March Madness: Princeton vs. Missouri odds, picks and predictions

The 15th-seeded Princeton Tigers (22-8) and 7th-seeded Missouri Tigers (25-9) meet Saturday in a 2nd Round matchup in the NCAA Tournament. Tip from Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif. is scheduled for approximately 6:10 p.m. ET (TNT). Let's analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the Princeton vs. Missouriodds as we make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.

The Tigers of Princeton crushed brackets everywhere with a 59-55 win over the 2nd-seeded Arizona Wildcats Thursday as a 15-point underdog. Princeton has ripped off 5 straight wins, including 2 in the Ivy League Tournament, and it has covered 5 consecutive outings, too.

Princeton shot 41% from the field (26-of-64), while hitting just 25% (4-of-16) from behind the 3-point arc. The smallish Tigers only got to the free-throw line 5 times, too, converting 3 of them.

The good is that Tosan Evboumwan was productive, posting 15 points with 7 rebounds and a blocked shot, and Princeton was somehow even with Arizona in rebounding at 35, despite the big size advantage for the Wildcats.

The Tigers of Missouri hope to be on the winning end of this Tiger Bowl. It rolled past Utah State 76-65 as a 1.5-point underdog despite being the higher seed. It used that disrespect as apparent fuel. The Under (155) cashed, too, and is now 6-3 in the past 9 games overall.

Missouri shot 51% (27-of-53) from the field, and a blistering 40% (10-of-25) from behind the 3-point line. It turned it over just 9 times, making up for the fact it was outrebounded 31-to-25.

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