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Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine Player Props Tonight: Best SGP Picks & Odds for NIT Championship

Brenden Schaeffer

Last Updated: April 3, 2025 7:10 PM EDT • 3 min 11 sec read.

Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine Player Props Tonight: Best SGP Picks & Odds for NIT Championship
Pictured: UC Irvine Anteaters forward Devin Tillis (11) battles for the ball with Southern California Trojans forwards. Photo by Kirby Lee via Imagn Images.

Tonight's NIT Championship features a pair of worthy mid-majors as the Chattanoogs Mocs (28-9) square off against the UC Irvine Anteaters (32-6).

Our Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine player props and parlay odds expect a couple of key Anteaters to lean into what they do best in this matchup against the Mocs. Our NIT odds list the Anteaters as 3-point betting favorites.

Tipoff for the NIT title game tonight is slated for 9 p.m. ET (ESPN) from Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

🏀 Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine player prop picks for tonight

Here are my best Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine player prop picks for the championship of the National Invitational Tournament:

🎯 Devin Tillis player prop pick: Over 15.5 points (+102 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎯 Bent Leuchten player prop pick: Over 9.5 rebounds (-114 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎯 Bash Wieland player prop pick: Under 12.5 points (-114 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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🔥 Devin Tillis Over 15.5 points ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Tillis averages 13.5 points per game on the season for UC Irvine but has reached 16 or more points in three of his four games throughout the Anteaters’ run in the NIT.

Chattanooga’s weakness in defensive efficiency, combined with Tillis’ recent uptick in scoring production, explains the loftier line at 15.5 for this contest. The Mocs rank 232nd according to KenPom’s adjusted defensive efficiency. They are 228th in effective field goal percentage defense, per Torvik.

Games involving Chattanooga tend to lean toward higher scores, with four of its past five contests sailing beyond 150 total points, lending to a strong day from one of Irvine’s top scorers.

📊 Best odds: +102 via FanDuel ($10 to win $10.02)

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🔥 Bent Leuchten Over 9.5 rebounds ⭐⭐⭐⭐

UC Irvine ranks 40th in the nation in defensive rebounding rate according to Torvik. This is a tremendous matchup on the glass for the Anteaters considering that Chattanooga ranks outside the top 300 teams in offensive rebounding rate.

Although his rebounds total at 9.5 is slightly elevated (+0.5) compared to his rebounds per game average, Leuchten, a 7-foot-1 senior, should rack up plenty of boards in this contest.

He has hit a double-digit rebounding total in two of four NIT games and has gone Over this mark in eight of his last 11 games overall. Chattanooga may struggle to be as efficient offensively against UC Irvine's tough defense, which could allow for additional rebounding chances for Leuchten.

📊 Best odds: -114 via FanDuel ($10 to win $8.77)

🔥 Bash Wieland Under 12.5 points ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Chattanooga's Wieland averages 14.1 points per game but we’ve seen the guard's scoring prowess lag behind that pace during his recent efforts in the NIT.

After a 31-point outburst in the first round of the tournament, Wieland has scored 12 or fewer in three straight games. His penchant for scoring specifically from inside the arc could be problematic considering how well the Irvine zone defense defends two-point attempts.

UC Irvine has the second-ranked two-point field goal percentage in the nation this season. Only 30 of Wieland's 190 made field goals this season have been 3-pointers, so his best scoring abilities could be limited by the Anteaters’ defensive scheme.

📊 Best odds: -114 via FanDuel ($10 to win $8.77)

💰Best Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine parlay picks

Here is our best Chattanooga vs. UC Irvine same-game parlay for Thursday's NIT Championship matchup; use our parlay calculator to get the best odds for any same-game parlay:

🔥 Devin Tillis player prop pick: Over 15.5 points
🔥 Ben Leuchten player prop pick: Over 9.5 rebounds
🔥 Bash Wieland player prop pick: Under 12.5 points

🚀 Best SGP odds: +586 via FanDuel ($10 to win $58.60)

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📅 Date: Thursday, April 3
🕗 Time: 9 p.m. ET
📍 Location: Hinkle Fieldhouse (Indianapolis)
📺 TV: ESPN
💻 Streaming: ESPN+

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Brenden Schaeffer
Brenden has covered the St. Louis Cardinals as a credentialed baseball writer for KMOV-TV since 2016. His sports writing has appeared in outlets including the Austin American-Statesman and Columbia Daily Tribune. Since 2021, Brenden has co-hosted 'The Big Show' during the afternoon drive for KTGR, the ESPN radio affiliate in Columbia, MO. He has appeared on radio stations around the country, including KMOX, and hosts a daily St. Louis Cardinals podcast. In the sports betting content space, Brenden has covered the NFL, college football, NBA, and college basketball for outlets including SBR since 2019. For his football handicapping, Brenden looks to target NFL player prop markets as well as sharp underdog lines in college football. Brenden looks to reference FanDuel for his sports betting articles because of its consistently competitive odds on parlays. FanDuel's boost offerings are also customer-friendly, and its odds on the NFL Same Game Parlay articles he's written for SBR have historically been consistently competitive compared to other books.