Expert Betting Picks – St. John’s Red Storm at Seton Hall Pirates

We’re the kings of expert basketball betting picks here at BetOnline Sportsbook, and tonight is no exception! We’ve got every angle covered for the duel between the St. John’s Red Storm and the Seton Hall Pirates.

St. John’s Red Storm @ Seton Hall Pirates

Game Date/Time: Thursday, March 3rd, 7:00 ET

Game Location: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ

TV/Radio Broadcast: ESPN3.com, ESPN2, Sirius

NCAA Basketball Odds

St. John’s Red Storm (-2.5) -110

Seton Hall Pirates (+2.5) -110

Over/Under 130.5

Common expert betting picks are going to be all over the Johnnies today. As of 12:00 PM ET, nearly 79 percent of the wagering public according to Covers.com was betting on St. John’s as short road favorites in this game against Seton Hall.

This looks like a great bet when you first look at it. After all, Head Coach Steve Lavin has a team that has really come out of the blocks like gangbusters of late, beating virtually every team in its path regardless of whether the game is home or away. Upon closer inspection, we also see that Seton Hall is an atrocious home team, and its 6-7 record at the Prudential Center is really no better than the 5-6 road record that the Johnnies possess.

Then why are we making our expert betting picks on the Pirates on this day?

First off, one of the first rules of betting is if it looks like a fish and it smells like a fish, it’s probably fishy. Normally, one would figure that this line would be St. John’s -5.5 or so, not just 2.5.

But more importantly, take a look at what the Hall has done at home of late. It lost by three against the Villanova Wildcats, lost by two to the Connecticut Huskies, beat down the Providence Friars, lost by six to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, lost by five to the Georgetown Hoyas, lost by five to the Syracuse Orange, beat the South Florida Bulls, lost by eight to the Richmond Spiders, lost by four to the Dayton Flyers… You get the point.

These are close games, and they’re close games against some pretty darn good teams. There’s a reason that this club is 7-4 for expert betting picks this season when it is playing in front of its home crowd.

In addition, we have to remember that Jeremy Hazell hasn’t been around this team for the whole season, and when he is playing, the Pirates have a significantly different look to them.

Don’t be shocked if Seton Hall ends up cleaning up in a big time way in this one. Our expert betting picks have the Hall coming out victorious on Thursday night.

SLAM THE PIRATES!