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VCU at Memphis

Men's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

VCU1-0 · A10
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Memphis1-0 · American

Sat, Nov 7 · 3:00 PM ET · ESPN+

FedExForum · Memphis, TN

The Call How this works

GordStats likes VCU by 3.4, the book by 2.5 — 0.9 points apart, short of the 3 it takes for a lean.

On the total, GordStats says 162 to the book's 158.5: a lean to the Over.

A side against the book is a disagreement, not a tip — how ours have done.

VCU 62%win chanceMemphis 38%
GordStatsVCU by 3.462% to win · VCU 82–Memphis 79
BookVCU -2.5O/U 158.5
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Unit vs Unit

  • VCU's free-throw rate (1st) meets Memphis' foul rate (331st).
  • Memphis' offensive rebounding (102nd) meets VCU's defensive rebounding (294th).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

VCU Offense vs Memphis Defense

VCU offMemphis def
Adj. efficiency
62nd113.0148th104.5
Effective FG%
222nd46.2%140th46.6%
Turnovers
205th18.3%236th15.5%
Offensive rebounding
48th40.9%260th35.0%
Free-throw rate
1st92.3%331st55.2%
3-point %
158th32.0%56th20.0%

VCU: 72.4 possessions a game (82nd fastest) · 48% of shots from three

Memphis Offense vs VCU Defense

Memphis offVCU def
Adj. efficiency
74th111.852nd98.2
Effective FG%
165th50.0%139th46.6%
Turnovers
207th18.3%63rd22.6%
Offensive rebounding
102nd35.3%294th38.2%
Free-throw rate
16th60.0%198th35.6%
3-point %
26th45.0%185th31.2%

Memphis: 73.4 possessions a game (44th fastest) · 36% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I. Every team: Team Stats.

Recent Form

VCU

  • W82–72vs Little Rock−13

Memphis

  • W80–76vs Iowa St.+22

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.