{"id":26302,"date":"2012-11-22T10:32:18","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T15:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26302"},"modified":"2012-11-22T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T15:32:18","slug":"memphis-tigers-vs-vcu-rams-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/memphis-tigers-vs-vcu-rams-college-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions-26302\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Tigers vs. VCU Rams: College Basketball Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Tigers vs. VCU Rams
\nThursday, 11\/22\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Sports Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 131
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 132
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The VCU Rams are dangerous underdogs due to their last three losses coming by a total of five points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis is set to face VCU in a 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal matchup, as it comes off a 65-54 win over Samford as 25.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to start off the game better with more intensity and patience,\u201d stated Tigers guard Antonio Barton.\u00a0 The Tigers know they face a quality opponent in this affair, as the Rams have knocked off three ranked teams since March 2011.\u00a0 Memphis is 8-18 ATS in non-conference action over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your college basketball picks against the spread on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are listed as slight favorites on the college basketball odds page due to having four players averaging in double figures offensively, with junior guard Joe Jackson leading the way in scoring 13.5 points per game.\u00a0 Memphis owns a 68-66 all-time record against current members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, while it has won four of five meetings against tonight\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 Last season, the team was 2-3 in regular-season tournaments.<\/p>\n

VCU has won 20 of its past 23 games dating back to early January of last season, with its three setbacks coming by a total of five points.\u00a0 \u201cEvery game is different, every opponent is different,\u201d stated Rams coach Shaka Smart.\u00a0 The Rams have held their last eight opponents to 65 points or less, including all three during the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0 VCU is 5-7 ATS in November over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Rams are led by junior forward Juvonte Reddic offensively, as he\u2019s averaging 16.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.\u00a0 VCU is hoping to build off its latest performance beyond the arc, hitting 13 of 25 shots from three-point range in its last effort, which was far different than knocking down only 29.6 percent of its shots from that area in the first two games.\u00a0 In making your NCAA basketball predictions in this contest, it\u2019s important to note that VCU has covered just one of its three opportunities as a neutral court underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Rams due to their 6-1 ATS record versus winning teams, while the Tigers are 0-5 ATS versus A-10 opponents.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memphis Tigers vs. VCU Rams Thursday, 11\/22\/12, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Sports Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 131 Current Total:\u00a0 132 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis is set to face VCU in a 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal matchup, as it comes off a 65-54 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7182,7180,7184,7185,33,7183,4503],"class_list":["post-26302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-atlantic-10-conference","tag-battle-4-atlantis","tag-joe-jackson","tag-juvonte-reddic","tag-memphis-tigers","tag-shaka-smart","tag-vcu-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26302","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=26302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26303,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26302\/revisions\/26303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}