Colorado State Rams vs Virginia Cavaliers Prediction, 3/19/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado State Rams vs Virginia Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Location: UD Arena in Dayton, OH

TV: truTV

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado State (+2)

The Colorado State Rams (24-10) are en route to UD Arena on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Virginia Cavaliers (23-10) in the NCAA Tournament. Virginia opens this game as 2-point favorites. The total has been set at 118.5.

The Colorado State Rams played New Mexico and went home with a loss by a final score of 74-61 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Rams ended up finishing with 17 and New Mexico had 13 personal fouls. They also converted 5 of their 13 attempts from long range. New Mexico finished the game shooting 81.3% from the charity stripe by making 13 of 16 tries. Additionally, New Mexico had 36 rebounds (11 offensive, 25 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. New Mexico earned 16 dimes and had 6 steals in this contest. With regard to the defense, Colorado State let their opponent shoot 45.2% from the field on 28 out of 62 shooting. They also distributed 14 assists for the matchup while forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected 34 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Rams made 7 of their 8 attempts for a rate of 87.5%. Colorado State walked away from the game having earned a 34.3% FG percentage (24 of 70) and made 6 of their 28 three-point attempts.

Joel Scott is someone who was a major contributor in this game. He accounted for 20 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He played for 31 mins and grabbed 8 rebounds. He ended up shooting 56.3% from the field and totaled 1 assist.

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Colorado State enters this one with a win-loss mark of 24-10 this year. They are turning it over 10.1 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Colorado State is collecting 32.9 boards per game and is sitting with 627 dimes this year, which is 2nd in the nation in terms of passing. The Rams are shooting 34.1% on shots beyond the perimeter (253 of 743) and 75.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 76.4 pts per game (99th in college hoops) while hitting 48.8% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Rams are forcing 11.7 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 17.0 fouls. They are giving up 33.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 75th in D-1 in PPG allowed (68.4). The Rams defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 43.2% (829 of 1,919) and they concede 32.9 boards per contest as a basketball team. They rank 123rd in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 398 conceded on the season.

For their last game, the Virginia Cavaliers took a defeat with a final score of 73-65 against North Carolina State. The Cavaliers were able to snag 22 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 31 in the matchup. They gave up possession 8 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. North Carolina State committed 12 fouls in the game which got the Cavaliers to the charity stripe for a total of 11 tries. They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 54.5%. Pertaining to shooting from downtown, Virginia buried 9 of 28 attempts (32.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Cavaliers ended up shooting 25 out of 66 from the floor which gave them a rate of 37.9%. The Cavaliers permitted North Carolina State to make 28 out of 58 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 48.3% for the contest. They shot 17.6% from distance by going 3 out of 17 and ended up going 14 out of 15 at the free throw line (93.3%). With respect to how they attacked the glass, Virginia allowed North Carolina State to snag 35 in total (6 offensive).

Isaac McKneely ended up being a major contributor for the Cavaliers in this game. He earned 23 points in his 41 mins of playing time and totaled 2 dimes in this game. He buried 8 of 15 for the contest for a field goal rate of 53.3%, and had 3 rebounds.

Virginia has a mark of 23-10 for the campaign. The Cavaliers are committing 13.5 fouls per game and they hit 63.7% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 15.2 times per contest (58th in the nation) and they turn the ball over 8.2 times per game. Virginia has earned 2,098 points this season (63.6 per game) and they collect 32.8 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Cavaliers are shooting 43.4% from the floor, which ranks them 255th in the nation.

The Virginia defense surrenders 30.4% on shots from beyond the arc (213 of 701) and their opposition knocks down 75.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 11.2 assists and 34.5 boards per game, which is ranked 44th and 168th in those categories. The Cavaliers on defense are ranked 3rd in college hoops in points per game surrendered with 59.6. They are able to force 12.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 40.2% from the floor (14th in D-1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado State (+2)

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