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#7 UCLA Bruins vs #2 Florida Gators Matchup
Round Two – Southeast Region
Date/Time: Saturday March 18 – 2:30 PM
Venue: St. Pete Times Forum – Tampa, Florida
Broadcast: CBS
UCLA vs. Florida Betting Lines from Betus
Money Line:
Spread: Florida -5
Over/Under: 131.5

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It was a tale of two games but in the end the UCLA Bruins held off the Michigan State Spartans in their tournament opener. At halftime UCLA led by 18 points but gave it all back save two to get the victory. A win is a win but I wonder if there are some numbers out there about teams that win in that sort of up-down fashion…it would be interesting to see how they perform the next game out.

In my bracket I had MSU advancing and despite the impressive first half performance by UCLA I saw nothing that leads me to believe this team is a real threat to eliminate Florida. They are not as deep and the Gators have good counters to their frontcourt combination of Reeves Nelson, Tyler Honeycutt and Josh Smith.

UCLA may be a team to be reckoned with next year as those players continue to advance.

The Florida Gators had just about the easiest time of it on the tournament’s first day while putting a beating on Big West Champs UC Santa Barbara (eliminating the best name in the tournament – Gauchos). They roared out to a big lead in the first half which enabled them to get minutes for all their rotation players without having to overuse anyone.

The best thing to come out of this opener is that the backcourt of Erving Walker and Kenny Boynton played very efficiently, shooting 11 for 17 with just one combined turnover.

The frontcourt is solid too but when they get that kind of solid play out of those two this team is really tough to beat no matter the competition.

Betting Trends:

UCLA are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 Sat. games.
Over is 11-5 in UCLA last 16 non-conference games.
Over is 8-1 in FLA last 9 overall.
FLA are 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
Over is 6-2 in FLA last 8 neutral site games.

Prediction: I am very high on Florida going deep into the tournament and I don’t see a team like UCLA tripping them up.

The Gators will have a harder time than they did in their opener but still win quite easily.

Predicted Score: Florida 75 – UCLA 64

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