Fairfield at Siena (03/08/2010)

Away:  Fairfield [14-11 ATS]
Home:  Siena [16-13-1 ATS]

Game Time: 7:00 PM
Stadium: Times Union Center

Recent Meetings:
02/08/10 - FAIRF 67 vs. SIENA 69
01/16/10 - SIENA 81 vs. FAIRF 73
03/08/09 - FAIRF 65 vs. SIENA 80

Team Leaders:

Fairfield:
Points: Derek Needham (16.3)
Assists: Derek Needham (5.2)
Rebounds: Anthony Johnson (9.7)

Siena:
Points: Alex Franklin (16.1)
Assists: Ronald Moore (7.8)
Rebounds: Ryan Rossiter (11.1)

More:
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In-Depth Matchup Information
Consensus Betting Information

(1) This game is in Albany.  Basically a home game for Siena.  Siena is 17-0 at home.

(2) Except for one lose (Niagara), Siena has won nine of its last ten conference games by 10, 16, 15, 16, 17, 2, 20, 19 and 8.  They obviously don't mind running up the score.

(3) Siena has lost to Fairfield and beat them by 2.  So they won't take them lightly.

(4) Siena is looking to impress and get a decent seed next week.

Lay the points

SIENA -7.5

Really?  I find that once you get past the early rounds, favorites in the non-major conferences tend to do really well.  This last weekend, looking at semi-finals and finals only, favorits covered over 70% of the time...

                             Games Fav Covers 
                             ----- ---------- 
America East     semis         2     2 
Atlantic Sun     finals        1     1 
Big South        semis/finals  3     1 
Colonial         semis         2     2 
Horizon          semis         2     1 
MAAC             semis         2     0 
Missouri Valley  semis/finals  3     3 
Ohio Valley      semis/finals  3     2 
Patriot          semis         2     1 
Southern         semis         2     2 
West Coast       semis         2     2 

Totals                        24    17    71%

Of course the MAAC favorites went 0-2, so what do I know?

GL to all.

Fairfield getting 8  

Siena might take it SU, but it should be close.  Possibly a 68-64 game here...