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The Marquette Golden Eagles (18-4, 9-2 Big East) visit the St. John’s Red Storm (19-3, 10-1) Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The opening tip will be at 6:30 p.m. ET (FS1). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Marquette vs. St. John’s odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Marquette, No. 11 in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, is coming off a 77-69 Saturday home loss against No. 18 UConn. The favored-by-7 Golden Eagles were undone by the Huskies shooting 59.5%, including 12-of-19 from distance.
No. 10 St. John’s squeaked by Providence 68-66 Saturday. Favored-by-13 SJU led by 19 inside the 10-minute mark, but the Friars worked their way to a 66-66 tie in the final minute before the Red Storm won on G Kadary Richmond‘s bucket in the waning seconds. St. John’s totes an 8-game win streak into Tuesday’s contest.
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Marquette at St. John’s odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:26 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Marquette +125 (bet $100 to win $125) | St. John’s -150 (bet $150 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Marquette +2.5 (-105) | St. John’s -2.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 146.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Marquette at St. John’s picks and predictions
Prediction
St. John’s 73, Marquette 69
Moneyline
No interest. PASS.
Against the spread
Even accounting for an easier schedule over recent weeks, St. John’s has displayed more consistency of late. Marquette is 1-3 ATS over its last 4 Quad I games.
Both teams play fast, but in small samples SJU has performed better in fast-vs.-fast match-ups. Give the host Red Storm key edges in defense and offensive rebounding. A typical Marquette edge in the turnover exchange figures to be softened against a St. John’s five that answers in kind.
ST. JOHN’S -2.5 (-115) is the value side of this top-15 tussle at MSG.
Over/Under
Two of the last 3 series meetings have hit the Under, and the low side is 4-1 across defense-minded SJU’s last 5 games.
Both sides do push toward quicker possessions, but 3-reliant Marquette has been off a bit from distance in recent games (32.3% last 5 games). This one doesn’t set up for a lot of 1s and 3s, and MU’s Quad I games have a definitive Under trend.
TAKE THE UNDER 146.5 (-115).
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