Free NCAA Hoops Pick: Gamecocks vs. Tigers CBB Odds
Looking for Jacksonville State Gamecocks vs. Auburn Tigers NCAA basketball free picks & CBB odds? CBB betting sees the Gamecocks taking on the Tigers on Friday, March 18th, 2022 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. 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 Gamecocks- Tigers matchup.
2022 NCAA Basketball Handicapping
(21-10) Jacksonville State Gamecocks vs. Auburn Tigers (27-5)
Date: Saturday, March 18th, 2022
Time: 12:40 PM EST
Venue: Bon Secours Wellness Arena
CBB Moneyline Odds: Jacksonville State OFF | Auburn OFF
CBB Betting ATS Odds: Jacksonville State +14.5 | Auburn -14.5 (Bet Now!)
CBB Betting Total: 137.5
The Auburn Tigers and Jacksonville State Gamecocks meet in round of 68 NCAA Tournament action on Friday, March 18th.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Known in my stomping grounds as ‘Just Show Up’, that’s exactly how JSU earned its latest big dance invite. While my wife received her masters from good ol’ Jack State in the aughts, this generation’s Gamecocks are winning the ASUN’s auto-bid while losing the league’s recent title game 54-51 to the postseason banned (naughty, naughty) Jacksonville Dolphins.
And though JSU has about a snowball’s chance in hell of actually advancing vs. overinflated 2-seed Auburn on Friday, the Gamecocks’ board can send their yearly donation magazine to Mr. & Mrs. The Line this summer. We’ll keep an eye out for that issue amidst the southern swelter.
I apologize for the corny personal anecdotes, but there’s only so much filler one can add about a small school that feasted all year on quad 4 foes. I gotta meet word count, you see.
When the JSU ‘Cocks aren’t knee deep in underwater basket weaving (sorry, couldn’t resist), they are dropping 109.1 points per 100 possessions and allowing 98.6. Led in scoring by a young man called Darian Adams (15.6 PPG), this offensively-inclined bunch sports elite outside shooting (38% 3P) and an effective 47% overall FG clip.
For all my dated quips about a fine local institution of higher learning, JSU just may test the spread against a shaky-at-best Auburn group. Above water baskets, baskets, baskets galore for the Gamecocks!…If lucky.
Auburn Tigers
After smearing a few thousand articles across the web these past seven years about anything I deem remotely entertaining, jibing a bit on wittle ol’ JSU made this bloggers’s otherwise tedium-filled day.
Continuing the voice of this plucky write up, I see Auburn as pure fool’s gold despite their impressive numbers. The Tigers hardly intimidated as the nation’s top team while narrow wins over SEC floorboards UGA and Mizzou preceded late season losses vs. Arkansas, Florida and Tennessee.
Somehow, though, the Tigers earned the SEC’s top big dance line even after losing again, 67-62 in tourney action vs. Texas A&M. For what it’s worth, this guy doesn’t see Auburn going past the round of 32. Nor does he peg leading Tigers scorer Jabari Smith (17.1) as the second coming just yet.
Like a glass-jawed pugilist (think prime Amir Khan), a vulnerable air follows Bruce Pearl’s men. The Tigers average 108.5 points per 100 possessions and allow 92.4
CBB Betting Trends:
- Tigers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 NCAA Tournament games.
- Tigers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a straight up loss.
- Tigers are 19-13 ATS overall this season.
4* Free CBB Betting Pick: Auburn Tigers ATS -14.5
While my wife used her JSU masters to grade papers, and bring home the bacon all winter, I spent almost every Sat. laying on my side while watching SEC basketball for you, dear sports-blog reader.
It was time well spent as most of my picks turned up winners. Again, I digress. Yet, during my many hours spent examining the southeastern conference ranks, I found Auburn lacking that killer instinct which generally defines greatness.
Perhaps because they are led by a sheepish frosh, I have extreme difficulty calling AU elite. Though, vs. ‘Just Show Up’, unless the ‘Cocks get hot from deep, which would be a bold outlier vs. their best opponent by far this year, I think Smith & Co.have enough gusto to punish a Jack State squad that doesn’t actually belong in the NCAA Tournament.
Take Auburn with the points as they’ll probably be bounced vs. whoever they get next.
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