Boston University vs Loyola-Maryland 3/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds and the Boston Terriers meet in college basketball action from the Case Gym on Thursday night.

The Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds come into the conference tournament as the #6 seed, sitting at 14-15 on the year including 8-10 in conference play. Cam Spencer leads the Greyhounds in scoring with 18.6 PPG along with 4.9 RPG and 3.2 APG while Jaylin Andrews has 13.8 PPG with 4.2 RPG as the only other double-digit scorer for Loyola-Maryland this season. Kenneth Jones has a team-high 4.6 RPG and Golden Dike has a team-high 6.1 RPG to lead the Greyhounds on the glass. As a team, Loyola-Maryland is averaging 66.2 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 67.8% from the foul line while allowing 65.3 PPG on 43.6% shooting from the field and 33.8% from three this season.

The Boston Terriers enter the tournament as the #3 seed, finishing the year at 20-11 overall including an 11-7 mark in conference play. Javante McCoy leads the Terriers in scoring and assists with 17.1 PPG and 3 APG while Walter Whyte has 12.7 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.

Loyola-Maryland is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games and 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games following a loss while the under is 12-3-1 in their last 16 games overall. Boston is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 20-42 ATS in their last 62 home games while the over is 9-2 in their last 11 games overall.

I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m looking at the under here, The two totals this season between the two sides were up in the 130s, and both games failed to hit the 120s and I don’t see this game being any different all of a sudden in a conference tournament. If anything, I think it adds more pressure and a more cautious approach to this game. Give me the under here.