Cajun Sports
Game: Michigan State Spartans vs. Louisville Cardinals 2:20PM EST
RATING: 5* Michigan State Spartans -2
The Cardinals and Spartans face off on Sunday afternoon in the East Regional Final in Syracuse New York. The Cardinals and head coach Rick Pitino would certainly love an extra pair of hands for this contest as their bench is thin. Pitino played seven players in their win on Friday over NC State but the key in that one was the time Harrell and Rozier logged both played all forty minutes with five players logging at least thirty minutes in the win. The Spartans have gotten improved shooting performances from Travis Trice over their last three games in the Big Dance. Trice had fifteen points in the opener and jumped to twenty-three points against second-seeded Virginia and his last trip to the hardwood produced twenty-four points in the Spartans win over the Sooners. Trice has sixty-two points over the three games in the Dance while shooting 20 of 44 including a solid 10 for 22 from behind the arc. The Spartans as a team are averaging almost 72 points per game on forty-seven percent from the field while their defense has been solid allowing sixty-three points per game. We note the Cardinals coming off an ats win in their last game and now face a non-conference opponent are just 8-20-1 ats. If the Cardinals were favored in their last game and are now installed as the underdog their record is 1-7-1 ats. We want to Play AGAINST postseason underdogs coming off a su win and going Over the total, 85-130-6 ats. We want to Play ON postseason road teams in this price range coming off an ats win and going Under in their last game, 47-19 ats. If our postseason road team won both su and ats while going Under in their last game they are 41-18 ats their next time out. All technical elements point to a play ON the Spartans and a play AGAINST the Cardinals. The BTPR Index projects a point advantage of 8.71 points. The BBMM projects a point differential of 7.69 points with a line range of -1.5 to -3.5. The BSIM Matrix has the Spartans with a 74.14 percent advantage against the spread in todays contest. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 9.05 with a transitional average of 43.76 and a conversion rate range of 43.03 to 45.11 percent in todays contest. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo is 20-4 in NCAA Tournament turnaround games and we look for that trend to continue today as the Spartans advance to another Final Four. Spartans