T.M. Selection: Jacksonville.

I like Jacksonville to cover the spread against Bellarmine in this game on Tuesday. Jacksonville has looked really good in their games lately winning 2 in a row and they have also won 7/8 games of their previous 8. They have won a lot of their games lately by impressive margins but this is already their 3rd game in this conference tournament. They have already knocked out the 1st and 3rd seed from the opposite division and I think they are going to do the same here since they have been very hot lately. Bellarmine has also won 2 games in a row, knocking out the 1st and 3rd seed from the opposite division too, but they ended their regular season in a bit of a rough patch losing 2/3 games to end the year. I think Jacksonville was the better team this year and I think they have looked a lot better in their games lately compared to Bellarmine. Bellarmine has been losing a lot more games than Jacksonville has been lately and I think Jacksonville has the momentum with them to win the whole thing. They also give a better defensive effort than Bellarmine does in their games. Bellarmine has been in a lot of higher scoring games where they put up 65+ points a lot but they have also been giving up 70+ points on a lot of occasions. Jacksonville has been very stout and they do not give up nearly as many points in their games, keeping their opposing teams under 65 points in a lot of their games lately. I think this defensive effort by Jacksonville is going to be the key difference in this game and I expect them to come away with the win here. I like Jacksonville to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 64-58 Jacksonville.