East Carolina Pirates vs South Florida Bulls 3/9/2023 Picks

East Carolina Pirates vs South Florida Bulls 3/9/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The East Carolina Pirates will be in Texas to take on the South Florida Bulls in the American Athletic Conference Championship – 1st Round at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Thursday at noontime.

East Carolina finished the regular season with 15-16 overall standing, 6-12 in conference play, and placed 9th in the American Athletic Conference.

The Pirates come into this conference championship after losing three of the last five with a two-game losing streak including the season-ending game versus the UCF Knights at 58-84 on Sunday.

Freshman Forward Ezra Ausar led East Carolina in scoring with 14 points on 60.0% overall shooting in the losing effort.

The offense for the Pirates averages 69.4 PPG with 37 rebounds and 13.0 assists per contest while their defense gives up an average of 71.3 PPG and averages 2.5 blocks and 5.5 assists per outing.

The best players for East Carolina are Guard Javon Small who averages 20.8 points, 6 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per match with Forward Brandon Johnson who averages 12.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game.

The East Carolina Pirates are 5-11 straight up in their last 16 matches and 3-6 SU in their last 9 games played versus South Florida.

The Pirates are 6-14 straight up in their last 20 outings versus a rival in the American Athletic Conference and 1-16 SU in their last 17 contests played in March.

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East Carolina Pirates vs South Florida Bulls Predictions 3/9/2023

The South Florida Bulls ended the regular season with an overall standing of 14-17, 7-11 in conference play, and placed 10th in the American Athletic Conference.

South Florida enters this AAC championship with a 3-2 record in the last five contests played but lost the final game of the regular season against the Wichita State Shockers at 49-69 on Sunday that ended a three-game winning streak.

Senior Guard Serrel Smith Jr. scored 11 points in converting 4 of 9 shot attempts for the Bulls.

Offensively, South Florida averages 72.4 points, 32.0 rebounds, and 11.5 assists per outing while on defense, the USF Bulls have given away an average of 71.9 PPG but posted 2.0 blocks and 8.0 steals per contest.

Guard Tyler Harris with an average of 16.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per match, and Center Russell Tchewa with an average of 8.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game are the key players for South Florida.

The totals went UNDER in 4 of the USF Bulls’ last 5 games played while South Florida is 4-2 straight up in their last 6 matches.

The totals went OVER in 11 of the Bulls’ last 16 outings versus a rival in the American Athletic Conference and also went UNDER in 5 of South Florida’s last 6 contests played in March.

East Carolina Pirates vs. South Florida Bulls. The NCAAB Pick for this contest is South Florida -3.5. this will be a very exciting and closed game with just a 3-point difference at the most in scoring between these two.

The Bulls are 6-4 straight up while the Pirates are 5-4-1 against the spread in their last 10 head-to-head match-ups. The prediction: The South Florida Bulls will win 70-68.

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