Thursday February 28<\/strong> Moneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed<\/strong> Gonzaga<\/p>\n That is not a mistake, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are the second ranked team in the nation. \u00a0They are undefeated in West Coast Conference and have rattled off 10 wins in a row since they last lost at Butler. \u00a0The first of those wins was a home blowout of BYU by 20 points. \u00a0With Indiana and Michigan already losing this week there is the very real prospect that this \u201cmid major\u201d from the WCC could be the top ranked team in the nation.<\/p>\n It is no fluke either. \u00a0Center Kelly Olynyk is one of the most productive bigs in the nation this year averaging 17 points and 7 board which don\u2019t blow you away but when you factor in that he plays just 25 minutes per game – they are just awesome. \u00a0I also love their backcourt of Kevin Pangos and Gary Bell. \u00a0Neither are big but they make smart plays more often than not and can shoot. \u00a0Senior forward Elias Harris provides veteran leadership and is hungry too.<\/p>\n Gonzaga is a good bet – 15-11 ATS. \u00a0A look at their conference results shows only two games where the spread has been as close as the -6 they are getting right now. \u00a0Both were victories, one at home and one on the road, while being ATS losses. \u00a0When St. Mary\u2019s pushed the Zags it wasn\u2019t a total surprise, this one might be.<\/p>\n BYU<\/p>\n This game is a huge opportunity for the Cougars. \u00a0They have already notched 20 victories but none are of the signature variety. \u00a0They are in third place in the WCC and are 0-3 against the top two teams – Gonzaga and St. Mary\u2019s. \u00a0A win over the Zags would punch their ticket for sure and the Marriott Center, which is an underrated place to play, should be rocking on Thursday night. \u00a0There will be electricity in the air.<\/p>\n The Cougars have some nice headliners but not nearly as much depth as the Zags. \u00a0Guard Tyler Haws is one of the more unsung players in the nation. \u00a0He is 11th in scoring, part of a very small group of players averaging more than 20ppg. \u00a0Power forward Brandon Davies received attention a couple of years ago for an honour code violation and has evolved to become a very effective power forward, averaging 18 points and 7 rebounds per game. \u00a0After those two regular production is spotty.<\/p>\n In their first game against Gonzaga the Cougars were 10 point dogs and lost by 20. \u00a0A similar doubling seems very likely unless they can use the homecourt advantage and some great shooting to press the Zags. \u00a0If they can keep it close maybe the Zags makes a mistake. \u00a0They might be number 1 next week but they aren\u2019t there yet. \u00a0Can they keep it together.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Gonzaga -6 #2 Gonzaga Bulldogs (27-2) vs BYU Cougars (20-9) Thursday February 28 Marriott Center – Provo, UT 11:00PM Moneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed Spread: \u00a0Gonzaga -6 O\/U: \u00a0147 Gonzaga That is not a mistake, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are the second ranked team in the nation. \u00a0They are undefeated in West Coast Conference and have rattled off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60258,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60253\/revisions\/60258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Marriott Center – Provo, UT<\/strong>
\n 11:00PM<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Spread: \u00a0Gonzaga -6<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0147<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0\u00a0Under
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Gonzaga 80 – BYU 63<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"