The Holy Cross Crusaders will face with the No.1 seed Oregon Ducks in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Spokane, Washington with a scheduled tip-off of 7:27 PM ET.The line on this game opened on most boards with the Ducks favored by 22.5 points and the O/U line offered at 134 points.
The Patriot League Champion Holy Cross, entered this tournament in heroic fashion, the Crusaders marched through the Patriot League tournament and defeated the consensus favorite to win the league, Lehigh in the Conference Championship game. Holy Cross would then be forced to play in to this tournament against another mid-major conference champion is Southern. Holy Cross would once again come up with the win. The strong point of Holy Cross’ game is their scoring defense, opponents average 69.2 points per game against the Crusaders.
Oregon finished their 2015-16 campaign with style, securing a Pac-12 Championship, while winning eight games straight to achieve an unprecedented No.1 seed in the Men’s Tournament. The Ducks rank among the worst in defending the three-ball in America, allowing a success rate of 36.3%. The Ducks are also allowing a savory 69.1 points per game and allow opponents to hit 42.4% of their shots. In defense scoring these two teams are one in the same. Offensively, the Ducks score 78.8 points per game and hit 46.7% of field goals, but these figures were bolstered against teams like Washington State, Oregon State and UCLA, all clubs not known for their defense. The fact remains the Ducks have struggled mightily on the road and have some hideous losses that feature a rout at California and the Ducks being handled at Stanford and Oregon State.
Holy Cross Crusaders, 15-19 SU, 6-0 ATS
Oregon Ducks, 28-6 SU, 19-12 ATS
- Oregon is on an eight game winning streak.
- Holy Cross is 4-0 against the spread on the road.
- Holy Cross is 6-0 against the spread.
61% of the public money are on Oregon against the spread. No Money Line is set and exactly 50% of the public are on both the under and over for a Total Line set at 133.