The William & Mary Tribe (9-22) and North Carolina A&T Aggies (7-24) meet Friday in a 1st-round game of the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament. Tip-off at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., will be at 2 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the William & Mary vs. North Carolina A&T odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
William & Mary, the No. 13 seed in the tournament, went 4-14 in conference play. Its most recent win came Saturday when it downed 4 1/2-point-underdog Hampton 85-73. That triumph snapped a 9-game losing streak; they were 4-5 against the spread (ATS).
North Carolina A&T went 5-13, placing 12th in the CAA regular-season standings. Most of those 13 circuit losses have come in the last 6 weeks: the Aggies are 0-9 straight up and 4-5 ATS since Feb. 3.
In their lone regular-season meeting, NCA&T defeated William & Mary 76-69, covering as a +1 home underdog Jan. 20. The winner of this meeting plays Saturday against 5th-seeded Towson (2:30 p.m. ET).