Bracket Buster Saturday isn’t until next week but a few of the teams that will be making noise then face even bigger tests this weekend as they look to close in on their own conference titles. In the Colonial Athletic Association there are a half dozen te

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Bracket Buster Saturday isn’t until next week but a few of the teams that will be making noise then face even bigger tests this weekend as they look to close in on their own conference titles. In the Colonial Athletic Association there are a half dozen teams capable of scoring an upset or two in the Big Dance. Of course, not all will get a chance as the league will be lucky to get two bids. At 4:00 PM ET, two teams in the hunt for the CAA title will go head-to-head when George Mason visits Old Dominion, a game that doesn’t figure to get as much betting attention as it probably should at Sportsbook.com.

These two squads trail Northeastern by a game in the Colonial Conference at 13-3 and each will look to at least keep pace Saturday afternoon. George Mason (16-9, 10-11-1 ATS) was a school record 10-1 in January (6-4-1 ATS) but has stumbled a couple of times this month at Georgia State and at Drexel. The Patriots are young team and they are about to find just how good they really are. With guard Cam Long their best player, George Mason is 6-2 ATS on Saturday’s this season.

Old Dominion (19-7, 8-13-1 ATS) was pasted by the Patriots 71-55 as six-point road favorites on Jan. 2, before anyone realized how good they might be. The Monarchs are built around playing solid defense, permitting a meager 55.2 points per game. ODU came together as a team when Kent Bazemore was paired with Darius James in the backcourt. Old Dominion is 12-0 at the Constant Convocation Center, winning by whopping 19.8 PPG, however is only 3-5-1 ATS.

Watch the underdog in this one, who is sporting a 6-2 ATS mark in the L8 head-to-head affairs. However, the StatFox Power Line might disagree, showing Old Dominion by 13.

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