{"id":153615,"date":"2018-03-14T22:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T02:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/?p=153615"},"modified":"2018-03-14T22:18:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T02:18:29","slug":"radford-highlanders-vs-villanova-wildcats-predictions-picks-odds-and-ncaa-basketball-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/news\/radford-highlanders-vs-villanova-wildcats-predictions-picks-odds-and-ncaa-basketball-betting-preview.html","title":{"rendered":"Radford Highlanders vs Villanova Wildcats Predictions, Picks, Odds, and NCAA Basketball Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Radford Highlanders are not satisfied in winning their First Four matchup against LIU Brooklyn, as they intend to beat the Villanova Wildcats (don\u2019t laugh) in the first round of the tournament this Thursday. Will the impossible happen with Radford taking down the Wildcats? Or will Villanova destroy Radford like what most people expect them to do? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/signup\">Register here<\/a> to make your pick.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Betting Preview for the Radford Highlanders vs Villanova Wildcats College Basketball Game on <\/b><b>March 15, 2018<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Where: <\/b>PPG Paints Arena<\/p>\n<p><b>When<\/b>: Thursday, March 15, 6:50PM<\/p>\n<p><b>Line<\/b>: Radford Highlanders () vs Villanova Wildcats () \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/topbet.eu\/sportsbook\/basketball\/ncaa-mens\">view all NCAA Basketball lines <\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>TV Broadcast<\/b>: TNT<\/p>\n<h3><b>Betting on the Radford Highlanders (23-12)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would take a miracle for Radford to take down Villanova. Divine intervention is not for the Highlanders to decide, so they\u2019ll just have to play to their strengths and hope to keep it close heading into the last minutes of the game against the Wildcats to give them a shot winning. The Highlanders are are notorious for slowing the game\u2019s pace down that paint usually dries first before anything happens in their games. Radford\u2019s tempo is 345<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the nation per KenPom. It\u2019d be hard for the Highlanders to dictate the tempo against a stacked team like Villanova, but that doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t give it a shot. Radford is allowing just 64.9 points per game with opponents taking only 52.8 shots per contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Betting on the Villanova Wildcats (30-4)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Villanova is ready to crush some poor school\u2019s hopes and dreams. That school is Radford, which looks like a mere sacrificial lamb for the Wildcats, who enter the Big Dance on a five-game win streak that included a win in the Big East title game against Providence. Villanova boasts of the nation\u2019s best offense. It is ranked first in KenPom\u2019s adjusted offensive efficiency and in basic metrics with 87.1 points per game. The Wildcats\u2019 backcourt is terrifying with the duo of Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges alternating in stupefying opposing defenses. Brunson leads the team with 19.4 points per game, while Bridges averages 18.0. The Wildcats are also tops nationally in effective field goal percentage (59.7) and hits 11.4 three-pointers per game on 39.8 percent shooting from the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Writer\u2019s Prediction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Villanova wins (duh), 82-65.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"153615\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;1,652&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Radford Highlanders are not satisfied in winning their First Four matchup against LIU Brooklyn, as they intend to beat the Villanova Wildcats (don\u2019t laugh) in the first round of<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"153615\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;1,652&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":153616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[393,70],"tags":[30260,836,148,835,30408,30405,30406,30407,10129],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - 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