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NCAA basketball betting action sees the UCLA Bruins taking on the SMU Mustangs Thursday March 19th at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.
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UCLA Bruins (20-13) vs. SMU Mustangs (27-6)
Venue/ Stadium: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Time/Date: 3:10 PM EST Thursday, March 18, 2015
NCAAB Betting Odds
NCAAB Betting Point Spread: SMU -3.5
NCAAB Betting Over/Under Odds: 133.5
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UCLA Bruins vs. #18 SMU Mustangs Preview
On the season UCLA is 17-16 ATS and they have an O/U record of 12-20 and SMU is 15-12-3 ATS and they have an O/U record of 15-12-1.
This game is being held at a neutral site at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky
In their last games UCLA lost to Arizona 70-64 in the semifinals of the Pac 12 Conference Tournament and SMU beat UCONN 62-54 to win the AAC Tournament.
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Many thought UCLA should not be invited to the Big Dance, but they got in and are a 3.5-point betting underdog facing SMU. This is the South Region game where UCLA is the 11th seed and SMU is the 6th seed.
SMU is making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 1993 season.
SMU ended the season as the 18th ranked team and on the season facing ranked teams UCLA was 1-6.
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The Bruins had won 4 straight games before losing to Arizona in the Pac 12 tourney.
SMU is riding a 4-game winning streak and they have won 9 of their last 10 games.
SMU is led by AAC Player of the Year G Nic Moore (14.2 ppg 5.2 assists per game) and FW (11.7 ppg 6.1 rpg). Kennedy is their key player inside and when he was ruled out because of academics in the first semester the Mustangs suffered 3 of their 6 losses.
The Bruins are led by Norman Powell (16.4 ppg) and sharpshooter Bryce Alford (15.1 ppg), who is shooting 36% from beyond the 3-pt arc.
The Bruins were only 4-0 this season facing teams that made the Big Dance.
6’9” FW Kevon Looney had a solid freshman season for the Bruins and he is projected to be a high draft pick if he decides to leave UCLA. He averaged over 11 ppg and 9 rpg on the season, but struggled down the stretch and in his last 2 games he had only 5 points and 4 rebounds in each.
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His play inside will be key tonight and SMU has to keep him from having a big game in the paint.
NCAAB Betting Trends
* UCLA is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
* UCLA is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.
* UCLA is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a S.U. loss.
* SMU is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record.
* SMU is 8-24-1 ATS in their last 33 neutral site games.
4*Cappers NCAAB Free Pick
UCLA does not have a good Big Dance resume, but they are in and they will not only cover the spread facing a ranked SMU team they will win as well.
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