Tulsa vs UCF Prediction College Basketball Picks 12/14/24

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane and the UCF Knights meet Saturday in college basketball action from Amerant Bank Arena. Here’s a Tulsa vs UCF prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Tulsa vs UCF pick. We will examine:

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane’s recent form and player performance

The UCF Knights’ recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the UCF Knights

Recent betting trends in games played between Tulsa and UCF

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Tulsa vs UCF game

Tulsa Golden Hurricane Betting Preview

The Hurricane started out at 3-0 this year, then took losses to Missouri State, Little Rock, and Loyola before another win versus Detroit. Since then it’s been three more losses to Georgia State, Oklahoma State, and Southern.

In the Southern game last Saturday, the Hurricane were within four points at halftime and couldn’t make up the difference in a 70-66 loss. Keaston Willis came off the bench to lead the team with 23 points and seven rebounds in the defeat.

UCF Knights Betting Preview

Over on the UCF side, they beat Texas A&M, Fort Wayne, FAU, and Tennessee Tech before losses to Wisconsin and LSU. In the last three games, the Knights have dispatched Milwaukee, Cal Baptist, and Tarleton State, though.

Matched up against Tarleton State on Sunday, the Knights held an eight-point edge by the break. UCF scored another 37 points from there in a 66-51 win. Jordan Ivy-Curry was tops with his 16 points and six rebounds in the victory.

Tulsa vs UCF Prediction

I’m leaning toward UCF. The Knights are coming off a pretty sloppy effort versus a struggling Tarleton State team though, and could use a better showing here. UCF hit just 35.8 percent from the field with 17 turnovers in that victory, but the 37 rebounds and 19-of-22 (86.4 percent) from the line really helped. It was the Knights’ lowest points total (66) since their opener win over Texas A&M (64), however.

As for Tulsa, they’re coming off 13 turnovers in a four-point loss to a middling Southern squad. The Hurricane have been below 67 points in five of the last six games (a 1-5 run), so I’m not confident about their cover chances here.