UAB is coming into this game with a 20-11 record this season and they are 12-6 in the conference which had them finish 4th in the regular season. They are coming off of a 12 point win in their 1st round of this tournament and they have been playing well recently with 3 straight wins. They are going up against a South Florida team that is 23-6 this season and finished with the best record in the conference at 16-2. They have been dominant in the conference all season as they only lost 2 games and they have been playing very well recently as they have won 17 of their last 18 games. They are coming off of a win by 20+ points in their 1st round of this tournament and that was also their 1st game played since losing their last game of the season as they were sitting on that loss for a week. That loss also snapped a 16 game win streak they were on and despite being the best team in the conference this season, they are still being disrespected by needing to prove their worth in this tournament. They have been playing the entire season with a chip on their shoulder and they are going to get up for this game as they have their eyes set on winning this conference tournament. They are also going to have some extra incentive here since their only other loss in the conference came in their very 1st conference game of the season and they lost that game on the road by 4 points to UAB, and that was their only meeting during this regular season so South Florida is going to get up for this game to deliver some revenge to 1 team they have not beaten in the conference this season yet. South Florida will cover the spread in this game.