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    The No. 7 seed UCF Knights (17-13, 8-10 AAC) are 7-point favorites in the AAC Tournament over the No. 10 seed SMU Mustangs (10-21, 5-13 AAC) on Thursday at Dickies Arena. The game begins at 3:00 PM and airs on ESPNU, with both teams hoping to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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    How do I watch Knights vs. Mustangs?

    • Game Day: Thursday, March 9, 2023
    • Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
    • TV Channel: ESPNU
    • Location: Fort Worth, Texas
    • Arena: Dickies Arena

    Betting Lines for Knights vs. Mustangs

    UCF vs SMU Betting Information
    Favorite Spread Total
    UCF -7 137.5

    UCF Betting Stats & Information

    • UCF has won 68.4% of its games this season when the moneyline favorite (13-6).
    • The Knights have a record of 9-2 when they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -319 or shorter (81.8% win percentage).
    • The Knights are 15-14-1 against the spread this season.
    • The Mustangs have a 4-7 record against the spread this season when an underdog by 7 points or more.
    • UCF’s average point total in outings this year is 137.3, 0.2 points below the total in this game.

    SMU Betting Stats & Info

    • This season, SMU has been the underdog 19 times and won three, or 15.8%, of those games.
    • The Mustangs have entered 11 games this season as the underdog by +256 or more and is 2-9 in those contests.
    • The Mustangs’ ATS record is 11-18-2 this season.
    • The Mustangs are 4-7 against the spread when an underdog by 7 points or more this year.
    • The average point total for SMU this season is 8.3 points higher than this game’s over/under.

    UCF vs. SMU Season Stat Comparison

    UCF Rank UCF AVG SMU AVG SMU Rank
    177th 72 Points Scored 70.3 209th
    47th 65.3 Points Allowed 75.5 323rd
    219th 31.2 Rebounds 31.3 212th
    63rd 9.9 Off. Rebounds 8.5 189th
    38th 8.9 3pt Made 6.3 291st
    109th 14 Assists 13.5 147th
    221st 12.3 Turnovers 12.4 230th

    This Matchup’s Impact Players

    UCF Knights Leaders

    • The scoring and rebounding leader for the Knights is Taylor Hendricks, who puts up 15.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.
    • CJ Kelly is UCF’s best passer, dishing out 2.8 assists per game while scoring 12.4 PPG.
    • Ithiel Horton makes more threes per game than any other member of the Knights, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 2.4 per contest.

    SMU Mustangs Leaders

    • Zhuric Phelps scores 17.3 points and tacks on 3.1 assists per game, putting him at the top of the Mustangs’ leaderboards in those statistics.
    • Samuell Williamson is at the top of the SMU rebounding leaderboard with 7.2 rebounds per game. He also scores 9.3 points and tacks on 2.6 assists per game.
    • Zach Nutall averages 1.9 three-pointers per game, the most on the Mustangs.
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