{"id":60496,"date":"2013-03-11T07:21:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=60496"},"modified":"2013-03-11T07:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T14:28:46","slug":"st-marys-gaels-vs-gonzaga-bulldogs-free-gambling-prediction-preview-11313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/st-marys-gaels-vs-gonzaga-bulldogs-free-gambling-prediction-preview-11313\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary\u2019s Gaels vs. Gonzaga Bulldogs Gambling Prediction &#038; CBB Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gaels vs Bulldogs CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping<\/h2>\n<p>When you are talking about the West Coast Conference the conversation doesn\u2019t completely end with Gonzaga.\u00a0 That is because the Gaels program has really emerged over the last few seasons. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2013 WCC Tournament<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> St. Mary\u2019s Gaels (27-5) vs #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs (30-2)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Monday March 11<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Orleans Arena &#8211; Las Vegas, NV<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 9:00PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Moneyline: \u00a0No ML currently listed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/sbo\">SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Spread: \u00a0Gonzaga -5.5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> O\/U: \u00a0138<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"&lt;a href=\" rel=\"nofollow\">ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/basketball\/ncaab-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAB\/matchups\/g6_preview_8.html\" target=\"_parent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/ray-monohan-sports-picks\" target=\"_parent\">Buy Razor Ray&#8217;s CBB Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>St. Mary\u2019s<\/h3>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s can punch a ticket to the dance by beating the Zags Monday night, something they failed at twice this season.<\/p>\n<p>If they fail again they may be making the WCC a one bid league in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaels\u2019 Matthew Dellavedova would be among the top players being considered if they handed out an MVP award in college basketball. \u00a0The senior point guard is masterful directing the attack and can be a nifty scorer too. \u00a0As important as he is though what may be more important is that the Gaels play strong inside.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"CBB Picks\" href=\"\/handicappers\/\"><strong>CLICK GRAB OUR BEST Expert CBB Hoops Picks for 2013 GAMBLING season!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Gonzaga has maybe the best collection of bigs in America and they pound you down there.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing in favour of the Gaels is that they don\u2019t fear the Zags the way other teams in the WCC. \u00a0Last year they beat them in the very same conference finals and the +5.5 gives this team a lot of respect.<\/p>\n<p>Their 7-3-1 ATS record on the road may have something to do with it but I am not sure I am biting. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n<h3>Gonzaga<\/h3>\n<p>Gonzaga is looking for one more victory to complete their body of work for the selection committee. \u00a0Even though they got off to a sluggish start against Loyola Marymount they wound up winning by 18 and are just 1 game away from a perfect regular season and conference title.<\/p>\n<p>There are some whispers out there that even that feat won\u2019t be enough for the Bulldogs to be a number one seed but I don\u2019t see how they couldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n<p>Against LMU Zags center Kelly Olynyk had his lowest scoring game since the second game of the season. \u00a0You would think that would mean the opponents would have a chance but senior power forward Elias Harris pumped in 21 points and is playing like a guy who realizes he doesn\u2019t have too many games left.<\/p>\n<p>That is the beauty of Gonzaga, their depth takes the pressure off any one player to carry the team.<\/p>\n<p>From a tournament perspective the Gaels have a lot riding on this one but in terms of respect the Zags need this one just as much.<\/p>\n<p>They are #1 (like it or not) but if they don\u2019t win out some will snicker. \u00a0Playing in Vegas probably is an advantage for the underdog but I doubt it will be enough.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget Gonzaga beat St. Mary\u2019s on the road this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spread Pick: \u00a0Gonzaga -5.5<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> O\/U Pick: Over<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Score Prediction: \u00a0Gonzaga \u00a077 &#8211; St. Mary\u2019s 67<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaels vs Bulldogs CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping When you are talking about the West Coast Conference the conversation doesn\u2019t completely end with Gonzaga.\u00a0 That is because the Gaels program has really emerged over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":29453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[53103,1477,4631,471,9664,7714,4210,4694,45426,24090,11480,58265],"class_list":["post-60496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-53103","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-free-picks","tag-gaels-vs-bulldogs","tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-st-marys-gaels","tag-st-marys-gaels-vs-gonzaga-bulldogs","tag-wcc","tag-wcc-tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60496","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=60496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60502,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60496\/revisions\/60502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}