{"id":335562,"date":"2025-03-23T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=335562"},"modified":"2025-03-23T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:24:09","slug":"colorado-state-vs-maryland-second-round-sgp-predictions-march-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/colorado-state-vs-maryland-second-round-sgp-predictions-march-23-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State vs. Maryland second-round SGP predictions: Derik Queen, Terrapins should advance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The No. 4 Maryland Terrapins look to continue the Big Ten&#8217;s dominance at March Madness in Sunday&#8217;s second-round matchup against the No. 12 Colorado State Rams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Maryland and the rest of the Big Ten entered Sunday a combined 9-2 so far in the NCAA tournament. I&#8217;m backing the Terps to win on a trimmed-down spread and expecting stars on both sides (Nique Clifford, Derik Queen) to show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Colorado State vs. Maryland SGP predictions for their second-round matchup on March 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado State vs. Maryland predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\"><strong>Full March Madness Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/march\"><strong>PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Maryland -4.5 | <strong><strong>Clifford 30+ PRA<\/strong><\/strong> | Queen 10+ rebounds (+380)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:111608\">Embed: #111608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Maryland -4.5 <\/strong><\/strong>(-186):<\/strong> KenPom.com and BartTorvik.com both project a seven-point win for the Terrapins. On paper, Maryland seems to be better practically across the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maryland:<\/strong> 8-7 record in Quad 1 games, 23rd in offensive efficiency (57th in eFG%), 6th in defensive efficiency (20th in eFG%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Colorado State:<\/strong> 4-5 record in Quad 1 games, 41st in offensive efficiency (24th in eFG%), 52nd in defensive efficiency (66th in eFG%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rams shoot a lot of 3s, but that happens to be what the Terrapins are best at defending. Maryland ranks 20th in NCAA Division I in opponent 3-point percentage (30.4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a season of close calls for Maryland (26-8, 14-6 Big Ten), a team whose eight losses all came by six or fewer points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorado State enters on an 11-game win streak and is 22-13 ATS on the year. But that doesn&#8217;t tell the full story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All five of the Rams&#8217; Quad 1 losses came by at least eight points, and they own a 5-7 ATS record as underdogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Clifford 30+ points\/rebounds\/assists<\/strong> (-195):<\/strong> Colorado State scraped by in the first round despite a poor effort from its first-team All-Mountain West star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although I don&#8217;t except the Rams to win tonight, a better showing from Clifford should be expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fifth-year senior leads the Rams in points, rebounds and assists, averaging 33.0 PRA this year. Any hope of an upset starts with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clifford is in particularly good form over his past 18 games, which dates back to Jan. 18:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>35.9 PRA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30+ PRA in 14 of 18 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49.8 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>42.7 3PT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Queen 10+ rebounds<\/strong><\/strong> (-137):<\/strong> Queen was recruited to be great, and he&#8217;s fulfilling that prophecy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five-star freshman has averaged 16.2 points and 9.2 rebounds this season for Maryland. He earned first-team all-conference honours in the Big Ten and has a shot at being a lottery pick in this year&#8217;s NBA draft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBA dreams can wait, though, because Queen is a force for a strong Maryland squad looking to make a deep tourney run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He had 15 rebounds in Maryland&#8217;s first-round win over Grand Canyon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since Jan. 26, Queen has 10+ rebounds in 11 of 14 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At 6-foot-10, Queen is at least two inches taller than anyone in Colorado State&#8217;s regular rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rams struggle on the offensive glass (272nd in D-I in offensive rebounding rate), so Queen should clean up on the defensive side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Colorado State vs. Maryland predictions made at 11:05 a.m. on 03\/23\/25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The No. 4 Maryland Terrapins look to continue the Big Ten&#8217;s dominance at March Madness in Sunday&#8217;s second-round matchup against the No. 12 Colorado State Rams. 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