NCAA Tournament: A tale of two Tigers
The No. 10 seed Missouri Tigers take on the No. 7 Clemson Tigers in an East region opening-round matchup at the NCAA Tournament on Friday at HSBC Arena in Buffalo (2:45 pm ET, CBS).
NCAA Tournament Betting Odds at Legends sportsbook have the Tigers as 1.5-point favorites and the total at 140.
Missouri was beat up 75-60 by the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Big 12 Conference tournament last Wednesday. Missouri was favored by 10.5-points while the score went over the total of 132.5.
Laurence Bowers picked up 11 points for the Tigers.
Like Missouri, Clemson didn’t make it too far in its conference tournament, getting edged 59-57 by the North Carolina State Wolfpack in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament last Thursday.
Clemson was upset as 7-point favorites and the score went under the total of 131.5.
Trevor Booker finished with 17 points in the loss for Clemson.
Along with having the same nickname, Missouri and Clemson also sport nearly identical records this season: Missouri is 22-10 SU and 14-12 ATS while Clemson is 21-10 SU and 14-14 ATS.
Missouri is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games but 1-4 ATS in its last five games. The total has gone under in four of Missouri’s last six games.
Clemson is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games and the total has gone under in four of Clemson’s last six.
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