{"id":4271,"date":"2008-11-17T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T19:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2008-11-17T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T19:35:47","slug":"umass-memphis-free-pick-171108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/umass-memphis-free-pick-171108\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Betting &#8211; UMass vs. Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NCAA Basketball Sports Betting Action \u2013 UMass at Memphis<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Massachusetts basketball squad is undergoing change in 2008-09 after switching head coaches following last season. The Memphis Tigers (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 1-0 O\/U) don\u2019t have the star-studded roster they possessed a year ago when they reached the NCAA Championship Final, but got their 2008-09 regular season campaign off to a solid start on Saturday. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both college hoops teams will be looking to pick up a victory for fans and college hoops sports betting enthusiasts tonight when they square off at FedExForum tonight.<\/p>\n<p>UMass (1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS, 1-0 O\/U) is coming off a convincing 80-73 road loss to Southern Illinois on Wednesday under first-year head coach Derek Kellogg as the Minutemen failed to cover the spread as 5-point road underdogs for BetUS NCAA college basketball backers.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts got 24 points on 7-for-14 shooting from the field from junior guard Rocky Harris and double digit scoring from two other players in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers laid an emphatic \u2018smack down\u2019 on the Fairfield Stags, winning 90-63 while covering the spread as a 21-point home favorites in the BetUS Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NCAA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&amp;banid=2385\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Memphis got 19 points from guard Tyreke Evans on 7-for-12 shooting from the field and double digit scoring from four other players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NCAA college basketball Free Picks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games<br \/>\nMassachusetts is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>\nMemphis is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games<br \/>\nMemphis is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis&#8217;s last 7 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 6 games at home<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts +14\u00bd -110<br \/>\nMemphis -14\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: If UMass couldn\u2019t hang with Southern Illinois on Wednesday, there is no way the ballclub will be able to keep pace with John Calipari\u2019s fast-paced Tigers in this matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, take the Tigers to cover the spread despite the fact that is may look a bit high.<\/p>\n<h3>NCAAB Free Picks: Memphis -14\u00bd Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NCAA basketball betting odds and NCAAB lines for the matchup featuring UMass and Memphis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,4816,4207,4212,4818,4819,4817,4823,4788,4825,4820,4827,4821,4826,4691,4822,4824],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-free-college-hoops-picks","tag-free-ncaa-basketball-picks","tag-free-ncaab-picks","tag-memphis-betting","tag-ncaa-basketball-handicappers","tag-ncaa-college-basketball-free-picks","tag-ncaab-basketball-betting","tag-ncaab-free-pick","tag-ncaab-lines","tag-ncaab-odds","tag-ncaab-predictions","tag-umass-betting","tag-umass-vs-memphis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4426,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}