This line doesn’t quite make sense to me. These teams met twice in the regular season, with the Washington State Cougars winning as a two-point favorite in Pullman and the San Francisco Dons winning as a 3.5-point favorite at the Sobrato Center. That would imply that USF would be -1 on a neutral court, not -5, as is the case for this quarterfinal matchup. Add in the fact that second-leading scorer (15.1 ppg) and leading assist man (4.3) Marcus Williams will seemingly miss the contest, and something is awry. Williams and Malik Thomas (19.1 ppg) are the only Dons averaging double-figures, so the entire game plan is now in doubt. USF was a wagon at home (16-1) but was much more beatable on the road (5-5). The Dons rank 324th in Haslametrics’ away from home metric.
Total PicksWSU 156, SF 90
chefsloan7 is #1 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (15-2-0) and +9100 units on the season.
dawoodman is #1 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (16-9-0) and +9200 units on the season.
simoncald is #10 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (13-13-0) and +7100 units on the season.
Eldominicano33 is #10 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (15-15-0) and +5850 units on the season.
moneyformo is #2 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (14-6-0) and +8750 units on the season.
Gunner28 is #2 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (18-12-0) and +7950 units on the season.
catman650 is #3 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (18-10-0) and +8600 units on the season.
JFT1010 is #3 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (9-1-0) and +7800 units on the season.
DJIX is #4 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (8-3-0) and +6750 units on the season.
bayonne219a is #8 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (6-0-0) and +6000 units on the season.
Fyourself is #8 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (13-7-0) and +7900 units on the season.
griz55 is #9 on picking games that San Francisco is in with a record of (19-11-0) and +5900 units on the season.
DaBoss80 is #9 on picking games that Washington St. is in with a record of (15-16-0) and +7900 units on the season.