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*3 Star Play Over* The Gonzaga Bulldogs offense is elite. Gonzaga's guards are better than they looked in their close win over UCLA in the Sweet 16. I would expect them to hit a few more shots from deep in this one. Drew Timme will have a tougher matchup here in the paint, but he has been excellent the last two years and I would still expect a pretty good scoring game from him.

UConn is firing on all cylinders right now. The Huskies have scored 87 and 88 points in two of their NCAA Tournament games (Iona and Arkansas). UConn is tremendous on the offensive glass, and Gonzaga is only decent on the defensive glass. Timme is elite on offense, but he is subpar on defense and I think UConn's big guys can have a big offensive game. 

These two teams are first and fourth in the nation (363 teams) in second chance conversion percentage, which is quick second chance opportunities from offensive rebounds. 

The pace here should be pretty quick. UConn is an average paced team and Gonzaga likes to run as much as possible. 

The Gonzaga defense is a big weakness, and UConn should be able to take advantage of it. UConn's three point shooting has been good of late, and they have several scoring options from outside.

The UConn defense is good, but they do foul a bunch. Gonzaga is good at getting to the line and they should be in the bonus quite a bit in this game. I expect them to get plenty of good looks.

Gonzaga's game against UCLA cashed the over and even went over this total despite UCLA going 11 minutes without making a field goal in the second half.

T Mobile Arena has been a good over arena. The rims here are loose and there isn't a tough backdrop. The over is 25-12 in the last 37 postseason games at T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Those games have gone over the total by an average of 5.59 points.

This should be a great game and overtime or a foul fest late is certainly possible.

Take the over here.