{"id":666713,"date":"2026-03-19T11:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/666713\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:06:25","slug":"espn-predicts-winner-of-georgia-vs-saint-louis-in-the-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/666713\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN predicts winner of Georgia vs. Saint Louis in the NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 19, 2026, 5:31 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/18\/georgia-basketball-saint-louis-march-madness-betting-odds\/89208846007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Bulldogs will face<\/a> the Saint Louis Billikens in the opening round of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/18\/georgia-basketball-transfers-make-ncaa-tournament\/89209708007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA Tournament<\/a> on Thursday night (televised on CBS). Georgia (22-10, 10-8 SEC) will enter the tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest Region (Chicago), as the Dawgs will look to keep their season alive against No. 9 Saint Louis in Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/17\/jay-bilas-prediction-georgia-basketball-saint-louis-march-madness\/89197251007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia basketball<\/a> will look to bounce back against Saint Louis following an upset 76-72 loss to Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament. Saint Louis holds an overall record of 28-5 this season and won the Atlantic 10 conference crown during the regular season, as the Bulldogs will be faced with a true test in the opening round of March Madness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">ESPN\u2019s matchup predictor gives Georgia the slight edge entering Thursday night\u2019s matchup. Georgia has a 50.9% chance of beating Saint Louis, who has lost just five total games this season. However, UGA enters the game with more momentum. The Bulldogs have won five of their last seven while the Billikens have won just four of their last eight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">ESPN college basketball expert <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/17\/jay-bilas-prediction-georgia-basketball-saint-louis-march-madness\/89197251007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Bilas<\/a> also predicted that Georgia would defeat Saint Louis. The Bulldogs are slight favorites over the Billikens.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia vs. Saint Louis TV, tip-off time<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/89172705007-usatsi-28478287.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Georgia Bulldogs forward Kanon Catchings (6) reacts after a made three point basket against the Mississippi Rebels\"\/>Date: Thursday, March 19thTip-off time: 9:45 p.m. ETLocation: KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New YorkTV: CBSNeed a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/89172706007-usatsi-28478261.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow UGA Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ugawire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@ugawire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads for<\/a> more Georgia basketball coverage!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 19, 2026, 5:31 a.m. ET The Georgia Bulldogs will face the Saint Louis Billikens in the opening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[72400,7,34975,85461,73480,72404,72859,72860,77334,76741,73830,73795,72445,72405,73602,73732,72526,72406,75497,82835,72403],"class_list":["post-666713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-mo","tag-sstssportscollegebulldogsmens-basketball","tag-sstsnmens-basketball","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcbs-corp","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagncaa-atlantic-10-conference","tag-tagncaa-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-tagncaa-southeastern-conference","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-conference-mens-basketball","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagst-louis","tag-taguniversity-of-mississippi","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}