Best Bet 2/23/2025

UConn @ St. John's

DK -105

FD -115

MCBB Best Bet Season Record: 24-22-0

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The Johnnies are an incredible 16-0 at home. The Huskies area stalwart 6-3 on the road, but they are more than capable of losing to anyone as seen in their OT loss to Seton Hall. St. Johns forces teams to beat them by giving them corner and above the break threes while denying everything else. They also don't foul, only allowing 17 FTA per game.

What makes this game notably tough for UConn is that their main defensive gameplan is to deny the three and be able to better beat Marquette and Creighton. Rick Pitino's Red Storm attack the paint and midrange relentlessly. They don't care about chucking threes, they care about making as many shots at the rim as possible. They also rebound their own misses at the 18th best clip in the country.

All in all, St. John's is the best bet because they are good at what UConn is bad at.

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