Colorado State Rams vs Maryland Terrapins Prediction, 3/23/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado State Rams vs Maryland Terrapins

Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025

Location: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA

TV: TBS

Odds/Point Spread: Colorado State (+7)

The Maryland Terrapins (26-8) will try to defeat the Colorado State Rams (26-9) at Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Maryland opens as 7-point favorites. The over/under is set at 142.

The Colorado State Rams took the court against Memphis and notched a win by a score of 78-70 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Rams ended up walking away with 13 and Memphis racked up 20 fouls. They also knocked down 6 out of their 23 tries from distance. Memphis finished the game at 70.0% from the free throw line by burying 14 of 20 attempts. On top of that, Memphis grabbed 40 rebounds (15 offensive, 25 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Memphis doled out 8 assists and had 7 steals for the contest. In the matter of the defense, Colorado State allowed the other team to shoot 42.4% from the field on 25 out of 59 shooting. They also recorded 14 dimes in this contest as well as creating 16 turnovers and earning 8 steals. When it comes to rebounding, they collected 29 with 11 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Rams buried 19 of their 25 tries for a rate of 76.0%. Colorado State wrapped up the game with a 42.1% FG percentage (24 of 57) and made 11 of their 30 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Kyan Evans is a player who was a major contributor for this contest. He finished the contest at 63.6% from the field and also earned 4 dimes. He saw the court for 36 mins and collected 2 boards. He scored 23 points on 7 of 11 shooting.

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Colorado State will take the court with a record of 26-9 so far this year. They are averaging 75.3 points per game (136th in college) while shooting 47.8% from the floor. The Rams are connecting on 36.6% on shots from downtown (305 of 834) and 77.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Colorado State is grabbing 34.8 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 579 dimes on the campaign, which has them ranked 13th in college hoops in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 11.6 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.3 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Rams are forcing their opponents into 11.3 turnovers per game while drawing 17.6 fouls. They relinquish 32.9% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 46th in college in points per game allowed (67.2). The Rams are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.2% (828 of 1,963) and they surrender 31.9 boards per game as a team. They are ranked 62nd in college hoops in allowing assists to their opponents with 387 conceded for the year.

For their last game, the Maryland Terrapins got the win with a final of 81-49 against Grand Canyon. The Terrapins recorded 30 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 40 for the matchup. They gave up possession 8 times, while getting 6 steals in this matchup. Grand Canyon was called for 20 fouls for the contest which took the Terrapins to the free throw line for 24 attempts. They were able to convert 12 of those for a percentage of 50.0%. In regard to shots from distance, Maryland made 7 of their 16 attempts (43.8%). At the conclusion of this game, the Terrapins walked away from this one shooting 31 for 61 from the field which gave them a rate of 50.8%. The Terrapins allowed Grand Canyon to make 16 of their 56 tries from the floor which had them shooting 28.6% in the game. They finished 21.7% from three-point range by hitting 5 of 23 and finished the game at 12 out of 19 from the free throw line (63.2%). When discussing cleaning the glass, Maryland allowed Grand Canyon to snag 30 in total (11 offensive).

Julian Reese ended up having an impact for the Terrapins in the matchup. He converted 8 out of 15 for the matchup giving him a rate of 53.3%, and accounted for 9 rebounds. He earned 18 points in his 27 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in the game.

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Maryland has a win-loss record of 26-8 for the year. The Terrapins are committing 15.6 personal fouls per game and they connect on 74.6% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 14.5 times per contest (112th in the nation) and they are giving up possession 10.2 times per contest. Maryland has 2,776 pts this year (81.6 per contest) and they collect 36.9 boards per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Terrapins are hitting on 47.3% from the field, which is 48th in the country.

The Maryland defense allows 30.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter (220 of 723) and their opponents are making 73.5% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 11.9 dimes and 33.5 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 71st and 127th in college hoops. The Terrapins are ranked 39th in the nation in PPG allowed with 66.5. They are forcing 14.3 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 41.2% from the field (47th in the nation).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Colorado State (+7)

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