In a matchup between teams with three-letter abbreviations, VCU takes on BYU in a Thursday afternoon (4:05 p.m. ET, TNT) Round of 64 matchup.
NCAA Tournament odds list BYU as a 2.5-point favorite against VCU and bettors are relatively split on the right side of this game.
Fifty-nine percent of spread tickets have come in on Cougars thus far, and while the betting trends may be quite balanced, Action PRO’s premium tools have identified a clear NCAA Tournament prediction with value for for VCU vs. BYU.
NCAA Tournament Odds, Sharp Prediction for VCU vs. BYU
*Odds as of Thursday morning
Not only are professional bettors liking one side of today’s VCU vs. BYU spread, but a profitable PRO system and one of Action Network’s top college basketball experts are aligned with the sharps as well.
Here are the details.
VCU opened as a 3.5-point underdog against BYU, but it appears the wiseguys thought that number was a bit too long.
Smart money hit the Rams at +3.5, pushing the spread down to +2.5 across the market.
VCU is also a match for PRO’s NCAA Tournament Slow-Paced Dogs Betting System that has produced an against-the-spread record of 234-185-10 (56%) since 2010 by identifying lower-seeded underdogs that play slowly on offense and therefore tend to keep games close.
And finally, one Action Network expert is also taking VCU and the points on Thursday, aligning a third Action PRO value signal on the same side of this matchup
PRO Pick: VCU +2.5 (-112) — FanDuel
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