Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to March. It's the most wonderful time of the year for college basketball fans, and that's an understatement. Smaller conference tournaments are already underway, coinciding with the end of the regular season for most other teams.
Fridays are never the biggest on the collegiate hardwood, but as mentioned above we have both conference-tournament competition and regular-season action on the schedule. Let's take a look at my 2 best bets for Friday.
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Dayton -1 over St. Louis (-110)
It's that time of year when Dayton starts entering the minds of college basketball fans. One reason, of course, is that it hosts the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. Another reason is that the team is known to make noise in March. Not too long ago the Flyers made the Big Dance 4 straight seasons under head coach Archie Miller, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2014. Results have not been as fruitful with Anthony Grant at the helm, but Dayton has designs of an NCAA Tournament berth late this month. The Flyers 20-10 overall and 12-5 (good for second place) in the Atlantic 10 heading into Friday's showdown against St. Louis.