The Saint Joseph’s Hawks (3-4) and Temple Owls (5-4) meet Tuesday for a neighborly Big 5 clash in Philadelphia. The opening tip at the Liacouras Center will be at 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Saint Joseph’s vs. Temple odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Saint Joseph’s and Temple represent 2/5ths of the Big 5, an informal association of 5 Philadelphia schools — the University of Pennsylvania, La Salle University, Saint Joseph’s University, Temple University, and Villanova University — that play for the city championship.
The Hawks have thus far gone 1-0 in that series, defeating Penn 85-80 in overtime 2 games back (Nov. 30). SJU laid an egg coming out of that victory: In its last game (Dec. 3 at home), the Hawks were favored by 12, but lost to Fairleigh Dickinson 97-80.
The Owls are 2-0 in the series (wins over Villanova, La Salle). Impressive shooting and rebounding numbers have led them to a 3-0 straight-up and 3-0 against-the-spread mark since Nov. 27.
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Saint Joseph’s at Temple odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 10:16 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Saint Joseph’s +450 (bet $100 to win $450) | Temple -700 (bet $700 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Saint Joseph’s +11.5 (-115) | Temple -11.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 141.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Saint Joseph’s at Temple picks and predictions
Prediction
Temple 75, Saint Joseph’s 62
Moneyline
PASS. Temple is the likely lean in a vacuum (with no juice) but there is no value in the bloated price here.
Against the spread
Saint Joe’s routed Temple last season (68-49 Dec. 11). The Owls went 2-for-20 from 3-point range and 7-of-18 from the free-throw line in that game.
Look for Temple to bounce back this time around. The Owls have the better defense and figure to get to the foul line a decent number of times. TU has also shot a respectable 35.9% from 3-point range (46.9% last 3 home games).
An evenly-priced -11 would be a solid play on Temple. PASS otherwise, but keep an eye on the line.
Over/Under
Last year’s meeting fell 24 points short of the total, and the Under is 2-1 the last 3 SJU-TU games; 5-1 in the last 6 Hawks’ road games, and 5-2 in Temple’s last 7 home games vs. teams with a winning road mark (SJU is 1-0).
Figure on some 2-sided 3-point regression and not much scoring impact from the offensive glass or transition games.
BACK THE UNDER 141.5 (-110).
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