{"id":19539,"date":"2011-11-21T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19539"},"modified":"2011-11-20T20:20:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T01:20:18","slug":"maui-invitational-michigan-wolverines-vs-memphis-tigers-ncaab-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/maui-invitational-michigan-wolverines-vs-memphis-tigers-ncaab-preview-19539\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui Invitational: Michigan Wolverines vs. Memphis Tigers, NCAAB Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 17 Michigan Wolverines at No. 10 Memphis Tigers
\nMonday, 11\/21\/11, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 131
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michigan Wolverines are a dangerous underdog Monday in the Maui Invitational<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michigan certainly holds an advantage in playing three games already this season, but two of those came against non-lined competition.\u00a0 The Wolverines failed to cover the spread in a 64-47 win over the Towson Tigers as 28.5-point home favorites in their second contest.\u00a0 The three victories came by an average of 15.7 points, as the defense is allowing opponents to score just 45 points per game.\u00a0 The program is competing in the Maui Invitational for the fifth time in school history, but the first since 1998.\u00a0 Michigan is 4-0 ATS in neutral site games.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines only lost one member from last year\u2019s squad, as the roster didn\u2019t have a single senior.\u00a0 Michigan finished fifth in the country in turnovers per game, averaging just 10.0 per contest.\u00a0 The team definitely got some major experience versus tough competition a year ago, playing the 19th toughest schedule, going up against 18 teams that reached the NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 Three players are averaging double figures for the squad, with guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. leading the way.<\/p>\n

Memphis was ultra-impressive in winning its season opener, 97-81, over the Belmont Bruins as three-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Tigers returned all five starters from a year ago and saw three players score at least 20 points against a team that took the Duke Blue Devils to the brink just four days prior to their meeting.\u00a0 Sophomore guard Will Barton is the leader of a team that stars three second-year players, scoring 23 points in the opener.\u00a0 Memphis is 5-17 ATS in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

The Tigers will be playing their 33rd game against a Big Ten Conference opponent, coming in with a 16-16 record.\u00a0 Memphis has been a dominating program when playing on a neutral court, registering a 21-9 mark in the last five seasons.\u00a0 College basketball insiders are quick to point out that this team brings back a lot of its production from a year ago, with 88.3 percent of its points and 85.5 percent of its rebounding back on the court.\u00a0 Since the 1999-2000 season, Memphis is 162-55 in non-conference action.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wolverines due to their 19-7 ATS record, while the Tigers are 0-4 ATS after scoring 90 or more points.<\/p>\n

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No. 17 Michigan Wolverines at No. 10 Memphis Tigers Monday, 11\/21\/11, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN2 Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 131 Current Total:\u00a0 131 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Michigan certainly holds an advantage in playing three games already this season, but two of those came against non-lined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3442,3942,33,468,5803,3864],"class_list":["post-19539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-maui-invitational","tag-memphis-tigers","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-tim-hardaway-jr","tag-will-barton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19540,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19539\/revisions\/19540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}