First Four Betting Picks: Mount St. Mary’s Vs. American

Odds are favoring American to beat Mount St. Mary’s in the First Four.
American is going into the game with a week’s rest.

DAYTON, Ohio – Tipping off the two First Four games on Wednesday night is the champion of the MAAC, Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers and the champions of the Patriot League, American University Eagles.

The two are battling out for the #16 Seed in the East Region where the winner will move on to play #1 Duke in Raleigh.

Legal sports betting sites are expecting this one to be closely kept in favor of American on the spread at 2.5 points.

Mount St. Mary’s Vs. American

Moneyline: Mount St. Mary’s (+120) vs. American (-140)
Spread: American -2.5
Total: 129

Back American Against The Spread Vs. Mount St. Mary’s

One of the main things that this comes down to is American having much more time and rest to prepare for this matchup. The Eagles last played in the Patriot League Final on March 12th which was exactly one week ago.

As for Mount St. Mary’s, their last game was just four days ago on March 15th and they also played a game in three straight days leading up to the MAAC Championship. That said, this will be their fourth game in a week which is a lot to handle for any college basketball team that is used to playing twice a week.

Taking a different look at it, aside from being in different conferences, they are no strangers to one another having played nearly every year since 2005 accounting for 17 all time meetings.

Looking at their more recent meetings, American has handled business winning four straight and covering in three of them. They’ve also covered a -2.5-point spread on college basketball betting sites in each of those four games as well.

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