San Francisco vs. Wichita State Prediction and Odds for Tuesday, November 22 (Back SF As Slight Road Favorites)
By Peter Dewey
The San Francisco Dons and Wichita State Shockers face off on Tuesday afternoon in a neutral site game that should be a close contest.
The Dons are slight underdogs in this matchup, despite a 5-0 start to the season. The Shockers, who lost to Alcorn State in their second game of the season, sit at 1-3 entering this matchup.
Both of these teams have been great on defense, as the Dons rank 53rd in opponent effective field goal percentage, while the Shockers are 13th in the same metric.
Can San Francisco's two small senior guards, Khalil Shabazz and Tyrell Roberts, lead the team to another win?
Here are the latest odds for this game:
San Francisco vs. Wichita State Odds, Spread and Total
San Francisco vs. Wichita State Prediction and Pick
These teams are fairly evenly matched, although the Shockers haven’t allowed more than 66 points in a game this season, really hanging their hat on the defensive end.
That being said, I am not sold on Isaac Brown’s team, especially since the team played a three-point game with Richmond earlier this season in arguably its toughest test of the season.
San Francisco is a tournament-quality team, and it showed it last year in the WCC, earning a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
KenPom projects this game as a toss up, with the Shockers winning by one, so I’m going to take the points with the Dons set as short dogs.
San Francisco has a better offensive rating (217th in the country) than Wichita State (299th) this season, and the Dons have better long-distance shooting at this point in the season.
I love trusting senior guards early in the season and the Dons may have the two best in this game, although the Shockers Craig Porter has been solid (14.0 points per game) as well this season.
In such an even matchup, there’s value in getting points here.
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