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Free NCAA Hoops Pick: Belmont vs. St. Louis CBB Odds
Looking for Belmont Bruins vs. St. Louis Billikens NCAA basketball free picks & CBB odds? CBB betting sees the Bruins taking on the Billikens on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all college basketball matchups all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NCAA basketball predictions like this Bruins Billikens matchup.
2021 NCAA Basketball Handicapping
(7-3) Belmont Bruins vs. St. Louis Billikens (7-2)
Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Time: 8:00 PM ET
Venue: Chaifetz Arena
CBB Moneyline Odds: Belmont +125 / St. Louis -140
CBB Betting ATS Odds: Bruins +2.5 / Billikens -2.5 (Bet Now!)
CBB Betting Total: O/U 149.5
A pair of squads with 7 wins apiece square off on Tuesday night at Chaifetz Arena and I don’t know what you expect to see but I know why I chose to write this game up
In what I certainly expect to be a high-scoring affair, Belmont and St. Louis might just provide us with plenty of fireworks and the line setters left us plenty of room for a play on this total.
The Bruins have scored 179 points over their last 2 wins although Samford and Lipscomb were their opponents so that was to be expected. Belmont ranks 66th in the nation averaging 79.2 PPG and now we get to talk about what the Billikens have done thus far.
Oh, points? Wait, do you mean, like, putting the peach in the basket at a high rate? All right, well let’s talk Billikens hoops, baby! If Belmont’s 79.2 PPG impresses you, have a look at the St. Louis Billikens and the 86.3 PPG that puts this program at 7th in the land in scoring.
WELCOME TO SHOOTOUT CITY!
Belmont Bruins
How deep is your love? Ahh shit, I just gave away how old I am, didn’t I? LoL
Man, talk about some depth for Belmont head coach Casey Alexander and I think we all know that Belmont is not your ordinary mid-major program in NCAA hoops. The Bruins are so solid all around the floor and they go 2 deep at every position on the floor for the most part.
It is just a matter of looking over the season stats to this point and through 10 games you see how many players have seen quality minutes on the floor for this program in 2021. Winning? Oh, we have your winning program right here, and if you don’t believe me have a look for yourself. Click on Casey Alexander‘s page on the Belmont site and you can see how stupid the results have been since and before he got here.
How does 26 – 4 sound in 2020? How do those 30-straight wins in conference play look? Oh, I can go on if you like because this program could easily hang in a power-5 conference the way they play together.
Ben Sheppard seems to be the guy being highlighted every night and he is second on this team in scoring behind Nick Muszynski. Sheppard is averaging just under 16 points a night while Nicky is up to 17.5 PPG.
Big #33 in the middle surely wants to make his senior campaign a strong one and he has been a major reason why this team has spent the last 4 seasons winning.
Things might not go as smoothly in 2021 as they have recently because of the defensive issues this team is having. The offense wants to go go go and getting back to defend has been a major issue to this point. You see the rankings and this program is sitting at 251st in the nation allowing 72 points a contest. St Louis? Oh, they score just a wee bit more than 72 points a night!
St. Louis Billikens
Slowing down the Billikens is the obvious goal for Belmont but the Bruins will have no problem just going back and forth shooting it out all night.
The Billikens are ranked 25th in the land shooting 39.3% from distance and I already mentioned the 7th-ranked scoring offense putting up a stupid 86+ points a night.
St. Louis had their modest 4-game win streak snapped last time in a loss to UAB, 77 – 72, right here on this floor just two days ago. The Billikens were a perfect 4 – 0 in this building until the loss and now they’ll be looking to start a new run but there might be one little issue at hand.
Do you see the schedule ahead for this squad? Holy strength of schedule Batman!
Boston College is on deck, and then Auburn, Drake, and UMass will put a wrap on the 2021 side of the campaign. That is nothing near cupcake city and the season has officially become time to give it all up every night.
Gibson Jimerson has used all of that experience of his to be a better ballplayer and he leads this team putting up 16 points a night and he never wants to come out of the game. He is easily leading this team in time on the court this year and he has never met a shot he doesn’t like.
Jimerson is a redshirt freshman and that is amazing to think of how much he has already been through. He has made 40 appearances over the last 3 years and he had the injury and hardship 2019 season returned to him and obviously everyone got 2020 back too. He is easily the most experienced redshirt freshman I have ever seen and he was a stud in High School before he got here.
Jimerson is one of 8 players averaging 7.9 PPG or more for this program as they are deep as well. This could be a game that we see 24 players participate in and everyone will get their shots to pitch in.
CBB Betting Trends:
- Over is 12-5-1 in Bruins last 18 road games.
- Over is 4-0 in Billikens’ last 4 overall.
- Over is 4-0 in Billikens’ last 4 Tuesday games.
- Over is 6-2 in Billikens’ last 8 home games.
- Billikens are 15-6-1 ATS in their last 22 home games.
Free Belmont Bruins vs. St. Louis Billikens NCAAB Betting Prediction:
Points much? Yeah, you betcha! We’ll be seeing all of those 150 points we’ll be needing to cash this ticket on the Over. A race to 85 will ensue and the first team to get there wins! I think Belmont might just walk into St. Louis and find a win too, but we can just hang with this total.
4* Free CBB Betting Pick: Over 149.5
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