Courtside Players Club NCAAB 1-3 Units (3/12/25)

NCAAB

1 Pick (3 Units).

12:30PM EST: Iowa State -8.5 (3 Units).

These are similar teams in terms of build. They're defense first with long athletic players that try and crash the boards. It's just that Iowa State's better across the board. ISU is 30th in offensive rating, 6th in defensive rating, and 61st in rebound rate. Cinci is 98th in offensive rating, 21st in defensive rating, and 129th in rebound rate. The big difference is pace, with ISU ranking 98th and Cinci 277th. Cinci's lack of pace is directly correlated to their inept offense. Cincinnati tends to make up for their lack of offense by stealing extra possessions on the glass and forcing turnovers. ISU is 8th in opponent turnovers per possession and Cinci's is 61st. The Cyclones love to get out in transition and run the floor given the chance and they'll be plenty of that today. Hard to get back and set your defense when you're missing shots and turning the ball over. Going to help Iowa State steal some easy baskets on a good Cinci defense. Cinci's dealing with some fatigue having played yesterday and this will be an ISU crowd. It's a neutral site of course but head coach T. J. Otzelberger has built the ISU Basketball program into National Championship contenders these past few years. The T-Mobile Center is also just a few hours away from Iowa State's campus.

6PM EST: Ohio State/Iowa Over 153.5 (3 Units).

9PM EST: Seton Hall/Villanova Under 127.5 (3 Units).

Seton Hall's flat out one of the worst offensive teams in the nation. Of 364 teams they're 308th in offensive rating, 357th in FG % and 360th in points per game. They're terrible and a weaker than usual Villanova defense will do just fine. Especially on a neutral floor that's going to have a heavy Villanova crowd. Villanova has been strong offensively this year but not when they travel. They're 67th overall in FG% at 46.6% this season. Goes up to 49.1% at Home but drops to 43.6% on the road. It's a big reason they're just 3-9 on the road. Yes, Nova will have a better fan turnout, and they'll catch some home game vibes, but they're still shooting on unfamiliar baskets. On top of that Seton Hall isn't awful defensively, ranking 90th in defensive rating. These two move slowly, ranking 355th and 324th in Tempo so neither teams pushing the pace. Nova's already beaten Seton Hall twice this season, with the game at Nova going Over and the game at Seton Hall going Under. On a neutral floor we expect this to play out more like the game at Seton Hall, which saw just 97 combined FG attempts.