UC Santa Barbara covers Florida getting 12.5 points.
Florida covered a high ATS of -10.5 one time this season against Rhode Island a +500 team at the time with a 6-5 ATS. They lost the other seven games ATS -10 and above.
UC Santa Barbara lost to San Diego State getting 14.5 points this season, the only time they lost given that many points.
UC Santa Barbara is 3-1 ATS taking away a win against a weak team in the last 5 games.
Florida is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
UC Santa Barbara is +500 as a Dog.
Florida is below 500 as a Favorite.
Basic feel for the news is...........Florida, needless to say, is a much tougher opponent that the Gauchos are used to. But they matchup well. Florida prefers a slow tempo and likes to score from the inside with big men Chandler Parsons and Vernon Macklin. They don't take too many threes and their defense isn't built on turnover-generation, which has been UCSB's achilles heel this season. More importantly, despite the Gauchos two big scoring threats coming from undersized wings, they do have the height to defend Florida. They get limited minutes from the tallest player in the tournament, 7'3" Greg Somogyi, and start 6'10" senior Jon Pastorek, an offensive rebounding specialist. Of course, Florida rebounds very well themselves, and Santa Barbara will have to limit that or they're just going to be blow away by the Gators' second chances.
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