The Explorers are tied for second in the Atlantic 10 conference.\u00a0 Sitting a game ahead of them is St. Louis so this game has even more implications than could have been imagined when the schedule came out. <\/p>\n
La Salle Explorers (21-7) vs #16 St. Louis Billikens (23-6)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n La Salle has been a most pleasant surprise this season with some big wins, including back to back defeats of Butler and VCU. \u00a0They have won three in a row heading into Saturday, gathering momentum for what should be a great conference tournament.<\/p>\n The Explorers prefer to play at a fast pace and outscore opponents. \u00a0They have 4 players that average 10 or more points led by Ramon Galloway who also leads the team in assists. \u00a0Against a team with significant size the Explorers often struggle but this is a good matchup for them. \u00a0They have a number of effective 3 point shooters and everyone in their regular rotation makes their free throws so they are a tough out.<\/p>\n The way the Explorers score the ball they are very enticing when you see a decent sized number like +7. \u00a0Still this has the feeling of a team that might have peaked too early. \u00a0Having not seen much of them live I am still getting a feel for these guys. \u00a0Have they overachieved or were they underrated? \u00a0It is still hard to tell.<\/p>\n The Billikens are becoming a trendy pick to streak all the way to the Final Four. \u00a0Before losing to Xavier recently they had reeled off 11 wins in a row beating Butler twice and fellow conference leader VCU as well. \u00a0They also beat New Mexico earlier in the season so they have a nice profile from the non-conference too. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n I still feel like this team is a bit unknown but that doesn\u2019t mean they are not very good.<\/p>\n One reason to like St. Louis is that some other players stepped up in the absence of guard Kwamain Mitchell. \u00a0Now that he is back they have better scoring depth with 5 players averaging more than 9 points per game. \u00a0They don\u2019t have dominating inside players but Dwayne Evans throws his 230 pounds around even if he is only 6\u20195\u201d. \u00a0The Billikens are a top defensive team giving up less than 60ppg.<\/p>\n Backing the Billikens comes from two numbers. \u00a0The first is 58, the actual points against average and good for 21st in the nation. \u00a0The second is 70, the percentage of free throws which they make. \u00a0Put them together and with them being at home with so much on the line and it is hard not to like this side against a team like La Salle.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0La Salle +7<\/strong> Explorers vs Billikens CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping The Explorers are tied for second in the Atlantic 10 conference.\u00a0 Sitting a game ahead of them is St. Louis so this game has even more implications than could have been imagined when the schedule came out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":27828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[1477,4631,58262,471,58261,58260,4210,4694,5277],"class_list":["post-60479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-explorers-vs-billikens","tag-free-picks","tag-la-salle-explorers","tag-la-salle-explorers-vs-st-louis-billikens","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-st-louis-billikens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60479","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=60479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60487,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60479\/revisions\/60487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday March 9<\/strong>
\n Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, MO<\/strong>
\n 1:30PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0\u00a0No ML currently listed<\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0St. Louis -7 at TOPBET<\/a><\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0131<\/strong><\/p>\nLa Salle<\/h3>\n
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St. Louis<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0St. Louis 66 – La Salle 60<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"