The UMBC retrievers take on the Loyola Greyhounds of Maryland for what should be one of the more interesting NCAA basketball games today. UMBC is coming into this one playing some impressive basketball on the season, as they currently sit at 7-4.
Loyola hasn’t necessarily played too well this season, currently sitting at 4-7 and coming off a loss where they only scored 34 points. While this will be an interesting game on both teams’ NCAAB schedules, we have to break this down with our best bet in the game and help you cash out.
Continue reading below for our UMBC vs Loyola bet and find who we’re going to be taking in this game.
UMBC Retrievers vs. Loyola Maryland Information
Date and Time: Tuesday, December 13, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Venue: Reitz Arena
How to Watch: ESPN
When looking at the UMBC retrievers basketball schedule, it’s easy to see why this team has to feel confident coming into this game. They played some impressive teams during the year, including Georgetown, Tulane, Princeton, Lafayette, Columbia, and Lehigh.
If they can come out swinging and continue doing what they’ve been able to do in the majority of those games, this is a game that they should be able to come around with. This is one of those pesky NCAA basketball teams, and if they can continue playing the way that they have, there’s a good chance that we might even see that cover the spread in the game.
Last Game Records
UMBC will be coming into this one after an impressive 75-63 win against Morgan State. Some of their top college basketball players played well in this game, which was why they could walk away with an easy win. They had three guys finish with double figures, which is typically a recipe for college basketball success.
On the flip side, the Loyola Greyhounds just played a game they don’t ever want to think about again. They scored 34 points in this game, and not one guy finished in double figures. As we just said, this is not going to be the recipe for success on the other side of things. At 4-7 this year, the college basketball standings aren’t looking great for Loyola early on.
UMBC Retrievers vs. Loyola Maryland Analysis
When thinking about our UMBC vs Loyola bet, we have to go off some of the trends we’ve found thus far. UMBC is going to be coming in at 6-3 against the spread this season, and UMBC is also 3-1 against the spread at home.
On the flip side of that, Loyola Maryland has been one of the least profitable teams in college basketball at 3-7 against the spread and 2-5 when on the road against the spread.
While college basketball Trends aren’t always the best thing in the world to look at because college kids can come out and not necessarily play too well, we can also go off what we’ve seen out of all of these teams in terms of just winning games outright.
UMBC has clearly been the better team this season, and although it might not be easy for them to replicate some of the success they’ve found, it seems like a good time that they’re going to be able to do this.
The college basketball injury report for both teams is clean, and that’s something important for us to realize with this NCAA basketball game today.
We want to ensure that we have the best possible analysis, which will factor into some of the NCAAB odds that we will be breaking down. Our Loyola Maryland Greyhound picks might not be going with them, considering that they’re healthy and still haven’t been able to produce.
There are other factors with our UMBC Retrievers basketball schedule, but I’ve been impressed with some of their games thus far. Their loss against Georgetown did show me a lot, despite Georgetown not playing too well the past few seasons. They had multiple guys that played well in that game; I’m going to be looking for Matteo Picarelli.
Picarelli comes into this one playing above-average basketball in the season as he’s currently averaging 12.5 points per game and is also shooting an efficient 51.3% from the field. If he continues making plays for the UMBC Retrievers, this is a game that they have to feel confident in.
He’s arguably been their top college basketball player this season, and although there are other guys who are playing better, he scored at least 18 points in two of his last five games and will look to continue that on Tuesday night.
Odds Breakdown for UMBC Retrievers vs. Loyola Maryland
UMBC Odds
The NCAAB odds coming into this game are going to favor UMBC at -5.5. Although I do think the spread should be a bit higher, we don’t have to worry about that, and we’re just going to take them with our best bet for this game.
Loyola Maryland Odds
I would understand if people do think about taking Lafayette in this game, considering UMBC hasn’t necessarily been too dominant this season. However, it might not be a bad idea to take what we’re taking, considering how confident we feel in this bet.
UMBC Retrievers vs. Loyola Maryland Betting Pick and Prediction
We’re finally here with our best bet in this game with our UMBC vs Loyola bet. The bet we will be taking in this game is UMBC at -5.5 and the under in this game.
I’ve been impressed with what UMBC has done on the defensive side of the basketball and some of their wins, and I think that’s going to carry them to a win.
If their defense can come out and continue doing what they’ve done, I absolutely love this bet, and it’s even going to be my favorite play of the Tuesday college basketball slate.
- UMBC -5.5 (-110)
- Under 139.5 (-110)
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