The 2nd-seeded Dayton Flyers (22-11) and No. 1 VCU Rams (26-7) tangle in the Sunday title game of the Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament in Brooklyn. The battle at the Barclays Center will tip off at 1 p.m. ET (CBS). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Dayton vs. VCU odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Dayton beat No. 10 Saint Joseph’s 60-54 and then No. 3 Fordham 78-68 to advance to Sunday’s title game. UD shooting has fluctuated wildly of late, but the Flyers were on target Saturday against Fordham when they went 23-of-28 (82.1%) on 2-point attempts.
VCU has advanced with wins over No. 8 Davidson 71-53 and No. 4 St. Louis 90-78. The Rams have won 8 in a row and 6 of those games have been decided by double-digit margins.
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