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College basketball Free Preview and gambling prediction including updated point spread and LIVE betting odds for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies vs. Pittsburgh Panthers Friday Round 1 West Regional tournament hoops matchup…

Pitt Panthers vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies – Round 1 – West Region College Hoops Gambling

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Oakland vs Pittsburgh – 2:55 P.M. Friday, March 19th

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament- First Round
Oakland +10 (-110)
Pittsburgh -10 (-110)
Over/Under 134

The 14th seed Oakland Golden Grizzlies face the #3 seed Pittsburgh Panthers in the first round of the West regional with tip-off scheduled for 2:55 P.M. on Friday, March 19th in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Oakland punched their ticket to the dance by winning the Summit Conference Tournament with a 76-64 win over IUPUI and gaining an automatic bid into the NCAA’s. The Golden Grizzlies were clearly the best team in the Summit as they ended the season with an overall record of 26-8 including a near perfect 17-1 record in conference play. Their only loss was to the Jaguars on the road back in late January.

They had won nine straight before that game and from that point on they have won 11 straight. Oakland has four starters averaging over 11 points a game led by junior C Keith Benson, who is averaging 17 points and 10.5 rebounds a game.

This is a very good team in comparison to the level of competition they have faced this season but they will need a herculean effort from all four to have a chance in this game.

Pittsburgh will need to erase the memory of two straight losses to Notre Dame; once towards the end of the regular season and next in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals to get their heads right for this tournament. They need to go back and focus on what went right in a three game stretch in mid-February when they beat West Virginia (98-95 OT), Marquette (58-51), and Villanova (70-65) and found themselves ranked 12th in the country.

The Panthers are a very good defensive team which keeps them in just about every game they play.

Offensively, when firing on all cylinders they are a potentially great team, but they will need more consistent output from sophomore G Ashton Gibbs (15.8 points per game), junior G Brad Wanamaker (12.1 points), and senior G Jermaine Dixon (10.7 points) if they have any hope of going deep in this tournament.

This opening game provides a good opportunity to start things off in the right direction.

Oakland will look back on this season as one of the best in school history as they completely dominated their conference and earned their trip to the dance. Unfortunately that is where the highlight reel will end as Pittsburgh should run away with this one early.

The Panthers out match the Grizzlies in almost every phase of this game and it will be reflected on the scoreboard.

Betting Trends:

Panthers are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 neutral site games as a favorite
Panthers are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 neutral site games
Panthers are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 NCAA Tournament games
Panthers are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 NCAA Tournament games as a favorite
Golden Grizzlies are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games
Golden Grizzlies are 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 neutral site games as an underdog
Golden Grizzlies are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 non-conference games
Golden Grizzlies are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog

Panthers vs. Golden Grizzlies Free Pick: Pittsburgh -10

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