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The St. John’s Red Storm (11-7, 3-4 Big East) travel to meet the No. 12 Villanova Wildcats (15-5, 8-2) Saturday at Finneran Pavilion. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the St. John’s vs. Villanova odds and lines, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
The Red Storm posted an 84-63 win at Seton Hall last time out as a seven-point underdog as the Under hit. St. John’s has hit the Under in four straight outings.
The Wildcats pounded DePaul by a 67-43 score as a 17.5-point favorite as the Under hit. They’re 2-0 SU while averaging 76.0 PPG across the past two. Villanova has alternated Under and Over results in each of the past 11 outings.
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St. John’s at Villanova odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: St. John’s +650 (bet $100 to win $650) | Villanova -1100 (bet $1,000 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): St. John’s +13.5 (-115) | Villanova -13.5 (-107)
- Over/Under (O/U): 139.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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St. John’s at Villanova odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Villanova 75, St. John’s 63
Money line
Villanova (-1100) will cost you 11 times your potential return, which is just too expensive even if you toss the Wildcats into a multiple-team parlay.
PASS.
Against the spread
ST. JOHN’S +13.5 (-115) is a strong play with the one-two punch of Posh Alexander and Julian Champagnie. They’re an outstanding duo, and can help the Red Storm at least hang around by less than 12 points. The Johnnies have been double-digit ‘dogs just once, covering at UConn Jan. 12 in an overtime loss.
While Villanova -13.5 (-107) is 7-2 ATS across the past nine, those two non-covers have come in the past three games as a double-digit favorite.
Over/Under
The UNDER 139.5 (-107) is the lean, but it’s only worth a small-unit play. The Under has cashed in four straight outings for St. John’s and six in a row against teams with a winning overall record. The Under is also 25-11-1 in the previous 37 as a road underdog.
For Villanova, the Under has hit in seven in a row against winning teams, while going 5-1 in the past six games at home.
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