Memphis vs Central Florida 3/11/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Central Florida Knights (18-11) vs. Memphis Tigers (19-9)
March 11, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Memphis Tigers -7 / Central Florida Knights +7; Over/Under: -143.5
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The UCF Knights and the Memphis Tigers meet in college basketball action from the Dickies Arena on Friday night.
The UCF Knights come into this one after their 60-58 win over USF last time out. Darin Green Jr. leads the Knights in scoring with 13.6 PPG while Darius Perry has 11.4 PPG with 3.9 RPG and a team-high 4.3 APG to lead the Knights in assists. Brandon Mahan also has 10.6 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for UCF. C.J. Walker has 8.6 PPG with 5.8 RPG and Cheikh Mbacke Diong also has 6.1 RPG to lead UCF on the boards this season. As a team, UCF is averaging 70.2 PPG on 42.7% shooting from the field, 34.8% from three and 70.4% from the foul line while allowing 68 PPG on 42.3% shooting from the field and 31% from three this season.
The Memphis Tigers will enter the conference tournament as the #3 seed, finishing the year at 19-9 overall including a 13-5 mark in AAC conference play this season. Jalen Duren leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 11.9 PPG and 7.5 RPG while DeAndre Williams has 11 PPG with 5.6 RPG. Landers Nolley II has 10.2 PPG to make up the group of active double-digit scorers for Memphis so far this season. Lester Quinones has 9.8 PPG, Tyler Harris has 9.6 PPG while Alex Lomax has a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Tigers in assists. As a team, Memphis is averaging 76.1 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 36.3% from three and 69% from the foul line while allowing 68.5 PPG on 39.5% shooting from the field and 32.2% from three this season.
UCF is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games as an underdog while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a winning percentage above .600. Memphis is 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 Friday games while the under is 17-4 in their last 21 neutral site games as a favorite.
I get the allure of points with UCF as the Knights can battle anyone hard on any given night when called upon. However, Memphis has simply been the hotter team ATS right now, and UCF has been either scraping by or losing games outright regardless of the line as of late. Memphis was one of the hotter teams in the AAC down the stretch and I think they get themselves a win and cover here.
