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Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Memphis Tigers NCAAB Free Pick + Gambling Preview

Conference USA – Tigers vs Thundering Herd

You have to credit Marshall for being the sharper team after playing a triple overtime thriller the day before.  

Conference USA Final
Marshall Thundering Herd (21-12) vs Memphis Tigers (25-8)
Saturday March 10
The Pyramid – Memphis, TN
11:35AM
Moneyline:  No line currently listed
Spread:   Memphis -10
O/U:  No line currently listed

Matchup | Preview

Marshall

They played an efficient game in beating Southern Miss by 11 points, shooting greater than 50% for the game – pretty good for tired legs.  The reward, a finals date with Memphis in what is essentially a home game for the top team in the conference.  If they win they will certainly have earned their ticket to the Big Dance…have they already?

The question is whether they have anything left to complete the task.  In the win key players DeAndre Kane, Damier Pitts and Dennis Tinnon all logged 36 minutes or more.  Hopefully they get a good night’s sleep so they can challenge a Tigers team that already beat them twice this season.  One thing the Thundering Herd can hang their hat on is that the closer of the two losses was on the road – a game they actually led at halftime.  I hope they play strong because it can be ugly when teams just run out of gas. [soliloquy id=”82219″]

Memphis

The Memphis Tigers are in a familiar spot atop the Conference USA standings and in the conference championship game.  They throttled UCF in the semifinals winning by 31 pointss, getting seemingly everyone on the roster into the game.  They should face a sterner test from the Thundering Herd, who at the very least might play with more pride than we saw from the Knights.  It was over at half time and got worse after that.

The Knights were missing shots left and right but Memphis was solid on defense and forced the action to the tune of 36 free throws, making 27 of them.  They got a solid game from senior forward Wesley Witherspoon who has been lost the last couple of seasons with the addition of so many heralded recruits.  It is nice to have a player with experience that can be relied upon as this teams preps for March Madness.  It lengthens them out even more.

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Score Prediction:  Memphis 81 – Marshall 67

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