Santa Clara can easily cover the spread against Pacific because they’ve already played one-sided games twice this season. Broncos won against Tigers 85-69 on January 14 and then again 71-56 on February 4, so they are 2-0 against Pacific this year and have already covered numbers close to or exceeding what the current line is set at. Santa Clara also holds a major edge in matchup history. Pacific lost 10 out of their last 11 games against Santa Clara and in both of those wins the Broncos dominated because they are simply the better offensive team. Santa Clara got 18 points from Christian Hammond and 17 points from Allen Graves in January, while in February the Broncos had four players score in double figures. Santa Clara does not need one player to shoot well to win this game. Pacific also faces some situational disadvantages as well. The Tigers had to battle on Saturday and won 61-58 against Seattle just to get to this point, while Santa Clara came into this tournament as the No. 3 seed and will have fresher legs. Having an advantage in rest vs your opponent in conference tournament games matters. It matters a lot when your favorite also holds the roster advantage and has already solved their opponent twice. Jim's Play: 820. Santa Clara (West Coast Quarterfinals)