Louisville vs SMU Preview
Louisville is 14-13 ATS with an O/U record of 13-12 and SMU is 17-8 ATS with an O/U record of 9-15. This season SMU is 15-0 at home and Louisville is 8-2 on the road.[ad-4468020]
Louisville Cardinals vs. SMU Mustangs Preview
Venue/ Stadium: Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas
Time/Date: 7 PM EST Wednesday, March 5, 2014
NCAAB Odds From: Bovada
Moneyline: OFF
Spread: Louisville -2.5
Over/Under: OFF
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ATS Matchup Stats | Gambling Insight!
Louisville is 14-13 ATS with an O/U record of 13-12 and SMU is 17-8 ATS with an O/U record of 9-15.
In their last games SMU beat Central Florida 70-55 and Louisville lost to Memphis 72-66.
The AAC championship is still up for grabs with 11th ranked Louisville tied with Cincinnati atop the conference with 18th SMU a game back. Cincy plays 20th Memphis on Thursday. Louisville is only 1-5 facing ranked teams this season, but they already beat SMU at home earlier this season 71-63.
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Louisville is a solid 3-point shooting team, but they are only shooting 25% from beyond the 3-pt arc in their last 4 games.
SMU has one of the best defenses in the nation holding opponents to an average of 36.9% from the field and they will be facing a Louisville squad that ranks 14th in the nation in scoring.
Cardinals’ 2nd leading scorer Montrezl Harrell scored a career high 25 points in the Memphis win and he has been on a tear lately. However, he needs help and in the Memphis loss the rest of the team was only 14/46 from the floor.
Russ Smith leads the Cardinals in scoring and while he went for 19 points in the Memphis game he was only 7/16 from the floor.
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Louisville is a very athletic team that plays smothering defense and the Mustangs have to be careful with the rock and limit their turnovers.
SMU does not have a high scoring offense, but they are efficient ranking 9th in the nation in team FG%.
The Mustangs scoring leader Nic Moore (14.1 ppg) only had 5 points in the earlier loss to Louisville going 2/8 from the field. Moore and Markus Kennedy are the only 2 players for SMU that are averaging in double figures.
In their all time meetings Louisville is 7-2 against SMU.
Betting Trends
Louisville is e 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games following a S.U. loss, 27-13 ATS in their last 40 road games vs. a team with a winning home record, and they have an Under record of 5-0 in their last 5 road games.
SMU is 8-1 ATS in their last 9 home games, 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games overall, and they have an Under record of 4-0 in their last 4 games.
Jason’s Pick:
I have to go with Louisville in this one, as they are a better team and their offense will get back on track tonight.
Player Injuries
Louisville
[F] 12/31/2013 – Chane Behanan has been dismissed ( Dismissed )
[G] 12/30/2013 – Kevin Ware out for season ( Shin )
SMU
[C] 03/04/2014 – Yanick Moreira “?” Wednesday vs. Louisville ( Knee )
(!)[G] 11/10/2013 – Jalen Jones has left team ( None )
