2015 NIT Championship Game Odds, Free Picks & Predictions – Stanford vs Miami-Fl Preview

2015 NIT Championship Odds, Free Picks & Predictions – Stanford vs Miami-Fl Preview and Expert Pick: The odds to win the NIT Tournament Championship for Thursday night’s title game between Stanford and Miami-Fl have been released at Bovada Sportsbook and Stanford is listed as a -1.5 point favorite with the game total set at over/under 135 points. This matchup promises to be a fantastic game between two very well coached and talented teams with the tip off set for 9PM EST on ESPN from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Let’s take a look at how these two teams match up and try and make our winning expert pick on who to bet on to win the 2015 NIT Tournament Championship Game Thursday night.

2015 NIT Tournament Championship Odds, Free Picks & Predictions – Analysis and Preview

NIT Tournament Championship: Stanford(-1.5, o/u 135) versus Miami-Fl at 9PM EST on ESPN
The Stanford Cardinal enter this NIT Title Game with an overall record of 23-13 out of the PAC 12 Conference. Head coach Johnny Dawkins has his team playing outstanding in this 2015 NIT Tournament as they have rattled off wins against UC Davis 77-64, Rhode Island 74-65, Vanderbilt 78-75 and in the NIT Semifinal against Old Dominion 67-60. The Cardinal are 3-1 against the spread in the NIT Tournament so far after going just 13-18-1 against the spread in the regular season and PAC 12 Tournament. The Cardinal have won two NIT Championships in school history as they won the NIT in 1991 and 2012.

The Miami-FL Hurricanes come into Thursday night’s NIT Championship Game with an impressive 25-12 overall record out of the ACC Conference. Head coach Jim Larrañaga has his team playing superb basketball in this NIT run so far as they have beaten NC Central 75-71, Alabama 73-66, Richmond 63-61 on the road and Temple 60-57 in the NIT Semifinals. The Canes are 3-1 against the spread in the NIT including 3-0 in it’s last three games and are 17-17-1 against the spread on the entire season. This NIT Tournament is the 11th appearance in school history but Miami-Fl has never won the NIT Championship and this is the first time they have reached the Championship Game.

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Both of these two teams appear to match up pretty well on paper and the numbers say that this should be a pretty close game throughout. Stanford scores 72.5 on offense and allows 67.4 on defense with Miami-Fl putting up 68.3 points on offense and allowing 63.2 per game defensively. Stanford shoots 43.7 percent from the floor and 72.7 percent from the free throw line with Miami-Fl shooting 43 percent from the field and 74.7 percent from the free throw line. Both teams can fill it up from long range as Stanford puts up 6.7 threes per game on average and Miami-Fl scores 7.7 three pointers per game. Both teams average 5.5 steals per game.

So who do we like? Well, we are going to go with Miami-Fl to win their 1st NIT Championship in school history Thursday night over Stanford. We have always considered Jim Larrañaga to be one of the best and most underrated head coaches in the nation plus we like the way Miami-Fl has played the past 4 weeks as they have gone 7-1 overall with their only loss being a 7 point loss to Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament. We look for another big game Thursday night from their leading scorer in 6-5, 205 pound senior guard Sheldon McClellan. McClellan led the Canes with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Temple in the semifinals and comes into this game averaging 14.8 points per game, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game on the season. We look for him to carry the load once again and get us the money with Miami-Fl +1.5 points to win the NIT Tournament.

Free NIT Championship Game Pick: Bet Miami-Fl +1.5 over Stanford