Free NCAA Hoops Pick: Wichita State Shockers vs. SMU Mustangs CBB Odds
Looking for Wichita State Shockers vs. SMU Mustangs NCAA basketball free picks & CBB odds? CBB betting sees the Shockers taking on the Mustangs on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all college basketball matchups all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NCAA basketball predictions like this Shockers Mustangs matchup.
2022 NCAA Basketball Handicapping
(11-8) Wichita State Shockers vs. SMU Mustangs (16-4)
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Venue: Moody Coliseum
CBB Moneyline Odds: Wichita St. +250 / SMU -280
CBB Betting ATS Odds: Shockers +6 / Mustangs +6 (Bet Now!)
CBB Betting Total: O/U 135.5
The Wichita State Shockers are coming off a 58 – 48 win over Tulsa and they have now won two of their last 3 games coming into this home-and-home affair with the Mustangs. That does not erase the fact that this Shocker program has lost 5 of their last 7 games overall and things or not going to get any easier as February arrives.
These two teams will be seeing a lot of each other over the next 3 days as they will meet on the Shockers floor on Saturday evening. At 11 – 8, the Shockers only have 9 games remaining in the regular season so if they want to appear in any post-season tournament this is the home stretch of the campaign so any further Ls on the season could have this program home after the conference tourney.
The Mustangs are taking a modest 5-game win streak into this 3-night affair with the Shockers and this SMU program is 14 – 1 their last 15 games. Let’s just call these two programs going in opposite directions at this point of the year to keep it simple enough.
Wichita State Shockers
The Shocks are not coming as often as they were just a few years ago, and this is only going to get more complicated with only 9 games to play before the conference tourney. This team may have won 2 of their last 3 games but there is still a lot of things that need improving if this team wants to even land in the NIT or CBI post-season tourneys.
When you start perusing the rankings and you see the Shockers at 341st in the nation shooting the ball? This team only puts down 39.8% of their shots and it has led to their low 67.9 PPG that has them ranked 269th in the land in scoring.
I mentioned they are 2 – 5 their last 7 outings and that has all been since conference play began so they are back in the 8th spot in the American Conference standings coming into this game.
If you caught the Tulsa vs. Wichita State game? Yeah, I apologize for wasting 2 hours of your life you probably would love to have back! I mean if ugly is as ugly does then this thing is just Fugly!
No starter had more than 10 points and Pleasant and Porter both only found their way to 2 points apiece on the night. I’ll brb, I just threw up a little so excuse me a second!
The one thing this team can at least say is they do defend the ball well, as they only give up 64.3 PPG which ranks them 60th in the country. You still need to be able to score and a lot of emphases is put on Tyson Etienne to produce on a nightly basis. Etienne leads this team putting up 14.4 PPG but he was the only starter I mentioned that scored double-digits in the last game against Tulsa.
SMU Mustangs
Cruising! You know the kind when you just win games, win more games, and you find a way to just keep winning games‽ The Stangs are doing just that and they have 10 games left on their schedule trying to secure a top spot in the American Conference Tournament to come in March. As it stands right now, the Stangs are in a battle with Houston for the top seed and doh! Lookie there.
The Mustangs will get Houston after this home-and-home with Wichita State on the 9th and they’ll meet the Cougars again on February 27 in Houston as well. Talk about must-see basketball, baby, there it is right there.
SMU just took down Temple last time out, 69 – 61, and the Stangs leading scorer was downright awful with only 11 points from Kendric Davis. It took a stellar effort from Marcus Weathers who came up with a career-high 27-point night to get the Mustangs the win. Davis has averaged over 20 points a game this season but he has been held to 13 and 11 points in his last two outings as teams are starting to key on him.
That will obviously put emphasis on the guys around him with the Weathers brothers and Emmanuel Bandoumel needing to put up strong efforts on a nightly basis from here on out.
The SMU defense has been a strength of this program as they hold opponents to 39.7% shooting from the floor which has them ranked 30th in the nation. This Mustang offense is putting up 76.1 PPG and that has them sitting in the 71st spot in scoring.
CBB Betting Trends:
- Under is 4-0 in Shockers last 4 Thursday games.
- Under is 4-1 in Shockers last 5 overall.
- Under is 4-0 in Mustangs last 4 overall.
- Under is 4-1 in Mustang’s last 5 Thursday games.
Free Wichita State Shockers vs. SMU Mustangs NCAAB Betting Prediction:
Here you go… 65 – 54 and the Stangs will go to Wichita State on Saturday looking for the season sweep of the Shockers. That is all I have left to say.
4* Free CBB Betting Pick: Under 135.5
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