The final first-round game in Thursday’s Buffalo pod is an intriguing battle between the Atlantic 10 and SEC. Georgia is listed as a 2.5-point favorite on the spread against Saint Louis at 9:45 p.m. ET, televised on CBS.
The Bulldogs (22-10) head to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, looking to atone for last March’s 21-point defeat to Gonzaga. The Billikens (26-7) finished tied atop the A-10 with VCU but lost in the conference tournament semifinals to Dayton, 70-69.
Let’s look at a Saint Louis vs. Georgia spread prediction for Thursday’s showdown at KeyBank Center. Make your college basketball picks on PrizePicks and PrizePicks Team Picks and earn real money if you’re right, including on game winners, spreads, and totals!
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Saint Louis vs. Georgia Prediction, Spread, Over/Under
These two programs haven't met since November 2010, when the Bulldogs edged the Billikens 61-59.
Both teams weren’t great against the spread this season, as Saint Louis owns a 17-15 ATS mark and Georgia is 16-16 ATS.
The Bulldogs last won an NCAA Tournament game in 2002 against Murray State, but that victory was later vacated due to violating NCAA sanctions.
Saint Louis, meanwhile, seeks its first tourney win since 2014, when it beat NC State 83-80 in overtime.
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Saint Louis vs. Georgia Spread, Over/Under
The Bulldogs enter this matchup as 2.5-point favorites, returning a 1.63x payout on PrizePicks Team Picks if they win outright.
The Billikens are underdogs with a 2.17x payout if they win, where you can earn money with your picks in 35 states.
- Spread: Georgia Bulldogs -2.5 (1.92x payout)
- Over/Under: 167.5 (1.92x payout on over)
- Game Winner Payout: Saint Louis 2.17x | Georgia 1.63x
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Saint Louis vs. Georgia Prediction on Spread – 3/19/26
Here are some key stats to know before locking in your Saint Louis vs. Georgia prediction on spread for Thursday, March 19 on PrizePicks.
- SLU is listed as an underdog for the first time since knocking off VCU, 71-62 as 3.5-point dogs on January 7. The Billikens ride a four-game ATS slide and are 2-6 ATS since February 17.
- All four losses in this stretch by SLU came to non-tournament teams. They fell to Dayton twice, as well as Rhode Island and George Mason.
- Georgia won five of its final six games before getting surprised by Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament.
- The Billikens are second nationally in both offensive effective field goal percentage (59.7%) and defensive eFG% (44.8%).
- Georgia sat in the lower half of defensive numbers in SEC play, allowing 55.2% on 2-point attempts and 34.7% on 3-point tries.
- Five of UGA’s six wins against tourney teams came against SEC squads (Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, and Alabama).
- Each of Georgia’s last three foes has drilled at least 9 treys. Saint Louis ranks second in the nation in 3-point shooting at 40.5%.
- Head coach Mike White’s squad has gone in different directions the last two seasons in efficiency. UGA improved from 57th to 13th in offensive efficiency but dropped from 32nd to 83rd in defensive efficiency.
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The Billikens and Bulldogs hook up late Thursday night, with the winner potentially staring down top-seeded Michigan in the second round. Who will advance in this expected high-scoring 8-9 affair in Buffalo?
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