One pick today -- Kennesaw State +15 at Santa Clara
Live by the 3 and die by the 3 is the theme here. 6/5 Santa Clara gets 36% of its points from 3s. In their 6 wins they've shot 39% from beyond the arc but in their 5 losses they're a woeful 23.9%. That plays right into one of the biggest strengths of Kennesaw State, a well coached team under Antoinne Pettway, Nate Oats former assistant at Alabama who is in his second year there. They recently shocked Rutgers and knocked them out of the AP top 25 in a huge upset and the first ever program win against a ranked team. In that game they held Rutgers to 39% shooting from the field.
Kennesaw is the #5 team in the country in 3 pt fg defense, holding opponents to 26.9% shooting from beyond the arc.
Santa Clara is a decent team at #79 in the Ken Pom rankings. Neither team is a great shooting team. Santa Clara shoots 34% from deep vs Kennesaw's 33%. Santa Clara hits 51.5% of their 2 pters vs Kennesaw's 49.2%, while Kennesaw is just a shade better than Santa Clara from the FT line, 76.6% to 75.4%. Santa Clara is a slightly better rebounding team but not by much. Kennesaw's biggest weakness is TOs but Santa Clara also is pretty bad. Kennesaw averages 3.4 more TOs per game.
Ken Pom has Santa Clara by 11. If Kennesaw takes care of business at their specialty of defending the three they should keep this game within 15 points.
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One pick today -- Kennesaw State +15 at Santa Clara
Live by the 3 and die by the 3 is the theme here. 6/5 Santa Clara gets 36% of its points from 3s. In their 6 wins they've shot 39% from beyond the arc but in their 5 losses they're a woeful 23.9%. That plays right into one of the biggest strengths of Kennesaw State, a well coached team under Antoinne Pettway, Nate Oats former assistant at Alabama who is in his second year there. They recently shocked Rutgers and knocked them out of the AP top 25 in a huge upset and the first ever program win against a ranked team. In that game they held Rutgers to 39% shooting from the field.
Kennesaw is the #5 team in the country in 3 pt fg defense, holding opponents to 26.9% shooting from beyond the arc.
Santa Clara is a decent team at #79 in the Ken Pom rankings. Neither team is a great shooting team. Santa Clara shoots 34% from deep vs Kennesaw's 33%. Santa Clara hits 51.5% of their 2 pters vs Kennesaw's 49.2%, while Kennesaw is just a shade better than Santa Clara from the FT line, 76.6% to 75.4%. Santa Clara is a slightly better rebounding team but not by much. Kennesaw's biggest weakness is TOs but Santa Clara also is pretty bad. Kennesaw averages 3.4 more TOs per game.
Ken Pom has Santa Clara by 11. If Kennesaw takes care of business at their specialty of defending the three they should keep this game within 15 points.
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