2015 March Madness Expert Picks – AAC Tournament Championship UConn vs SMU Predictions

2015 March Madness Expert Picks – AAC Tournament Championship UConn vs SMU Predictions: The 2015 AAC Tournament Championship game tips off this afternoon at 3:15PM EST from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut with regular season AAC Champion SMU taking on a hungry UConn Huskies team looking to win the automatic bid to the 2015 March Madness Bracket and try and defend their National Championship. The oddsmakers at MyBookie.ag Sportsbook have SMU as a -3 point favorite with the over/under set at 122 points.

Head coach Larry Brown’s SMU Mustangs come into today’s AAC Tournament title game with an overall record 26-6 and are rated #13 in the RPI ratings index today. The Mustangs won the ACC regular season title by going 15-3 in conference play to earn the #1 seed in the ACC Tournament. They have reached today’s championship game by beating East Carolina 74-68 in the quarterfinals on Friday and Temple by a score of 69-56 yesterday in the semifinals. The Mustangs are a lock to make the 2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket but a win today would give them the automatic bid and the school’s first NCAA appearance in 22 seasons.

Head coach Kevin Ollie’s UConn Huskies are looking to complete another gutsy AAC Tournament run to get back to the NCAA Tournament and defend the school’s 4th NCAA Title that it captured last season. The Huskies enter today’s AAC Tournament Final with an overall record of 20-13 and rated as the #67 team in the latest RPI Index. The Huskies are firmly on the NCAA “Bubble” and will probably have to win today’s game to earn the automatic bid. However, a case can be made for the Huskies to earn an at-large bid as they now have 6 wins over RPI Top 50 teams. UConn has made it to the AAC Tournament Championship Game by defeating South Florida 69-43 in the first round thursday, Cincinnati 57-54 in the quarterfinals on friday and Tulsa 47-42 in the semifinals yesterday.

SMU and UConn played two regular season games this season with both teams winning their home game. SMU won 73-55 on February 14th at home in Dallas and UConn returned the favor 81-73 at home in Connecticut on March 1st. NSAwins.com’s expert March Madness handicapper Sonny LaFocuhi(aka The Legend) has made his prediction for today’s 2015 AAC Touranment Championship Game and he is picking UConn to circle the wagons once again and win the game. Take UConn and the +3 points.

2015 AAC Tournament Championship Free Picks: UConn to cover as +3 point underdogs