Saint Peter’s Tennessee odds picks prediction spread over/under betting line

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The Saint Peter’s Peacocks (19-13) hope to begin a Cinderella run once again as they take on the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers (24-8) in NCAA Tournament first-round action. Tip-off from Spectrum Center in Charlotte is scheduled for 9:20 p.m. ET (TNT). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.

The 15th-seeded Peacocks earned their spot in this year’s Big Dance by winning the MAAC Tournament, slipping past Rider, Quinnipiac, and Fairfield by a combined 9 points. F Corey Washington, the Peacocks’ leading scorer (16.5 points per game), was named the MVP of the tournament after netting 20 of his game-high 24 points in the 2nd half of a 68-63 win over the Stags in the final.

Tennessee, the 2nd seed in the Midwest Region, suffered an unceremonious end to the SEC Tournament, as the Vols were blasted 73-56 by Mississippi State in the quarterfinals Friday. G Dalton Knecht, who sits atop the SEC alongside Alabama’s Mark Sears in scoring (21.1 points per game), was just 4 of 17 from the field. Knecht did net a game-high 26 points when the Vols were crowned SEC regular-season champions in a 66-59 win over No. 17 South Carolina March 6.

– Rankings courtesy of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

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Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 1:20 p.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Saint Peter’s +2000 (bet $100 to win $2,000) | Tennessee -7000 (bet $7,000 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Saint Peter’s +21.5 (-110) | Tennessee -21.5 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U): 130.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)

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Saint Peter’s vs. Tennessee picks and predictions

Prediction

Tennessee 70, Saint Peter’s 64

Moneyline

PASS.

One can always include the Volunteers (-7000) in a parlay to slightly reduce juice and spread out action.

Against the spread

BET SAINT PETER’S +21.5 (-110).

This is a new-look Peacocks team from the 2022 version that topped Kentucky, Murray State, and Purdue in its journey to the Elite 8. Only G Lattrell Reid remains, although the senior talked about how the team’s DNA remains the same under 2nd-year coach Bashir Mason. The Volunteers, losers of 2 in a row, should not be laying this many points.

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Over/Under

BET OVER 130.5 (-105).

The Peacocks may feature the nation’s 12th-best scoring defense, but this is still a Tennessee team that is much better than they are accustomed to facing. Vols F Jonas Aidoo collected a season-high 7 offensive rebounds in the loss to Mississippi State, and the Peacocks led the MAAC in team offensive boards per game. Expect both schools to get their opportunities at 2nd-chance points, and G Zakai Zeigler, who leads the SEC in assists per game (5.8), should be a big-time facilitator.

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