March Madness betting sites favor the MSU Bulldogs when they and the Pitt Panthers play each other in an NCAA college basketball Tournament First Four matchup at the UD Arena on Tuesday night.
Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs Odds by MyBookie.ag
| Team | SP/RL | TOTAL | ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | +1½ ( -110 ) | 133 ( -110 ) | +105 |  |
| Mississippi State | -1½ ( -110 ) | 133 ( -110 ) | -125 | |
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Betting Mississippi State Bulldogs
The Mississippi State Bulldogs are the favorites at the best online sportsbooks. They are coming in with a record of 21 wins and 12 losses overall as well as an 8 wins 10 losses record in SEC conference play.
They took out Florida in the second round of the SEC tournament before they fell to Alabama in the quarterfinals. Tolu Smith was the single Bulldog basketball player to average double figures in scoring points in the regular season.
He put up a team-bests of 15.8 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Shakeel Moore had nine point six points per game and Dashawn Davis was the leader of the Bulldogs in assists with three point five assists per game.
As a unit, the Mississippi State Bulldogs were averaging sixty-five point nine (65.9) points per game on forty two point three (42.3) shooting percentage from the field, twenty-six point six (26.6) shooting percentage from the three point line and sixty four point seven (64.7) shooting percentage from the foul line this season.
According to betting site’s trends, Mississippi State has gone 1-4 ATS against the spread in their last five (5) college basketball games. The total has gone OVER in four (4) of Mississippi State’s past five (5) games that they have played.
Mississippi State has gone 9-4 SU in their past thirteen (13) games. The total has gone UNDER in four (4) of Mississippi State’s last five (5) games playing against an opponent in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Mississippi State has gone 0-4-1 ATS against the spread in the last five (5) games that they have played in the month of March. Bulldogs have gone 2-4 ATS in their last six (6) games that they have played on a Tuesday.
Mississippi State has gone 12-2 SU in their last fourteen (14) NCAAB games that they have played on a Tuesday when they have been playing at home at Humphrey Coliseum, which is a 10,575-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Mississippi State University, right outside Starkville, Mississippi.
Betting Pittsburgh Panthers
The Pitt Panthers will be coming in with a record of 22 wins and 11 losses overall and 14 wins and 6 losses in ACC conference play. They went on to defeat Georgia Tech in the second round of the ACC tourney before they were ousted by Duke in the quarterfinals.
Pitt had four players who were scorers in double figures this season. They were Jamarius Burton and Blake Hinson each with fifteen point six (15.6) points per game to lead the Panthers. Hinson logged a team-best six point two rebounds per game (6.2) this season.
Additionally, Nelly Cummings had eleven (11) points per game with a team-best four point eight assists per game and Greg Elliott had ten point four (10.4) points per game. As a whole, Pitt was averaging forty five point three (45.3) shooting percent from the field, thirty six (36) shooting percent from the three point line and seventy six point one (76.1) shooting percent from the foul line this season.
Pittsburgh has gone 8-4 ATS against the spread in their last twelve (12) college basketball games. The total has gone OVER in six (6) of Pittsburgh’s last seven (7) games. Pittsburgh has gone 9-4 SU in their last thirteen (13) games.
Panthers have gone 1-4 SU in their last five (5) games when they are playing against an opponent in the Southeastern conference. Pittsburgh has gone 1-8 SU in the last nine (9) games that they have played in the month of March.
Pittsburgh has gone 5-1 ATS in their last six (6) games that they have played on a Tuesday. The total has gone OVER in six (6) of Pittsburgh’s last nine (9) games that they have played on a Tuesday when they are playing on the road.
Pittsburgh Panthers vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs Pick
We are backing Pitt. We feel the Panthers are the better team. While Mississippi State has a strong defense, it’s not something the Panthers haven’t seen before. We feel Mississippi State tends to rely too much on defense to get the job done and at some point you gotta be comfortably outscoring the opposition and we don’t think we will see that here.
