Bracket Buster Early Bird Free Pick - Davidson vs. Wichita S

[Pick Bot]

Davidson +3 (2.2* FREE PLAY)
Davidson is 17-3 at home over their last 4 years vs. non conference opponents and they are 12-1 overall this year with their lone loss vs. a very good Vanderbilt team. It's ironic that they face the 2nd best team from Kansas in Wichita State that has to travel nearly 1200 miles just to get to the game on Saturday morning. It's ironic because Davidson went on the road and shocked Kansas earlier this year as 13 point under dogs.

It'll be a different challenge, but Davidson will be up for it in my opinion. They have great perimeter defense and a knack for frustrating teams holding opponents to 41% in their own building. They held a great Kansas team to 40% on the road so you know they have an ability to stop quality offenses. Probably the biggest match up will be 7-0 SR from Wichita Garett Stutz vs. Jake Cohen 6-10. Cohen I think will be up to the task as he was against future top 5 NBA draft pick Thomas Robinson holding Robinson to 21 points on 7 for 18 shooting (38%). Thomas season average was 54.6%.

Both of these teams have balanced scoring efforts and do not rely on one player more than another so I expect you see a very close game. Wichita is the better team but they already know they're going to the NCAA tournament. Davidson will likely be there as well so I expect this game to be played for a better seed, but Davidson needs it more despite their win at Kansas.