I'm on East Tennessee State in this championship matchup in the Southern Conference for these reasons;.

- Last matchup in the tournament for Samford (That we bet on them and won) they played well down the stretch but the lead was hard to acquire and keep in the beginning and in the last 10 minutes of the game vs Furman. I think Eastern Tennessee will have more offensive success than Furman because they shoot better from long range.

- Defensively Eastern Tennessee are comparable if not better than Samford in terms of points allowed per game (69 points allowed per game by ETSU, and 74 points allowed per game by Samford)

- Jaden Seymour and Braden Illic for ETSU vs Achor Achor of Samford, will be the matchup that should help ETSU keep things close if they can contain him on the rebounding battle.

- ETSU lost both meetings vs Samford, but on the road, Samford barely won. This is a neutral site game, I expect both teams to be on their A games.

Official Play: ETSU +10.5

Side Bet: Over 149