Patriot League Tournament: Lehigh at Colgate odds, picks and predictions
The Lehigh Mountain Hawks (14-17) and Colgate Raiders (24-9) meet in the Patriot League Championship Game Wednesday at Cotterell Court. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Lehigh vs. Colgate odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
Sixth-seeded Lehigh has ousted 3rd-seeded Lafayette and 2nd-seeded Boston U to play its way into the Patriot title game, positioning itself for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament despite a sub-.500 overall record. While it lost both regular-season meetings with Colgate, Lehigh covered both meetings, losing by just 3 points in each contest.
Top-seeded Colgate pounded Holy Cross in the quarterfinals, 81-64, but it failed to cover as a 19-point favorite. The Raiders narrowly escaped with a 68-65 win over Bucknell in the semifinals, but they didn't come anywhere near covering a 12-point spread.
The Over cashed in both tourney games for Colgate after closing out the regular season on a 5-0 run to the Under. That includes the regular-season finale at Lehigh as Colgate won 63-60 to go well Under (141.5). The total also went low Jan. 22 at home, winning 60-57 with a total of 145.
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Lehigh at Colgate odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:45 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Lehigh +220 (bet $100 to win $220) | Colgate -275 (bet $275 to win $100)
- Against the spread: Lehigh +6.5 (-108) | Colgate -6.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 133.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Lehigh at Colgate picks and predictions
Prediction
Colgate 66, Lehigh 63
Moneyline
Colgate (-275) will cost you nearly 3 times your potential return, and that's risky business against a Lehigh (+220) team which has given it absolute fits this season.
The Raiders likely wanted to see anybody else in this Patriot League title game, as the Mountain Hawks have played the top-seed to a 1-possession game in each of the regular-season meetings this season.
AVOID.
Against the spread
LEHIGH +6.5 (-108) is the play catching more than 3 buckets. The Mountain Hawks have lost a pair of regular-season meetings to Colgate -6.5 (-112) by 3 points each.
The Mountain Hawks have covered both games in the Patriot League Tournament while going 5-1 against the spread (ATS) in the past 6 games and a solid 12-3-1 ATS in the past 16 games.
For the Raiders, they've failed to cover both tourney games, while going 1-5-1 ATS in the past 7 outings.
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Over/Under
UNDER 133.5 (-105) seems like a rather low number, but these teams combined for just 123 points at Lehigh in the regular-season finale March 2 while combining for 117 points at Colgate Jan. 22.
The Over has cashed in both tourney games for Colgate so far, so be cautious. However, the Under was 5-0 to close out the regular season for the Raiders.
The Over is also 2-0 in the 2 tourney games for Lehigh, so again, be careful. But the Under cashed in the final 3 regular-season games, including that finale with the Raiders.
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