{"id":335175,"date":"2025-03-20T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=335175"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:51:17","slug":"colorado-state-vs-memphis-first-round-sgp-predictions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/colorado-state-vs-memphis-first-round-sgp-predictions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado State vs. Memphis first-round SGP predictions: Bet on Tigers to cover, Dainja to dominate on glass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Penny Hardaway&#8217;s Memphis Tigers face the Colorado State Rams in first-round March Madness action on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> No. 5 Memphis is a slight underdog, and I&#8217;m banking a few extra points with the Tigers in this +290 SGP. I also have prop bets on Nique Clifford (Colorado State) and Dain Dainja (Memphis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Colorado State vs. Memphis SGP predictions for their first-round matchup on March 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado State vs. Memphis predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/ncaab\"><strong>Full March Madness Markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/march\"><strong>PLAY NOW: Un-Bustable Bracket Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Memphis +4.5 | <strong><strong>Clifford<\/strong><\/strong> 20+ points | Dainja 8+ rebounds (+290)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:111512\">Embed: #111512<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Memphis +4.5<\/strong> (-177):<\/strong> It&#8217;s exceedingly rare to see a 5-seed positioned as an underdog against a 12-seed. I&#8217;m sure Memphis feels the disrespect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not expecting Memphis to simply roll over, especially because the Tigers have been at their best in their biggest games this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Memphis is 6-1 in Quad 1 games. Colorado State, by comparison, is just 3-5 in Quad 1 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Memphis is 16-1 since Jan. 19 \u2014 and its own loss came on the road in overtime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rams are a talented bunch, winning 10 straight games en route to a Mountain West tournament title. But Colorado State didn&#8217;t punch up against quality foes as well as Memphis did, and that matters in tourney time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis is 6-2 ATS as an underdog this year, per Team Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NCAA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Clifford 20+ points<\/strong> (-182):<\/strong> Clifford paced the MWC in effective field goal percentage this season (58.0%) and is coming off a stellar conference tournament run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the fifth-year senior did in three conference tourney games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>25.0 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24+ points in 3 of 3 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50.0 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>43.8 3PT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Clifford has now cashed this bet in 13 of his past 17 games, averaging 21.4 PPG. His 51.3\/45.8\/80.0 shooting splits in that span are absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like that Clifford is an elite free-throw shooter who gets to the line at a solid clip. He&#8217;s averaging 6.4 free throw attempts in his past 11 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis allows the 97th-most free throws per game (20.4), so that could be a pathway to production for Clifford if his shooting cools off at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Dainja 8+ rebounds<\/strong> (-215):<\/strong> Dainja&#8217;s season rebounding average is a bit under this mark (7.2 RPG), but he&#8217;s only been a starter for about half the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After starting for Memphis early on, Dainja was moved to the bench. But he returned to the starting lineup in late January and never looked back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Starter (18 games):<\/strong> 29.7 minutes\/game, 8.1 rebounds\/game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reserve (16 games):<\/strong> 23.4 minutes\/game, 6.3 rebounds\/game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6-foot-9 transfer from Illinois has cashed this bet in 11 of 18 matchups as a starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorado State has one of the worst offensive rebounding rates in NCAA Division I (26.4%, 279th in D-I), so Dainja should do damage on the defensive glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Colorado State vs. Memphis predictions made at 3:20 p.m. on 03\/20\/25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny Hardaway&#8217;s Memphis Tigers face the Colorado State Rams in first-round March Madness action on Friday afternoon. The pregame narrative: No. 5 Memphis is a slight underdog, and I&#8217;m banking a few extra points with the Tigers in this +290 SGP. I also have prop bets on Nique Clifford (Colorado State) and Dain Dainja (Memphis). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":335206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-335175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colorado State vs. Memphis predictions: First-round SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Colorado State vs. Memphis predictions. 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