green look for their fifth win. The Massachusetts Minutemen look for their ninth win.
The Dartmouth Big Green are averaging 69.8 points on 43 percent shooting and allowing 67.5 points on 42.3 percent shooting. Dusan Neskovic is averaging 11.3 points and 0.8 assists, while Ryan Cornish is averaging 11.2 points and 3.9 rebounds. Dame Adelekun is the third double-digit scorer and Cade Haskins is grabbing 3.1 rebounds. The Dartmouth Big Green are shooting 31.6 percent from beyond the arc and 68.8 percent from the free throw line. The Dartmouth Big Green are allowing 31.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 33.4 rebounds per game.
The Massachusetts Minutemen are averaging 70.2 points on 42.7 percent shooting and allowing 66.5 points on 41.5 percent shooting. Matt Cross is averaging 11.7 points and 6.2 rebounds, while Noah Fernandes is averaging 11.4 points and 2.6 rebounds. TJ Weeks Jr. is dishing 1.5 assists and Dyondre Dominguez is grabbing 4.3 rebounds. The Massachusetts Minutemen are shooting 34.7 percent from beyond the arc and 67.5 percent from the free throw line. The Massachusetts Minutemen are allowing 29.2 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.5 rebounds per game.
The Big Green are 2-5-1 ATS in their last 8 road games and 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall. The Minutemen are 33-16-2 ATS in their last 51 home games and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games overall. The under is 4-0 in Big Green last 4 overall. The under is 7-3 in Minutemen last 10 overall.
The UMass Minutemen are the better team, obviously, but they have offensive issues in terms of pulling away, so I don’t trust them with big chalk. UMass isn’t winning games comfortably, and only wins in the favorite role by an average of 6.3 points. The Dartmouth Big Green are good enough defensively to hang around. It feels like we’re getting an extra free bucket or two. Give me the Big Green.
