March 9, 2026, 10:47 a.m. ET
The Santa Clara Broncos (25-7) and the No. 21 Saint Mary’s Gaels (27-4) meet Monday within the West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals. Tip-off from Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, is scheduled for 11:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NCAA basketball odds across the Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s odds and make our professional college basketball picks and predictions for the very best bets.
The Broncos and Gaels meet for the possibility to go to Tuesday’s WCC championship recreation in opposition to the winner of Monday’s different semifinal between Oregon State and Gonzaga at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.
These groups cut up the regular-season collection, with Santa Clara successful 62-54 at dwelling as a 1.5-point favourite on Jan. 17 with the Under (152.5) cashing earlier than Saint Mary’s gained 86-67 at dwelling in Moraga, California, on Feb. 25, masking as a 5.5-point favourite with the Under (153.5) cashing once more. In the second assembly, Saint Mary’s F Paulius Murauskas went for 16 factors and 11 rebounds with a block, whereas Santa Clara F Allen Graves paced the Broncos with 20 factors off the bench. The Under has linked in 4 straight conferences.
Santa Clara topped Pacific 76-68 in a WCC quarterfinal on Sunday however didn’t cowl as a ten.5-point favourite because the Under (148.5) cashed. The Broncos are simply 2-5 ATS of their previous 7 video games.
Saint Mary’s closed the common season on an 8-game successful streak, masking in all however of the wins. The Under is 9-3 within the Gaels’ previous 12 outings.
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Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Santa Clara +170 (wager $100 to win $170) | Saint Mary’s -210 (wager $210 to win $100)
- Against the unfold: Santa Clara +5.5 (-118) | Saint Mary’s -5.5 (-102)
- Over/Under (O/U): 147.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s picks and predictions
Prediction
Saint Mary’s 79, Santa Clara 70
Saint Mary’s (-210) will value you greater than 2 occasions your potential return. That’s just a bit too costly for me, as my private moneyline restrict is -180. However, for those who have been to make use of a lift or promo, or toss the Gaels right into a multi-leg parlay, that might be completely OK.
PASS.
SAINT MARY’S -5.5 (-102) is a stable play to get the job finished by no less than 2 buckets. The Gaels enter this recreation on a roll, successful 8 in a row and masking 8 of the previous 9 video games. That features a confidence-building 70-59 over Gonzaga within the regular-season finale. Saint Mary’s additionally pounded Santa Clara by 19 factors within the penultimate WCC regular-season recreation as a 5.5-point dwelling favourite.
The Gaels are red-hot in opposition to the quantity, whereas the Broncos are simply 2-4 ATS of their previous 6 video games.
UNDER 147.5 (-110) is the lean, however go together with a half-unit play at most.
While it has been all concerning the Over for Santa Clara currently, cashing in 5 of the Broncos’ remaining 6 regular-season video games, the whole went low in opposition to Pacific within the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Saint Mary’s has cut up the Over-Under 3-3 in its previous 6 video games; however the Under is an ideal 4-0 previously 4 on this collection.
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