The No. 9 seed Memphis Tigers (21-10) and the No. 8 seed Boise State Broncos (27-7) will meet in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 1:45 PM. Memphis is favored by 2.5 points in the matchup. Here’s everything you need to know about this 8-9 matchup when filling out your brackets.
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Memphis has gone 15-16-0 against the spread, while Boise State’s ATS record this season is 19-18-0. In terms of going over the point total, games involving the Tigers are 17-16-0 and the Broncos are 17-19-1. The teams combine to score 144.1 points per game, 11.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Memphis is 6-2-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall over its last 10 contests, while Boise State has gone 5-5-0 against the spread and 9-1 overall.
Ahead of this college hoops matchup, here is everything you need to prepare for Thursday’s action.
Memphis at Boise State odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Memphis -2.5
- Total: 133
- Moneyline: Memphis -144, Boise State +121
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Memphis at Boise State odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Boise State 69, Memphis 68
Moneyline
- The Tigers are 18-9 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 66.7% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -144 or shorter, Memphis has a 17-6 record (winning 73.9% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Tigers’ implied win probability is 59.0%.
- This season, the Broncos have won seven out of the 10 games in which they’ve been the underdog.
- Boise State is 4-2 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +121 or more on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Broncos based on the moneyline is 45.2%.
Against the spread
- The 75.4 points per game the Tigers record are 14.6 more points than the Broncos give up (60.8).
- When Memphis puts up more than 60.8 points, it is 12-13 against the spread and 19-7 overall.
- Boise State is 14-11 against the spread and 23-5 overall when allowing fewer than 75.4 points.
- The Broncos’ 68.7 points per game are just 0.3 more points than the 68.4 the Tigers give up.
- Boise State has put together a 7-6 ATS record and a 13-2 overall record in games it scores more than 68.4 points.
- Memphis is 8-5 against the spread and 13-1 overall when it allows fewer than 68.7 points.
- The Tigers have totaled 218 more points than their opponents this season (seven per game on average), and the Broncos have scored 270 more points than their opponents (7.9 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Tigers have an average implied point total of 76 this season, which is eight points higher than their implied total in Thursday’s game (68).
- So far this season, Memphis has recorded more than 68 points in 26 games.
- The Broncos’ average implied point total on the season (68.5 points) is 3.5 points higher than their implied total in this matchup (65 points).
- On the season, Boise State has put up more than 65 points 24 times.
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