The Memphis Tigers (6-4 overall, 2-1 AAC) visit the UCF Knights (3-3, 1-2) Tuesday night for a 9 p.m. ET contest at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Fla. Below, we analyze the Memphis-UCF college basketball betting odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Memphis at UCF: Betting odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Memphis -115 (bet $115 to win $100) | UCF -105 (bet $105 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Memphis -1.5 (+100) | UCF +1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under: 137.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Memphis at UCF: Three things to know
- The Knights are looking to avoid a third straight setback. In Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 losses to Houston and South Florida, respectively, Central Florida was a combined minus-11 in the turnover margin. One of those games (vs. Houston) was at home and the Knights are looking to avoid back-to-back losses in Orlando, something that occurred three times in 2019-20.
- Central Florida F Isaiah Adams is listed as questionable due to an illness. Adams is off to a fine start in his collegiate career, as the freshman forward is shooting 51.2% from the field and averages 11.8 points and 2.0 steals per game through five contests.
- The Tigers won last season’s lone head-to-head matchup 59-57 in a Jan. 29 game in Orlando. Since 2017, the Knights are 5-4 straight up and 6-3 ATS against Memphis.
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Memphis at UCF: Odds, betting lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
UCF 67, Memphis 66
Money line (ML)
UCF can leverage an advantage at the free-throw line and from beyond the 3-point arc in this one. The Knights are looking for a bounce-back performance after a disappointing 68-61 loss to South Florida Saturday. They exhibited solid bounce-back form in an earlier game, downing Florida State by 12 on the road following a 22-point loss to Michigan.
Consider an ML play on the Knights at +100 or better.
Against the spread (ATS)
Memphis is 1-4 ATS in road/neutral games. The Tigers are playing their second straight game with a week layoff. The first time around, Memphis failed to cover a 10-point spread in a 58-57 home win over USF.
The Tigers (fast) and Knights (slow) play at different tempos, and Memphis has scuffled against slow-pace teams this season, going 1-3 ATS (the Under has hit in three of those four games).
The Knights are 4-1 ATS in their last five home games. TAKE UCF +1.5 (-120) in Tuesday’s tilt against the Tigers.
Over/Under (O/U)
The Under is 8-1 in the Tigers’ last nine games as a road favorite, 10-2 in UM’s last 12 games overall, 5-1-1 in UCF’s last seven games as a home underdog, 11-4 in the Knights’ last 15 home games and 6-3 in the last nine series meetings.
The lean for Tuesday is on the UNDER 137.5 (-105).
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