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The Clemson Tigers (9-2) and South Carolina Gamecocks (7-3) tangle in a rivalry battle in Columbia Tuesday. The opening tip at Colonial Life Arena will be at 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s college basketball odds around the Clemson vs. South Carolina odds, and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions.
Clemson slid out of the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll after an 87-82 overtime loss to Memphis Saturday. The favored-by-5½ Tigers were undone by Memphis shooting 48% from distance in having a 6-game win streak snapped in a home tilt. Clemson had previously been ranked at No. 16.
South Carolina also last played Saturday. Favored-by-24½ USC defeated South Carolina Upstate 73-53. The Gamecocks have yielded just 58.0 points per game in winning each of their last 4.
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Clemson at South Carolina 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 9:38 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Clemson -145 (bet $145 to win $100) | South Carolina +120 (bet $100 to win $120)
- Against the spread (ATS): Clemson -2.5 (-110) | South Carolina +2.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 133.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Clemson at South Carolina picks and predictions
Prediction
Clemson 66, South Carolina 64
Moneyline
No interest. PASS.
Against the spread
South Carolina is 3-1 ATS over the last 4 series meetings.
USC has played a mostly easy slate so far, but there were actually a couple of performances in ATS losses — against quality foes Indiana (Nov. 16) and Xavier (Nov. 25) — that had some game flow factors supporting the Gamecocks getting this number at home. South Carolina also has some perhaps hidden value in the way it protects the basketball and in how it gets to the charity stripe (25th in free-throw rate per BartTorvik). The Gamecocks also excel in forcing less makeable mid-range jumpers.
Clemson was too far out over its skis with its recent top-20 ranking. The Tigers are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 road games but just 3-6 ATS in their last 9 road games when favored by 4 points or fewer. CU has been gettable on the glass of late, and while USC does not have eye-popping offensive rebounding numbers, the Gamecocks are efficient in cranking out second-chance points.
BET SOUTH CAROLINA +2.5 (-110).
Over/Under
The last 14 series meetings have netted a 13-1 mark for the Under. And the Under has cashed in 7 of Clemson’s last 10 games on the road.
This matchup features bottom-quartile in tempo CU and a South Carolina team in the bottom half in the pace figures. And the tempo figures have been dropping for both sides over recent games.
FanDuel Sportsbook has a better leverage offering here. BACK THE UNDER 134.5 (-115).
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