Rutgers vs. St. Peter’s
Free Pick: St Peter’s +12.0 (-110 odds)
Tue December 22nd 2009 7:30p
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While we realize that the Rutgers Scarlet Knights come out of the Big East while the St. Peters Peacocks come out of the MAAC, Rutgers has not been blowing people away despite their rather soft schedule, so we look for the Peacocks to compete here.

Yes, Rutgers has won five games in a row to improve to 8-2 on the year, but keep in mind they have done that vs. a ridiculously easy schedule that is ranked 345 out of 347 teams according to the Pomeroy Ratings. Furthermore, even playing a bunch of cream puffs, they only have an average winning margin of +5.2 points, and they even managed to lose at home to Vermont.

Looking at their current five game winning streak, the Scarlet Knights have beaten there non-lined teams (New Jersey Tech, Monmouth, Colgate), one Ivy League team (Princeton) and another MAAC team in Rider, where the final score of 80-70 was extremely deceptive as the Broncs led the Knights for virtually the whole game until Rutgers took the lead with about 3:00 left and then padded their lead with late free throws.

This bodes well for fellow MAAC member St. Peters here, who have a winning 3-2 record straight up on the road this season, with one of the losses being by just two points vs. another Big East school at Seton Hall. Granted, the Pirates are the most notable opponent the Peacocks have faced to this point, but they are still on par with the cupcakes that Rutgers have faced thus far and they do have a positive overall road AMOV of +2.2 points per game.

Look an inspired St. Peters team to stay in this game right to the finish.

CBB Free Pick: St. Peters +12 (-110)

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