<p>The top two seeds in the West Coast Conference tournament meet again in the championship game when Gonzaga plays St. Mary’s Tuesday night in Las Vegas. These teams split two meetings during the regular season so this rubber match will decide the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. But both are in, regardless of Tuesday night’s outcome.</p>
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<h2>College Basketball Betting Odds </h2>
<p>Tuesday’s CBB betting lines opened Gonzaga at -3.5 over St. Mary’s. with an over/under of right around 139.5. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<p>According to Sagarin’s CBB ratings at USAToday.com the Zags should be favored by 2.5 points for this match-up.</p>
<h2>Gonzaga-St. Mary’s College Basketball Betting Preview </h2>
<p>The Bulldogs ride an eight-game winning streak into Tuesday night after beating San Francisco in a semifinals game Monday night 84-73. Gonzaga scored the first six points of the game, led by 15 seven minutes in and 43-35 at the half. The Zags later allowed the Dons to get within 56-54 midway through the second half but pulled away from there, later leading by 14, and hung on for the victory.</p>
<p>However, Gonzaga came up short ATS as a 14-point favorite.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs shot 48 percent from the field Monday and held USF to 40 percent shooting.</p>
<p>Two games ago Gonzaga shot 61 percent from the floor, beat Chicago State 104-65 and covered at -27. Three games ago the Zags shot 54 percent, beat this St. Mary’s team 77-68 and covered at -6.</p>
<p>In fact, Gonzaga has shot at least 50 percent from the floor seven times over its last eight games.</p>
<p>At 27-5 overall the Bulldogs remain in the running for a top-two seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.</p>
<p>The Gaels, meanwhile, are 5-1 over their last six games after beating BYU in the other semifinal match-up Monday 76-69. St. Mary’s went up by double-digits eight minutes into the game and led 37-20 at the half. The Gaels stretched their advantage to 26 early in the second half, allowed the Cougars to rally to within three points with 30 seconds left but tacked on a bucket and a couple free-throws to secure the W and the money at -6.5.</p>
<p>St. Mary’s shot 51 percent from the floor Monday and won the battle on the glass 33-26.</p>
<p>Two games ago the Gaels lost to this Gonzaga team 77-68, which created a first-place tie in the final WCC standings. But prior to that St. Mary’s won four games in a row.</p>
<p>At 26-6 overall the Gaels are shoo-ins to make the Big Dance.</p>
<h2>Gonzaga-St. Mary’s Recent History </h2>
<p>These teams have split their last four meetings. They also split two meetings this season, St. Mary’s winning in overtime 78-70, Gonzaga winning 10 days ago 77-68.</p>
<p>Both those games played over their totals, although that first meeting needed OT to do it.</p>
<h2>College Basketball Betting Trends</h2>
<p>St. Mary’s is 2-1-2 ATS over the last five meetings with Gonzaga.</p>
<h2>Totals Report </h2>
<p>The Overs are 19-12 in Bulldogs games this season, which are averaging 162 total points.</p>
<p>The Overs are 16-15 in Gaels games this season, which are averaging 131 points.</p>