The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (19-14, 10-6 Northeast Conference) will travel to take on the Merrimack Warriors (17-16, 12-4) in Lawler Arena Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Fairleaigh Dickinson vs. Merrimack odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Merrimack lost 4 conference games this season and 2 of them were to FDU.'A 71-63 win by the Knights on their home court Dec. 29 was followed a month later with a 78-71 road victory. They will need to win this game on the road as well to win the conference tournament.
Unlike most conference title games, an automatic bid to March Madness is not at stake. FDU has already locked this up as Merrimack in not eligible to compete due to division rules for teams moving up in competition.
Merrimack has the 18th-ranked defense in the country at 61.8 points per game while FDU ranks top 40 in offense averaging 78.3 PPG. If the Knights can again get to 70, which it has done in both matchups this season, it will pull off another victory and head to the Big Dance with momentum.