The Memphis Tigers and the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals clash in a nationally broadcast College Basketball matchup at the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday (4 pm ET, CBS).
NCAA basketball picks have the Tigers as a 9-point favorite and the over/under total at 136.
Memphis is 5-3 straight up and 3-4 against the spread and is coming off a huge upset loss, as they dropped a 76-72 decision to the Murray State Racers on Sunday. The Tigers failed to cover the spread as a 10.5-point home favorite and the score was over the total of 141.
Louisville is a perfect 9-0 SU and 4-2 ATS so far this season. The Cardinals beat the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 80-58 on Saturday. There were no point spread or total issued for the game.
The total has gone under in six of Memphis’s last nine games on the road. Louisville is 5-0 SU in its last five games at home.
Louisville is 4-2 both straight up and against the spread in the past six head-to-head meetings, but is just 1-7 ATS in the last eight meetings overall with the Tigers, and 1-4 ATS in the last five meetings at home.
Over the last eight meetings, both teams are 4-4 straight up. The Cardinals and Tigers last met on March 12 last season, when Louisville edged Memphis 75-74 and failed to cover the spread as a 4-point favorite. The score was over the total of 138.5.
The Cardinals have the No. 5 ranked defense in the nation.
