A pair of No. 10 seeds face off in the NCAA Tournament First Four on Tuesday when the Colorado State Rams (24-10) battle the Virginia Cavaliers (23-10) on Tuesday at 9:10 p.m. ET at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Colorado State is a 2.5-point favorite in the latest Colorado State vs. Virginia odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 121 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page). 

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The model knows senior Reece Beekman leads the Cavaliers and is coming off back-to-back double-doubles in the ACC Tournament. In the 66-60 overtime win over Boston College in the quarterfinals on Thursday, he scored 11 points, while adding 11 assists and seven rebounds. He scored 17 points, dished out 11 assists and grabbed four rebounds in a 73-65 overtime loss to North Carolina State in Friday's semifinal.

The model also knows Colorado State senior guard Isaiah Stevens has been on a tear of late, and has reached double-digit scoring in each of the past 10 games. He registered a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in a 72-62 win over San Jose State in a Mountain West Championship first-round matchup last Wednesday. He scored 15 points and added seven assists and two rebounds in an 85-78 win over 23rd-ranked Nevada in Thursday's quarterfinal. He added 13 points, three rebounds and two assists in Friday's 74-61 semifinal loss to New Mexico.

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