South Florida vs Memphis 3/3/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds
Memphis Tigers (17-9) vs. South Florida Bulls (8-20)
March 3, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: South Florida Bulls +12.5 / Memphis Tigers -12.5; Over/Under: -129.5
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The Memphis Tigers and the USF Bulls meet in college basketball action from the Yuengling Center on Thursday night.
The Memphis Tigers will look to build on their 81-57 win over Wichita State last time out. Jalen Duren leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 11.9 PPG and 7.4 RPG while DeAndre Williams has 11.1 PPG with 5.8 RPG. Landers Nolley II has 10.4 PPG to make up the group of active double-digit scorers for Memphis so far this season. Lester Quinones has 9.7 PPG, Tyler Harris has 9.2 PPG while Alex Lomax has a team-high 4 APG to lead the Tigers in assists. As a team, Memphis is averaging 76.2 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field, 36.1% from three and 68.6% from the foul line while allowing 68.9 PPG on 39.2% shooting from the field and 32.1% from three this season.
The USF Bulls will try to build on a 56-54 win over Cincinnati that snapped a six-game losing streak. Caleb Murphy leads the Bulls in scoring with 11.4 PPG as well as in assists with 3.1 APG as the lone double-digit scorer for USF so far this season. Javon Greene and Jamir Chaplin each have 9+ PPG while Russel Tchewa has a team-high 5.5 RPG to lead the Bulls on the boards this year. As a team, USF is averaging 57.6 PPG on 37.7% shooting from the field, 25.3% from three and 66.3% from the foul line while allowing 64.4 PPG on 41.4% shooting from the field and 33.1% from three this season.
Memphis is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games following a win by 20 or more points while the under is 7-1 in their last 8 Thursday games. USF is 3-13 ATS in their last 16 home games against a team with a losing road record and 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a win while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 home games against a team with a losing road record.
I get the case to be made either way here as this is a big number but Memphis is fully capable of covering it. With that said, this is more of a fade of USF than it is backing Memphis as the Bulls just don’t score enough to give themselves a chance against teams like Memphis. I think this is a spot where the Tigers just get up big and pull away over the course of the game, winning by 20+. Give me Memphis and lay the points here.
