The Buffalo Bulls (8-7, 2-0 MAC) visit the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks (6-9, 0-2) for a Mid-American Conference tussle in Oxford, Ohio. The opening tip at Millett Hall will be at 7 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Buffalo vs. Miami (Ohio) odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Buffalo enters having won back-to-back games straight up and against the spread. The Bulls are 3-1 since Dec. 21 and are a balanced, up-tempo group that has come along defensively of late. UB has held foes under 40% from the floor 3 times in that 4 game span.
Miami went 4-2 from Nov. 26-Dec. 17, but the Redhawks are just 1-3 since. MU has experienced shooting woes and trouble with turnovers in recent losses. Across their last 2 games — both losses — the Redhawks shot just 38.1% while committing 16.5 turnovers per game.
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Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:06 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Off the board
- Against the spread (ATS): Buffalo -3.5 (-110) | Miami +3.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 155.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) picks and predictions
Prediction
Buffalo 78, Miami 73
Moneyline
The moneyline was OTB at the time of publishing.
Against the spread
The Bulls are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games overall, and they are the slight lean Tuesday. Buffalo has played a much tougher schedule so far, it is a young team that has been rebounding the ball better and it’s hitting more triples of late.
Miami is coming off an impressive performance against Kent State (69-66 loss as an 11-point underdog Saturday), but that performance sticks out as an aberration. MU looks like a young team struggling on defense.
BET BUFFALO -3.5 (-110).
Over/Under
Miami is 4-3 O/U at home. The Under is 4-0 in the Bulls’ last 4 road games against teams with losing home records.
The pace numbers for both teams have been on the decline of late.
BACK THE UNDER 155.5 (-105).
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