Saint Joseph’s Hawks – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2016

West No. 8 Saint Joseph’s (Overall: 26-7, Conf: 13-5)

Team Strengths:

St. Joe’s is one of the best in the nation in two things: taking care of the ball on offense and not fouling on defense. Translation: they make their opponents work for their points. Meanwhile, the Hawks’ one-two punch of Isaiah Miles and DeAndre Bembry will make opposing defenses work. The two combined for 35 points and close to 16 rebounds per game this season.

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Team Weaknesses:

St. Joe’s attempts a lot of threes (around 22 per game), but it doesn’t exactly hit on a as much of them as it should. The Hawks are also prone to giving up a lot of threes on defense. They’ve been able to defend them very well (opponents make just 31 percent), but they could be in trouble if the right team gets hot from beyond the arc.

Team Stats:

Category	Stat	NCAA Rank
Points Per Game	77.3	76th
Rebounds Per Game	38.7	61st
Blocks Per Game	3.4	169th
3-Point Percentage	32.8%	267th
Free Throw Percentage	71.9%	96th

Starting Lineup:

Position	Name	PPG
F	Isaiah Miles	18.2
F	DeAndre Bembry	16.9
F	Pierfrancesco Oliva	3.9
G	Aaron Brown	10.2
G	Shavar Newkirk	8.3

Writer’s Prediction

St. Joe’s doesn’t get past the round of 32.

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