St Mary’s +4 (XL)
…2nd XL play of the tourney.
St Mary’s played a better style of game vs a better opponent than Uconn did in the 1st round. I’ve seen how Iona plays, and I had them rated as one of the worst in the tourney…4/5 spot was close to dead last…hence why Sanago went 13/17 from the floor. St Mary’s has length on the defensive side, and bigs that can move (remember, Gaels bigs did well against Houston’s…best front court in the nation imo). Uconn will try to run on these guys, but I feel it’ll be difficult…Gaels are 5th last in tempo % 363 D1 teams. The Big East is about run n gun type conference…Marquette, Xavier, Creighton. If Gaels slow this game like they do, Uconn will be in trouble. And with that, I can see St Mary execute their style more so than UConn .
Gaels advance