Cincinnati vs Tulane 12/29/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Tulane Green Wave (7-4) vs. Cincinnati Bearcats (9-4)
December 29, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Cincinnati Bearcats -4 / Tulane Green Wave +4; Over/Under: +150.5
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The Tulane Green Wave and the Cincinnati Bearcats meet in college basketball action from the Fifth Third Arena on Thursday night.
The Tulane Green Wave will be out to build on their 84-63 win over Mississippi Valley State last time out. Jalen Cook has 20.2 PPG and 5.3 APG through his first six games of the year while Jaylen Forbes has 16.8 PPG with 4.6 RPG. Kevin Cross has 14.2 PPG with a team-high 5.9 RPG while Collin Holloway has 11.1 PPG and Sion James has 10.4 PPG with 3.7 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Tulane so far this season. As a team, Tulane is averaging 78.6 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 80% from the foul line this season.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will hope to build on their 72-54 win over Detroit Mercy last time out. David DeJulius leads the Bearcats in scoring with 16.6 PPG and 3.2 APG while Landers Nolley II has 14.4 PPG with 4.5 RPG as well this season. Viktor Lakhin has 12.9 PPG with a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Bearcats on the glass and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Cincinnati so far this season while Jeremiah Davenport has 9.4 PPG and 3.7 RPG this season. Mika Adams-Woods has a team-high 3.5 APG to lead the Bearcats in assists this season. As a team, Cincinnati is averaging 80.4 points per game on 46.7% shooting from the field, 34.9% from three point range and 69.2% from the foul line up to this point in the year.
Tulane is 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600 while the over is 5-0 in their last 5 Thursday games. Cincinnati is 7-0 ATS in their last 7 home games and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 Thursday games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I like Cincinnati at home here. Tulane has had one of the easiest schedules in the country up to this point and even with the easier schedule, I feel like Cincinnati has been the better and more impressive team up to this point in the season. I just don’t know how much stock I can honestly put in Tulane up to this point so give me Cincinnati laying the points here.
