Western Carolina at Tennessee odds, picks and predictions

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The Western Carolina Catamounts (3-6) visit the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (10-0) Tuesday. Tip-off from Food City Center is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+ / SEC Network+). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Western Carolina vs. Tennessee odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.

Western Carolina has lost 5 of its last 6 games, including 2 straight, after falling 78-61 against UNC Asheville Saturday as a 7.5-point road underdog. F Marcus Kell scored a team-high 11 points and was 1 of just 2 Catamounts players who scored in double digits.

Tennessee enters as the No. 1-ranked team in the country and is undefeated. It is coming off a narrow 66-64 win at Illinois Saturday, pushing as a 2-point favorite. G Jordan Gainey led all scorers with 23 points off the bench.

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Western Carolina at Tennessee odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of college basketball odds Lines last updated at 10:32 a.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Off the board (OTB)
Against the spread (ATS): Western Carolina +37.5 (-110) | Tennessee -37.5 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

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Western Carolina at Tennessee picks and predictions

Prediction

Tennessee 83, Western Carolina 48

Moneyline

PASS.

The Volunteers are such heavy favorites in this matchup that the moneyline is OTB at BetMGM Sportsbook.

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Against the spread

LEAN WESTERN CAROLINA +37.5 (-110).

This wager more than likely should be avoided due to the higher-than-usual spread.

Tennessee has covered 7 of its last 9 games, including 4 straight as a favorite of 22 or more points.

The Catamounts are good enough offensively to lose by fewer than 38 points, especially since the Volunteers are coming off a big road game. Western Carolina is 2-1 ATS and has scored 57 or more points in 3 games as an underdog of 20.5 or more this season.

Over/Under

BET UNDER 142.5 (-110).

Tennessee has scored 77 or fewer points in 6 of its last 9 games and hit the Under in 5 of its last 6. It has allowed 64 or fewer points in 8 of its last 10 games and will have a feast against a lesser Catamounts team.

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