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The 6-seed Seton Hall Pirates (17-15) face the 3-seed Colorado Buffaloes (17-16) Tuesday in the 1st round of the National Invitational Tournament. Tip from CU Events Center in Boulder is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Seton Hall vs. Colorado odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
The Pirates were stunned in their opening game of the Big East Tournament by lowly DePaul, and Seton Hall has now dropped 4 of its last 5 games overall. Coach Shaheen Holloway, who led St. Peter’s on a magical NCAA Tournament run last season, was unable to duplicate the feat this season with the Pirates.
Seton Hall hits the road, and that’s been a good thing in recent times. The Pirates won outright at Butler, DePaul, Georgetown, St. John’s and UConn since Jan. 10, going 5-2 straight up (SU) and 6-1 against the spread (ATS) in the last 7 games away from home.
The Buffaloes started out well enough, but really hit the skids in mid-January once the conference schedule kicked into full gear. Colorado was 11-6 SU after conference wins against Oregon and Oregon State in Boulder in early January, then it all went south.
CU is just 6-10 SU and 6-9-1 ATS in the last 16 games overall. Colorado has struggled as a home favorite, too, 3-2 SU and 1-4 ATS in the last 5 such situations.
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Seton Hall at Colorado odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:53 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Seton Hall +150 (bet $100 to win $150) | Colorado -190 (bet $190 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Seton Hall +4.5 (-120) | Colorado -4.5 (+100)
- Over/Under (O/U): 137.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Seton Hall at Colorado picks and predictions
Prediction
Colorado 68, Seton Hall 66
Moneyline
Colorado (-190) is a little too expensive for my liking, just over my personal moneyline limit of -180 for a standalone wager.
Even as part of a multi-team parlay, including Colorado sucks the value out of your ticket.
AVOID, and focus on the spread of this close game instead.
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Against the spread
SETON HALL +4.5 (-120) is the play on the road, in what should be a low-scoring battle with points at quite the premium.
Both Seton Hall and Colorado -4.5 (+100) have very deliberate offensive attacks, and the defense is very good. During the regular season, Colorado limited teams to 66.3 PPG while Seton Hall yielded just 65.1 PPG.
Over/Under
UNDER 137.5 (-110) is play, but go with a half-unit play at most.
Each of these teams have played solid defense this season, and the offense on each side is rather slow at best.
Seton Hall isn’t a great free-throw shooting team, either, hitting just 68.3%. It leaves a lot points on the floor, which is maddening to Over bettors. Colorado does the same, hitting just a little better at 69.1%.
If either of these teams gets into the 70s it would be rather shocking.
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