Big East Tournament: DePaul vs. St. John's odds, picks and predictions
The 10th-seed DePaul Blue Demons (15-15) and 7th-seed St. John's Red Storm (16-14) clash Wednesday for a Big East Tournament game at Madison Square Garden in New York. The first-round tussle is slated for a 7 p.m. ET tip-off. Below, we look at the DePaul vs. St. John's odds and lines, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
DePaul - which went 6-14 in the Big East regular season - heads into this bracket on a high note with wins in three of its last four games. Up-tempo DePaul has shot the ball better over that span (46.9%) and has also been getting to the line much more frequently of late (25.3 attempts per game since Feb. 17).
St. John's went 8-11 in the Big East regular season. It plays at the fastest tempo in all of NCAA-I hoops, and the Red Storm lead the conference in scoring at 79.7 points per game.
SJU and DePaul split two games (Jan. 5, Feb. 27) in the regular season.
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DePaul vs. St. John's odds, spread and lines
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:36 a.m. ET.
- Money line: DePaul +165 (bet $100 to win $165) | St. John's -240 (bet $240 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): DePaul +4.5 (-112) | St. John's -4.5 (-122)
- Over/Under (O/U): 153.5 (O: -116 | U: -117)