Richmond vs Davidson Atlantic 10 Tournament betting odds, prediction, pick
Richmond vs Davidson Atlantic 10 Tournament betting odds, prediction, pick Richmond vs Davidson is the 13-versus-12 seed game at the A-10 Tournament in Washington, D.C.
Championship Week is the lead-in to March Madness and the NCAA Tournament. This week of college basketball conference tournaments contains many flavors. In the SEC and Big Ten, large quantities of teams will go to the NCAA Tournament and are playing for either bubble positioning or NCAA seeding. At the Atlantic 10 Tournament, the annual vibe is very different in most years. Richmond versus Davidson in the first round is a familiar story, in line with the other plot lines of the 2025 Atlantic 10 Tournament.
The A-10 Tournament is often an event in which every assembled team is playing for an automatic bid. There is sometimes one team, maybe two, with a chance at an at-large bid, but that chance is not great. VCU is that team this season. The Rams are very much in the conversation, but if they don't win this tournament, they know that the winner of the tournament will take up one spot in the field. That's a spot VCU won't get, and so it reduces the odds of the Rams getting in.
Richmond versus Davidson might seem like a meaningless first-round tournament game, but when you see teams such as Delaware coming very close to getting a bid, and when you remember what North Carolina State did one year ago at the ACC Tournament, you remember that in March, anything is possible.
Richmond versus Davidson could turn out to be the entirely unremarkable and forgettable game the experts think it will be, but March is a month when expert predictions often get flipped upside-down.
Let's give you the Richmond-Davidson betting odds and take a look at this first game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.:
Richmond vs Davidson game odds:
All college basketball odds via BetMGM
Spread: Richmond +6.5 (-110), Davidson -6.5 (-110)
Money Line: Richmond +220, Davidson -275
Over-Under: Over 130.5 (-115), Under 130.5 (-105)
Richmond vs Davidson prediction, pick:
This is the 13-versus-12 game in the A-10 Tournament bracket. The winner plays No. 5 seed Saint Louis in the second round of the tournament on Thursday. When you have a 13-12 game in a bracket, you should expect the unexpected. Teams finish in the bottom third of a conference for a reason (or two, or three).
What obviously stands out here, in a game between teams seeded 12 and 13 -- right next to each other in the Atlantic 10 standings -- is that one team, Davidson, is favored by 6.5 points. That leads us to the injury report. Richmond has been without a few important players for a few weeks, but the Spiders haven't absorbed any fresh injuries in the past several days. The line you see is therefore a reflection of what these teams have been since the middle of February, when Richmond's prominent injuries occurred.
Even then, a 12 seed being favored over a 13 by nearly seven points is an eyebrow-raising line. We would therefore lean to Richmond, but of course, we wouldn't want to trust a 13 seed with a bet unless or until we saw some hint that an upset was possible. Therefore, we recommend that you watch the first 10 minutes of this game. If Richmond bolts out to a big lead, you could still get the Spiders on the moneyline for a decent price. If Richmond falls behind by 10, the live line might be Richmond +17.5 and you could grab that line. Betting on Richmond before the game without seeing how the Spiders play seems like an unnecessary risk.
Prediction: Davidson 69, Richmond 66
Richmond vs. Davidson channel, start time, streaming:
Start time: 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, 8:30 a.m. Pacific time
TV Channel: USA Network
Live Stream: FuboTV
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