UCF vs. East Carolina Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 3/5/23
East Carolina Pirates (15-15) vs. Central Florida Knights (16-13)
March 5, 2023 2:00 pm EDT
The Line: Central Florida Knights -11.5 / East Carolina Pirates +11.5; Over/Under: +135.5
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The East Carolina Pirates and the UCF Knights meet in college basketball action from the Addition Financial Arena on Sunday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
UCF is listed as an 11.5-point home favorite with the total for this game set at 135.5 points.
Injuries
For East Carolina, Javon Small is listed as out indefinitely with a knee injury while CJ Walker is out for the season for UCF with a leg injury.
Matchup History
UCF’s 64-61 win back on January 4th, 2023, made it 15 straight wins for the Knights in their head-to-head matchup.
Trends
East Carolina is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games against a team with a winning record and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games following an ATS win. UCF is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games following a loss while the over is 7-0 in their last 7 home games.
Pick
I’m backing East Carolina here. UCF just isn’t in the kind of form that I want to be laying 11.5 points with and while East Carolina hasn’t been good, they’ve at least been able to keep it semi-respectable in some of their recent games and I think they could keep this game to single digits. Give me East Carolina and the points here.
