Lenny Del Genio
Santa Clara +2.5
The Broncos are coming off BB home wins in the CIT thus far, covering against both Northern Arizona and Air Force. They are 13-4 ATS when coming off BB ATS wins as a favorite. They have double revenge here vs. WCC rival San Francisco, who enters off an outright win at Hawaii Saturday night and now gets a surprising home game. The Dons are a money burning 14-30 ATS at home when the betting line is three or less and 17-35 ATS as home chalk of six points or less. In the first loss to USF, Santa Clara shot an abysmal 3 for 17 from three-point range as the lost at home as 74-67 as eight-point home favorites. In the rematch, things were even worse as they attempted a stunning 37 three-pointers and lost 68-62 as one-point road favorites. The old third time will be the charm here. Santa Clara is our 15* CIT Winner.