Montana St was just 13-17 before they won their regular season finale as a 5 pt dog and then won the 3 tournament games as an 8.5 of dog, a 5 pt fav and a 6.5 pt dog. The Bobcats were a good 3 point shooting team and prior to the Big Sky tourney they had not won 3 straight games all season.

Grambling went 24-9 last season losing in the SWAC finals and this season after and 0-10 starts vs D1 teams and the #4 toughest schedule the team improved and finished 20-14. Montana St was just 3-8 ATS as a favorite and 0-2 ATS as a fav away from home.
Huge difference in pace and I give the edge to the slow-paced defensive-minded Tigers (tempo #316) vs the Bobcats (#96).