{"id":31831,"date":"2013-12-17T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31831"},"modified":"2013-12-16T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T01:03:41","slug":"ncaa-basketball-picks-florida-gators-vs-memphis-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball-picks-florida-gators-vs-memphis-tigers-31831\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Basketball Picks: Florida Gators vs. Memphis Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Gators vs. Memphis Tigers
\nTuesday, 12\/17\/13, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Florida Gators are taking care of the basketball during the 2013-14 campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Florida and Memphis will meet in the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic, as the team from the Sunshine State will try to improve upon its 4-3 SU record at Madison Square Garden under Billy Donovan.\u00a0 The Gators\u2019 two losses this season have come in true road games against current top-10 opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NCAA basketball picks.\u00a0 The team is coming off an impressive 67-61 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks last Tuesday, as it forced 24 turnovers and broke the game open with a 21-0 first-half run.\u00a0 Florida is 14-5 SU and 9-10 ATS on a neutral floor the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Gators have just four scholarship players who have played in every game, but they\u2019ll likely send out four seniors in the starting lineup for this affair.\u00a0 Florida point guards Kasey Hill and Scottie Wilbekin have combined for a 3.3 assist-to-turnover ratio this season, as they prepare to face a defense that ranks in the top 10 nationally in forcing opponents into making mistakes.\u00a0 Forward Casey Prather is leading the team in averaging 18.3 points per game, with his .613 field goal percentage ranking second in the Southeastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Memphis has won 19 of its last 26 games against SEC opponents, while it has put together a six-game winning streak since suffering its only loss of the season at Oklahoma State on Nov. 19.\u00a0 The Tigers are 3-0 in neutral site games this season\u2014posting all three wins in taking the 2013 Old Spice Classic championship.\u00a0 The team brought back three starters, but only five letterwinners from last year\u2019s squad.\u00a0 Memphis is 4-8 SU and 4-7-1 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 8-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Tigers are playing in this event for the fourth time in the last 10 seasons\u2014putting together a losing 1-2 record in their three previous appearances.\u00a0 In 11 previous trips to this venue, Memphis has compiled a 9-7 record.\u00a0 Four probable starters are averaging in double figures, with senior guard Joe Jackson leading the way\u2014scoring 15.0 points a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Gators due to their 3-1-1 ATS mark versus teams averaging 77 or more points this season.<\/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":"

Florida Gators vs. Memphis Tigers Tuesday, 12\/17\/13, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Florida -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Florida -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Florida and Memphis will meet in the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic, as the team from the Sunshine State will try to improve upon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[499,4063,7184,7869,3902,33,7138],"class_list":["post-31831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-florida-gators","tag-jimmy-v-classic","tag-joe-jackson","tag-kasey-hill","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-memphis-tigers","tag-scottie-wilbekin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31831","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=31831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31832,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31831\/revisions\/31832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}