The Cincinnati Bearcats (10-4, 1-0 American) take on the Temple Owls (7-7, 1-0) Sunday. Tip-off from Liacouras Center is at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Cincinnati vs. Temple odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
The Bearcats are led by G David DeJulius, who is averaging 16.4 points per game, and F Viktor Lakhin, who averages 8.0 rebounds per game. Cincinnati enters off an 88-77 victory over Tulane Thursday.
Temple comes in after eking by East Carolina 59-57 on the road Wednesday. The Owls have had offensive difficulties all season and if they continue Sunday we’ll see an easy Bearcats win and a first conference loss for the Owls.
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Cincinnati at Temple odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:21 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Cincinnati -190 (bet $190 to win $100) | Temple +145 (bet $100 to win $145)
- Against the spread (ATS): Cincinnati -3.5 (-120) | Temple +3.5 (+100)
- Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Cincinnati at Temple picks and predictions
Prediction
Cincinnati 68, Temple 61
Moneyline
PASS.
Cincinnati (-190) is a nice addition to a parlay but the number is outside the range to make a standalone wager.
Against the spread
BET CINCINNATI -3.5 (-120).
The Bearcats are a better, more well-rounded team, despite that their defense is a bit suspect.
Temple will attempt to slow this game down to keep it close, and that will work for a bit. However, Cincinnati will start to assert itself and pull away coming out of halftime. Give me the BEARCATS -3.5 (-120) as my favorite play.
Over/Under
BET UNDER 142.5 (-105).
It will take a while for Cincinnati to get going at full force Sunday. We’ll see a low-scoring 1st half, and that will limit the total output of the game. This number is a bit too high for my liking.
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