Friday night NCAA basketball betting action sees the #17\u00a0VCU Rams<\/strong> taking on the\u00a0St. Louis Billikens<\/strong> in St. Louis, Missouri. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA basketball handicapping tips all season long.<\/p>\n Typically, this would be a matchup deciding the outcome of A-10 Conference. <\/p>\n #17 VCU Rams<\/a> (15-3) vs. St. Louis Billikens<\/a> (9-9)\u00a0<\/strong> Click here to view…\u00a0CBB ATS Stats<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Expert CBB Betting Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n That however, is not the case as the Rams and Billikens come in on opposite ends of the conference standings on Friday night. VCU sits atop at 5-0, while St. Louis is just 1-4 in conference play.<\/p>\n The #17 ranked Rams will attempt to win their 11th straight contest, but could be without their leading scorer once again. Senior G Treveon Graham is battling a sprained ankle and could miss his 2nd straight game when the Rams invade the Billikens in St. Louis.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63742&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Treveon Graham has made a strong case for A-10 player of the year thus far. He’s averaged 17.1 points a game and grabbed 6.9 rebounds. Before going down with a sprained ankle, Graham dropped in 26 points and snagged 8 rebounds in the Jan. 13th game against Rhode Island.<\/p>\n If Graham is unable to go on Friday, expect Junior G Melvin Johnson to be the man to step up for VCU. Johnson has averaged 13.9 points a game this season. He scored 14 points in the Rams most recent outing against Duquesne.<\/p>\n VCU nearly coughed up a 14 point lead against Duquesne with a poor shooting performance in the 2nd half. The Rams still ended up holding on by hitting clutch free throws in the end.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=63727&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n In true road games this season, VCU brings in a 5-1 S.U. record. In neutral sight and road games combined, VCU is 5-4 ATS.<\/p>\n St. Louis is continuing to struggle to put the ball in the basket, plain and simple. The Billikens are averaging a conference worst 61.0 points a game and come off a poor 45 point performance against Dayton last time out. The Billikens find themselves in the bottom tier of the conference with just a 1-4 record. Their lone conference win came against one of the few teams worse than them, Duquesne.<\/p>\n Even though St. Louis is not making any excuses for themselves and their poor place thus far in the 2014-2015 season, they should realize this is more than likely a rebuilding year for them. Their whole 2013-2014 starting line up graduated this past off season and they have been working with various line ups and younger players trying to find some chemistry.<\/p>\n Leading the way for the young group is Freshman F Milik Yarbrough. Yarbrough is scoring 10.3 points a game, but scored just 2 points on 1 of 5 shooting against Dayton.<\/p>\n St. Louis has won 2 straight vs. VCU, but it will be a tough task to push it to 3 on Friday night.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=64759&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n St. Louis is 7-4 S.U. in 11 true home games this season.<\/p>\n Road conference games are always tough, but the Billikens are just not a good team this year. VCU has ran off 10 straight wins and will look to continue their dominance on Friday.<\/p>\n Expect the Rams to run away with this one and route St. Louis.<\/p>\n [dfads params=’groups=64991&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NCAAB Betting? 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\nFriday, Jan. 23<\/strong>
\n7:00 PM ET<\/strong>
\nChaifetz Arena (St. Louis, Missouri)<\/strong>
\nESPN2<\/strong>
\nNCAA Basketball Betting Lines: VCU -13<\/strong>
\nNCAA Basketball O\/U: 133<\/strong>
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St. Louis<\/h3>\n
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Free 4* NCAA Basketball Pick: VCU -13<\/h3>\n
VCU 80, St. Louis 58<\/h3>\n
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