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The UCLA vs. SMU betting line was available at Bookmaker. UCLA odds of winning the 2015 NCAA National Championship were set at 225-1 while SMU was at 85-1.
The line on this game had Southern Methodist at -3.5.
The Bruins enter the game with a 20-13 Straight Up record and are at .500 Against The Spread. SMU is at 27-6 and has covered the spread in 15 of its games.
Here is what ESPN.com had to say about the Mustangs:
Given the man's advanced age -- he turned 74 in September -- you might be tempted to say Larry Brown has forgotten more about basketball than most coaches know. The only problem? Brown doesn't appear to have forgotten anything. In three years, the only coach to ever win an NBA and NCAA title -- which he won in 1987-88, the last time he coached a college team -- has turned a formerly moribund program into a national force. (The mind reels at how good it might have been had top-five pick Emmanuel Mudiay not pursued his secondary education at Prime Prep.) As is, this team resembles some of Brown's classic NBA creations -- pragmatic, hard-nosed and relentlessly smart. And rest assured: No coach in the country would stake his team's season on a chess match with Brown.
ESPN ranks UCLA among the worst teams appearing in this year’s tournament, questioning what it was the committee saw in these Bruins.
The Bruins are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning Straight Up record and 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
The Mustangs, meanwhile, are just 8-24-1 ATS in their last 33 neutral site games.
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
