I like Cal Baptist but they drew a tough matchup with Kansas. Baptist is a good defensive team, although they can struggle to score. I was hoping they would draw an opponent that gives up a lot of easy baskets like Alabama. Instead, they drew Kansas, who is rated 10th in defensive efficiency on KenPom. Play the Jayhawks at -14.5 or less.
There's a great under the total opportunity between California Baptist and Kansas in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament from San Diego. The Lancers play a stingy perimeter defense, holding teams to 27.9% 3-point shooting. They're one of the top under teams in the nation, staying under 21 of their 33 games. Kansas likes to play defense and slow the game down even more, and has gone under 22 times in 33 games while holding opponents to 38.8% shooting. This a lot of points (138.5) to give in these two. Just the under.
