T.M. Selection: Memphis.

I like Memphis to cover the spread against Murray State in this game on Friday. Memphis started their season off great with 5 wins in a row but they have not been playing well lately with 3 losses in a row in their previous 3 games. Their loss to Iowa State was a bad one but, their previous 2 losses were both by 3 and 4 points losing 2 very close games on the road. Now they get to be back on their home court in front of their fans and I think that Murray State is going to struggle here in their 2nd road game of the year. Memphis is still a good team and they were even in the top 25 rankings to start the year, I think that they are going to get back on track here and use this game to get right again and get back in the winning column. Memphis was playing great defense at the start of the year only giving up 70+ points in 1/5 of their wins this year. That defense dropped off lately but showed up again in their most recent loss holding Ole Miss to 67 points still. I think they will get back to playing some good defense in this game and that should help take the stress off their offense and make it easier to score and take the lead sustaining it. Murray State has looked good in their games this year but they have had a much weaker schedule than Memphis and Murray State's 1 loss came against East Tennessee State which is not a respectable loss. I think Memphis is due to bounce back in a big way here. I like Memphis to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 83-63 Memphis.