Can No. 15 Gonzaga pick up a lopsided win at home when the Bulldogs host Portland tonight at 9PM ET?

According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv Kelly Olynyk Jersey, Gonzaga is the overwhelming favorite at home, as the Bulldogs are getting odds of 30 points against Portland. The over/under total for the game is listed at 148.5 points. Tonight’s game is taking place from McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington and will air live on ESPN3.

Portland has lost four straight games coming into tonight. They are now 6 11 overall https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/bryan-alberts-jersey-c-6.html, 0 4 in the WCC and 6 6 against the spread. The Pilots have managed to cover in their last two games. Portland is averaging 68.5 points per game this season while allowing 78.6 per game. Josh McSwiggan is leading Portland with 13.4 points per game while Franklin Potter and Marcus Shaver Jr. each put up 11.2 per contest.

Gonzaga has won four straight coming into tonight’s contest. The Bulldogs are now 14 3 on the season https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/nigel-williamsgoss-jersey-c-5.html, 4 0 in the West Coast Conference and 8 5 1 against the spread. Zaga is 3 0 1 against the spread in its last four games. The Bulldogs are averaging 89.9 points per game this season while allowing just 70.4 per contest. Johnathan Williams is averaging 14.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while Josh Perkins is adding 13.5 points and 5.6 assists per contest.

Bet on Portland vs. Gonzaga

Gonzaga has won eight straight meetings with Portland, but the Pilots are 6 2 1 against the spread in the last nine in this series. Though the history is not on its side, Gonzaga has managed plenty of 30 point victories this season and Portland has been a mess this season. The Bulldogs are healthy and should be able to keep Portland from scoring. As long as Zaga hits its shots https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/domantas-sabonis-jersey-c-7.html, covering this spread should be within reason. The public betting is slightly with Gonzaga and I am going to roll the dice with them as well.

The ACC was running ahead of schedule after three days of meetings on Wednesday even as everyone appears ready to head home without any resolution on the future of the basketball tournament.

Which isn t to say where the tournament is headed after Charlotte next March and Greensboro in 2020 hasn t been discussed. It has. Constantly, if mostly informally.

“There s always that kind of discussion,” N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow said.

But the dynamic surrounding tournament sites, pitting the old guard against the Big East transplants, is so complicated that it doesn t appear a proposal will come up for a vote Thursday.
ACC executives said that there are still multiple options available for 2021 even as the calendar ticks by, as long as the conference can come to a decision by the end of the summer. Perhaps a consensus can be reached by Thursday morning s final session. More likely, the behind the scenes politicking will continue over the phone as it has in person in hallways and at receptions this week.

The eternal debate over the tournament remains a tug and pull between North Carolina and the northeast, a dichotomy that highlights where the divisions lie between the old and new factions within the ACC even as the impending launch of the television network figures to bring them closer together.

Even in an era dominated by football, the basketball tournament remains the ACC s signature event and most desirable property. Not merely massive finances but massive egos are tied up in where it is played. The stakes are extraordinary, making it one of the very few areas of governance where ACC schools still find themselves pursuing disparate agendas amid an atmosphere of general cooperation and consensus about the direction of the league.
At a time when ACC schools seem to be moving closer together, with the Power 5 conferences free to set their own agenda in the age of autonomy and the ACC very much an active participant in that process, the tournament still has the power to drive them apart.

With a vote appearing unlikely, but not impossible Kennedy Meeks Jersey, on Thursday, most of the discussion has been informal as influence is brokered in an attempt to find a path forward.

There has been talk this week of pushing for a two year plan that would take the tournament back north – to Washington in 2021 and Brooklyn in 2022, potentially – which would mean that the tournament would be played outside of North Carolina five times in seven years.

The alternative would be a four or five year plan that includes North Carolina, but more years and more sites means more conflicting priorities https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/brice-johnson-jersey-c-21.html, more votes for ACC commissioner John Swofford to wrangle and more gravitational force exerted by the perpetual lure of Madison Square Garden, despite the obvious logistical hurdles presented by the Big East s long term residency.

Swofford spoke at length in Brooklyn in March about his desire for a North Carolina Washington New York rotation for the tournament that balanced the conference s roots with its new membership https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/customize-jersey-c-19.html, but hasn t yet been able to navigate that path forward.

None of these issues are new https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/marcus-paige-jersey-c-20.html, but that doesn t make them any easier to resolve.

“We talk about that every meeting,” North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said.

Either way, Swofford s history indicates he s unlikely to bring any proposal before the athletic directors and faculty representatives until he knows he has successfully massaged enough voters to reach a consensus. In this specific case, his efforts may be complicated by the fact that he s dealing with tournaments to be played after his current contract is set to expire in 2020, although there s no indication at the moment Swofford, 69, plans to retire at that point.
Swofford will speak with the media Thursday, after the meetings conclude. Perhaps he ll have a sense then of where the tournament is headed. Given the complicated nature of the discussion, he might not even then.

The ACC was running ahead of schedule after three days of meetings on Wednesday even as everyone appears ready to head home without any resolution on the future of the basketball tournament.

Which isn t to say where the tournament is headed after Charlotte next March and Greensboro in 2020 hasn t been discussed. It has. Constantly, if mostly informally.

“There s always that kind of discussion,” N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow said.

But the dynamic surrounding tournament sites, pitting the old guard against the Big East transplants, is so complicated that it doesn t appear a proposal will come up for a vote Thursday.
ACC executives said that there are still multiple options available for 2021 even as the calendar ticks by, as long as the conference can come to a decision by the end of the summer. Perhaps a consensus can be reached by Thursday morning s final session. More likely, the behind the scenes politicking will continue over the phone as it has in person in hallways and at receptions this week.

The eternal debate over the tournament remains a tug and pull between North Carolina and the northeast, a dichotomy that highlights where the divisions lie between the old and new factions within the ACC even as the impending launch of the television network figures to bring them closer together.

Even in an era dominated by football, the basketball tournament remains the ACC s signature event and most desirable property. Not merely massive finances but massive egos are tied up in where it is played. The stakes are extraordinary, making it one of the very few areas of governance where ACC schools still find themselves pursuing disparate agendas amid an atmosphere of general cooperation and consensus about the direction of the league.
At a time when ACC schools seem to be moving closer together, with the Power 5 conferences free to set their own agenda in the age of autonomy and the ACC very much an active participant in that process, the tournament still has the power to drive them apart.

With a vote appearing unlikely, but not impossible Kennedy Meeks Jersey, on Thursday, most of the discussion has been informal as influence is brokered in an attempt to find a path forward.

There has been talk this week of pushing for a two year plan that would take the tournament back north – to Washington in 2021 and Brooklyn in 2022, potentially – which would mean that the tournament would be played outside of North Carolina five times in seven years.

The alternative would be a four or five year plan that includes North Carolina, but more years and more sites means more conflicting priorities https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/brice-johnson-jersey-c-21.html, more votes for ACC commissioner John Swofford to wrangle and more gravitational force exerted by the perpetual lure of Madison Square Garden, despite the obvious logistical hurdles presented by the Big East s long term residency.

Swofford spoke at length in Brooklyn in March about his desire for a North Carolina Washington New York rotation for the tournament that balanced the conference s roots with its new membership https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/customize-jersey-c-19.html, but hasn t yet been able to navigate that path forward.

None of these issues are new https://www.northcarolinatarheelszone.com/marcus-paige-jersey-c-20.html, but that doesn t make them any easier to resolve.

“We talk about that every meeting,” North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said.

Either way, Swofford s history indicates he s unlikely to bring any proposal before the athletic directors and faculty representatives until he knows he has successfully massaged enough voters to reach a consensus. In this specific case, his efforts may be complicated by the fact that he s dealing with tournaments to be played after his current contract is set to expire in 2020, although there s no indication at the moment Swofford, 69, plans to retire at that point.
Swofford will speak with the media Thursday, after the meetings conclude. Perhaps he ll have a sense then of where the tournament is headed. Given the complicated nature of the discussion, he might not even then.