The 8th-seeded South Alabama Jaguars (19-15) and No. 2 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (25-7) meet Monday in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship game. Tip at Pensacola Bay Center is at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the South Alabama vs. Louisiana odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
South Alabama went just 9-9 in circuit play, buts its losses came early. Since Jan. 28, the Jaguars are 11-2 and own a 13.9-point average margin of victory. USA has advanced with 3 relatively easy games in this tournament, holding its opponents to a 38.3% field-goal percentage.
Louisiana went 15-3 over its 18 SBC games behind an offense cranking out frees and threes. The Cajuns logged the 2nd-best free-throw rate in the league while shooting a robust 36.2% from beyond the arc. ULL is looking for a 3-game sweep of the Jaguars: the Cajuns beat them 79-76 Jan. 14 and 74-64 Feb. 24.
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