Tulane Green Wave vs. Temple Owls Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 11 (3/11): NCAAB

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Odds

Time	3:00 p.m. EST
TUL money line	+120
TUL spread	+2.5
TEM money line	-145
TEM spread	-2.5
Over / under	133.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

 

	Tulane	Temple
Record	13-14	17-11
Road / home record	N/A	N/A
Streak	L1	W1
Points per game	73.6	67.1
Points allowed per game	71.6	66.2
Rebounds per game	31.9	38.8
Rebounds allowed per game
Over / under record	16-11	11-17

 

 

Preview

The Tulane Green Wave will face the Temple Owls in the second round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament this Friday afternoon. Tulane and Temple split the season series, with both teams picking up wins on their home floor.

 

Tulane Green Wave

The Green Wave closed the season with a tough road loss to SMU, but they've been wildly competitive this season. They closed the season covering nine of their past eleven games, picking up four underdogs along the way.

Tulane is 13-14 this season, with a 10-8 record in AAC play.

Ron Hunter's team is averaging 73.6 points per game while allowing 71.6 points per game. Jalen Cook (18.1 ppg, 3.5 apg) and Jaylen Forbes (16.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg) arguably give Tulane the best backcourt in the conference.

 

Temple Owls

The Owls won four of their final six games, including a home win over Tulane. Temple blew out South Florida at home in their season finale behind a season-high 27 points from Damian Dunn.

Temple is 17-11 this season, with a 10-7 record in AAC play.

Aaron McKie's team averages 67.2 points per game, but they've held opponents to 66.4 points per game. Damian Dunn has blossomed into the team's leading scorer in Khalif Battle's absensce, and he scores 15.2 points per game.

 

BETTING TRENDS

TUL is 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.

Green Wave are 3-3 SU in their last 6 games.

TEM is 3-2 ATS in their last 5 games.

Owls are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.

 

Prediction

This is going to be a really good basketball game, featuring two of the AAC's sneakiest teams. Tulane can score with the best of them, and while Temple doesn't scoring much as a team, both matchups have gone over. Three's company, and I believe they'll hit the magic number again.

Take the over for this AAC bout.

PICK: Over 133.5 (-110)