Saint Joseph's Hawks vs VCU Rams Prediction, 3/14/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Saint Joseph's Hawks vs VCU Rams

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2026

Location: PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: CBSSN

Odds/Point Spread: Saint Joseph's (+4)

PPG Paints Arena is the site where the VCU Rams (24-7) will try to defeat the Saint Joseph's Hawks (21-10) on Saturday in the Atlantic 10 Semifinals. VCU is 4-point favorites. The total comes in at 151.5.

The Saint Joseph's Hawks stepped onto the hardwood against La Salle and earned the victory with a final of 88-76 in their last game. Saint Joseph's ended the contest having earned a 51.9% FG percentage (27 out of 52) and made 10 of their 25 three-point attempts. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Hawks made 24 of their 37 shots for a rate of 64.9%. With respect to getting rebounds, they earned 33 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. They also distributed 16 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 5 turnovers and getting 2 steals. Regarding defense, Saint Joseph's allowed their opponent to shoot 38.8% from the field on 26 out of 67 shooting. La Salle recorded 9 dimes and had 6 steals in this game. Moreover, La Salle totaled 31 boards (11 offensive, 20 defensive), but wasn't able to put a block in the stat sheet. La Salle shot 66.7% when shooting free throws by making 14 of 21 tries. They buried 8 of their 25 attempts from distance. In regard to personal fouls, the Hawks ended up walking away with 14 and La Salle recorded 21 personal fouls.

Justice Ajogbor is someone who had an impact in this matchup. He recorded 20 points on 8 out of 8 shooting. He was on the court for 31 minutes and also snagged 2 boards. He ended up going 100.0% from the field but wasn't able to get an assist.

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Saint Joseph's heads into this game with a record of 21-10 on the campaign. They have an average of 73.7 points per game (240th in the nation) while hitting 43.1% from the floor. The Hawks are connecting on 30.6% on 3-point shots (257 of 841) and 74.2% from the free throw line. As a unit, Saint Joseph's is collecting 38.9 boards per game and has 485 dimes this season, which is 109th in Division 1 in terms of passing. They are turning it over 11.8 times per contest and as a team they are committing 14.2 fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Hawks are able to force 10.4 turnovers per game while drawing 15.2 fouls. They give up 31.7% from 3-point land and they are ranked 70th in college in points per game allowed (70.0). The Hawks are giving up a field goal percentage of 40.5% (788 of 1,945) and they relinquish 36.0 rebounds per game as a team. They currently rank 124th in the nation in allowing assists to the opposition with 406 relinquished this season.

The last time they took the hardwood, the VCU Rams got the victory with a final of 68-62 when they faced Dayton. The Rams earned 24 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 28 in the matchup. They also turned it over 7 times, while getting 5 steals in this contest. Dayton committed 13 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Rams to the free throw line for a total of 13 tries. They were able to make 10 of those for a percentage of 76.9%. In regard to shooting from distance, VCU converted 8 of their 21 attempts (38.1%). Overall, the Rams walked away from this one shooting 25 for 51 from the field which had them sitting at 49.0%. The Rams allowed Dayton to convert 25 of their 55 tries from the floor which had them shooting 45.5% for this game. They finished 18.2% from downtown by shooting 4 of 22 and ended up shooting 8 of 15 at the charity stripe (53.3%). In relation to how they cleaned up the glass, VCU allowed Dayton to snag 31 overall (9 on the offensive side).

Lazar Djokovic was important for the Rams in this game. He racked up 16 points in his 34 minutes on the court and had 2 assists for the matchup. He knocked down 5 out of 10 for this contest giving him a rate of 50.0%, and tallied 6 rebounds.

VCU has a win-loss record of 24-7 so far this year. As an offensive team, the Rams are shooting 46.2% from the field, which ranks them 118th in Division 1. VCU has tallied 2,555 pts this year (82.4 per game) and they pull in 36.9 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 14.2 times per game (154th in the country) and they are turning it over 10.8 times per contest. The Rams commit 17.5 fouls per game and they hit 74.0% from the charity stripe.

The VCU defense allows 33.0% on 3-point shots (205 of 621) and opponents are converting on 71.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 12.4 assists and 34.0 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 99th and 152nd in those defensive categories. The Rams defensively are ranked 132nd in Division 1 in PPG surrendered with 72.2. They are forcing 11.9 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 43.2% from the field (115th in Division 1).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Saint Joseph's (+4)

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