There has never been hoops expectations like there are in Miami this year. A team that was considered middle of the pack went on to win regular season and tournament ACC titles to earn a #2 seed. <\/p>\n
NCAA Tournament – East Bracket<\/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 They are sitting in the East bracket which I really think can be there\u2019s for the taking.<\/p>\n They may have had a few hiccups over the course of the year but I don\u2019t think this game will be an epic fail.<\/p>\n It may not be a factor in beating Pacific but I love the balance of Miami. They have three players averaging between 13.2 and 14.6 points per game and get steady contributions from their top 7 players. They have size and decent shooting even if nobody has the reputation of being a sniper.<\/p>\n More than any team out there they have experience with seniors throughout their lineup and 4 returning starters. This team is ready to roll.<\/p>\n The Canes came through at the window too. Their better than expected success yielded a 20-7 ATS record including a very good 15-6 as a favourite. This program hasn\u2019t been to the Tournament since 2008 though.<\/p>\n They should be using this game as a tuneup for a nice long run…all the way to the Final Four.<\/p>\n The Pacific Tigers have some reasonable NCAA Tournament history, winning first round games in both 2004 and 2005 and qualifying in 2006. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n This year they finished second in the Big West but avoided top seed Long Beach State on their way to a conference tournament title. I am not expecting them to put up much of a challenge to the Hurricanes in this bi-coastal battle though.<\/p>\n Their best win was against St. Mary\u2019s this season.<\/p>\n Pacific does not have a dominant player. Their leading scorer is guard Lorenzo McCloud who averages only 11.4ppg. Scoring should be a challenge but if I am coach Bob Thomason I am more concerned about getting creamed on the boards because my team is not very big – not a single player averages more than 4 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n This is really not a good matchup for Pacific which is why it will be one and done.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t see much value on the Pacific side of things. Even if Miami struggles I don\u2019t think they have quite enough to really put a scare in them. They are 17-13 ATS this season.<\/p>\n They are a solid 11-7 ATS against winning teams but just 5-7 as an underdog.<\/p>\n If you like to get down on every game then take the over.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: Miami -12<\/strong> Tigers vs Hurricanes East Region Spread\/Handicapping There has never been hoops expectations like there are in Miami this year. A team that was considered middle of the pack went on to win regular season and tournament ACC titles to earn a #2 seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":28342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[53103,56982,1477,4631,11740,58539,12060,471,35395,8960,1476,58537,4210,4694,10434,58538,11979],"class_list":["post-61000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-53103","tag-2013-ncaa-basketball-odds","tag-cbb-picks","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-east-bracket","tag-east-region-bracket","tag-east-region-picks","tag-free-picks","tag-hurricanes-vs-tigers","tag-march-madness","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-miami-hurricanes-vs-pacific-tigers","tag-ncaa-basketball-lines","tag-ncaa-hoops-predictions","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-pacific-tigers","tag-round-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61000","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=61000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61016,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61000\/revisions\/61016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n #2 Miami Hurricane (27-6) vs #15 Pacific Tigers (22-12)<\/strong>
\n Friday March 22<\/strong>
\n Frank Erwin Special Events Center – Austin, TX<\/strong>
\n 2:10PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: Miami -900, Pacific +690 at SportsBettingOnline.ag<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: Miami -12<\/strong>
\n O\/U: 125<\/strong><\/p>\nMiami<\/h3>\n
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Pacific<\/h3>\n
\nO\/U Pick: Over<\/strong>
\nScore Prediction: Miami 77 – Pacific 60<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"