AAC Tournament: Tulsa vs. East Carolina odds, picks and predictions

Skip Snow | Staff Writer

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (16-14) and East Carolina Pirates (14-17) meet Thursday afternoon in a 2nd-round game of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. The opening tip-off at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth will be at 12:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook 's lines around the Tulsa vs. East Carolina odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.

Tulsa went 7-11 across 18 AAC contests to tie for 8th place in the 14-team circuit. Tulsa closed out its regular season with a 76-70 win on Saturday over the USF Bulls as 5 1/2-point underdogs.

East Carolina also went 7-11 in league play. The Pirates closed out their regular season Saturday with a 82-72 loss as a 1 1/2-point favorite against Charlotte. Since Feb. 24, ECU is 0-5 straight up and 1-4 ATS.

Ninth-seeded Tulsa and No. 8 East Carolina met once in the regular season. ECU defeated UT 62-57 (a push on an ECU -5.5) on Jan. 7. The winner of their Thursday game will advance to face No. 1 South Florida on Friday.

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Tulsa vs. East Carolina odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. ET.

Moneyline: Tulsa +120 (bet $100 to win $120) | East Carolina -145 (bet $145 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Tulsa +2.5 (-110) | East Carolina -2.5 (-110)
Over/Under (O/U): 140.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)

Tulsa vs. East Carolina picks and predictions

Prediction

East Carolina 74, Tulsa 70

Moneyline

East Carolina is a lean here, but unless we get a price under -140 we can get better relative value on the play against the number. PASS.

Against the spread

The last 5 series meetings have seen the Pirates go 3-1-1 ATS.

ECU has had some decent performances of late in losses against SMU and Charlotte. From an analytic standpoint, the Pirates have had some recent losses that have not looked too bad on paper and those games were against stiffer competition. Look for ECU to be on the plus side in rebounds and turnovers in this one.

BACK EAST CAROLINA -2.5 (-110).

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Over/Under

These 2 squads did a fly-by on a total of 131 in their 1st meeting this season, and the Over has cashed in 3 straight UT-ECU games.

Look for extra buckets in ECU transition play as well as in Pirate 2nd chances off the offensive glass. And look for Tulsa to pile up chances at the foul line.

TAKE THE OVER 140.5 (-105).

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