RV: 5* ESPN TV GAME OF THE MONTH MEMPHIS-LOUISVILLE
(NCAAB) Memphis vs. Louisville, 01/09/2014 2:00 PM, Score: 73 - 67
Point Spread: 9.50 | -106.00 Memphis (Away)
Result: Win
On ESPN on Thursday night the American Athletic Shown side is on Memphis. Game 509 at 7:00 eastern. Most have the dreadful home performance that Memphis put forth on TV At home against Cincinnati in their last game a 69-53 loss as a 5 point favorite. That tough loss has us on their side for a big rebound performance here against a Louisville team returning home off 4 road games. Memphis has covered the last 4 times here and has some Powerful bounce back indicators going for them tonight. They shot a season worst 33% vs the Bearcats.The Tigers are 8-1 ATS in their last nine games following an ATS loss and 5-0 ATS in their last five Thursday games. Memphis has covered 6 of 8 as a road dog from +9 to +12. They are 15-2 in January games, 4-1 vs teams who average 77 or more, 7-1 after scoring 60 or less and have won 36 of 40 conference games. Memphis will look to get back on track with a win on Thursday night, They will need big games from their top players in Joe Jackson and Shaq Goodwin. Jackson leads the team in scoring with 15 points a game and 3.5 assists and Goodwin is second in points with 12.3 and leads in rebounds with 6.6. The Tigers are averaging 80.5 points a game and shoot a solid 47.3 percent from the field, Louisville has failed to cover 7 of 11 off 4+ road games. Looking at the rip scale we see a real unexpected edge as Memphis is the 30th ranked team and Louisville is ranked 32nd and has a played the 128 th toughest schedule compared to Memphis which has played the 28th overall toughest schedule. Look for Memphis to get the cover here tonight