UConn vs South Carolina Picks, Predictions, Greatest Bets & Odds

• The South Carolina Gamecocks will attempt to cease the freight practice that’s the UConn Huskies on Sunday in Tampa
• UConn demolished South Carolina on the highway on Feb. 16 and is a heavy favourite to win Sunday’s nationwide championship
• See the my UConn vs South Carolina picks and predictions plus the newest betting odds for April 6

Although they completed the common season second and third within the AP Ballot, it’s onerous to discover a pundit who doesn’t suppose the UConn Huskies (36-3) and South Carolina Gamecocks (35-3) are the top-two groups in ladies’s basketball this season. So it’s solely becoming that UConn and South Carolina will meet in Sunday’s nationwide championship sport at Amalie Enviornment in Tampa, FL, at 3:00 pm ET.

UConn vs South Carolina Picks & Prediction

• UConn -5.5 (-131) at DraftKings
• Sarah Robust 18+ factors (+110) at DraftKings

As a lot as I imagine in and respect Daybreak Staley’s South Carolina program, I can’t get away from UConn within the championship sport, even laying greater than a handful of factors. This staff is an absolute truck that’s been blowing out all comers for the higher a part of three months.

One among UConn’s crowning achievements this season was ending SC’s 71-game house win streak again in mid-February. They usually did so in model, blowing the doorways off the Gamecocks with an 87-58 beatdown, spearheaded by a 28-point efficiency from senior guard Azzi Fudd (13.3 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.8 APG), who can be the #1 scoring possibility on 95% of groups within the nation however is the third-leading scorer on the Huskies.

UConn buried SC beneath a barrage of threes, going 13-of-28 from past the arc (43.7%) whereas holding South Carolina to simply 17.6% from deep (3-of-17).

Nearly as good as UConn’s offense is – and it’s presently tied with Caitlyn Clark’s Iowa staff for the most effective offensive score (128.9) within the five-year historical past of barttorvik.com – it’s protection is likely to be much more spectacular. The Huskies even have the most effective D-Score within the nation at 70.0, a full level higher than second-rated South Carolina (which can be a distant second in OI-Score at 123.5).

It was the Huskies’ high-intensity, hyper-athletic protection that powered their Remaining 4 rout of UCLA (85-51). UConn generated 13 steals and 19 complete turnovers from the Bruins, together with eight steals and 12 turnovers within the first half when the result was nonetheless doubtful.

South Carolina was spectacular in its personal proper within the Remaining 4, distancing a very good Texas staff (74-57) and not using a single participant scoring greater than 14 factors, which is par for the course for this yr’s version of the Gamecocks: eight totally different gamers are averaging between 6.4 and 12.7 factors per sport.

That depth has confirmed sufficient to breeze previous the overwhelming majority of their opponents, however they’re simply 2-3 in opposition to top-five groups within the Torvik rankings this season. Along with the blowout loss to UConn, they have been additionally routed by UCLA (77-62) on the highway, and misplaced at Texas (66-62). Each top-five wins got here in opposition to those self same Longhorns.

UConn vs South Carolina Odds

Odds as of 9:30 am ET at Caesars. Declare the present Caesars Sportsbook promo code for a bonus on the nationwide championship sport.

The UConn vs South Carolina unfold opened at UConn -6.5, have been guess all the way down to UConn -5.5, however is now again as much as 6.5 on the morning of gameday. On the moneyline, the Huskies have shortened significantly; UConn was initially a -238 guess to win the title and is now gazing -320 odds, which carries a 70.41% implied win chance.

South Carolina comes again as a +250 underdog (28.57% implied win chance).

The sport complete has climbed from a gap variety of 131.5 all the best way to 133.5 with -115 odds on the over, indicating it may climb even larger earlier than tip-off.