Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs Tulane Green Wave: Don Best AAC Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/11/2021

The No. 7 seed Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-11) and the No. 10 seed Tulane Green Wave (9-12) meet in the AAC Tournament Thursday at Dickies Arena, beginning at 3:00 PM ET on ESPNU. Tulsa is favored by 3 points. Both teams are looking to take another step toward a conference title and an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for Tulsa and Tulane

Tulsa Leaders

• The Golden Hurricane points and rebounds leader is Brandon Rachal. He contributes 14.6 points per game and pulls down 6.9 rebounds.
• The squad is led in assists by Elijah Joiner's 3.6 per game.
• Austin Richie leads the Golden Hurricane with a team-high 1.6 three-pointers per game.
• Rachal records 1.5 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, both team-high averages.

Tulane Leaders

• Jaylen Forbes is at the top of the Green Wave scoring and rebounding leaderboards with 16.5 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game this season.
• Jordan Walker puts in work handing out assists and is Tulane's assist leader with 4.2 per game.
• The Green Wave are paced by Forbes from beyond the arc -- he makes 2.5 shots from deep per game.
• Walker leads the Golden Hurricane with 1.5 steals per game and Kevin Cross is their top shot blocker with 0.8 blocks per game.

Tulsa vs Tulane: Last 5 Meetings

Tulsa has a 4-1 record in the last five matchups with Tulane. In those matchups with the Golden Hurricane, the Green Wave have a 2-0 record against the spread.

Points Insights

• The 66.5 points per game the Golden Hurricane score are only 0.7 more points than the Green Wave give up (65.8).
• Tulsa has a 5-0 record against the spread and a 6-3 record overall when scoring more than 65.8 points.
• Tulane has put together a 0-7 record against the spread and a 0-8 record overall in games when it gives up more than 66.5 points.
• The Green Wave put up an average of 63.9 points per game, only 0.8 fewer points than the 64.7 the Golden Hurricane allow to opponents.
• In games it scores more than 64.7 points, Tulane is 5-0 against the spread and 5-5 overall.
• Tulsa's record is 5-10 overall and 5-9 against the spread when it gives up more than 63.9 points to its opponents.
• The Golden Hurricane have scored a total of 38 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 1.8 per game), while the Green Wave have been out-scored by opponents on average this year (by 41 total points, -1.9 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Golden Hurricane and the Green Wave are evenly matched on the glass this season, with the teams averaging similar numbers (32.2 and 31.8 boards per game, respectively).
• When Tulsa earns the rebounding advantage they are 3-2 against the spread. When recording fewer boards, Tulane is 5-8.
• The Golden Hurricane and the Green Wave grab offensive rebounds at similar rate (eight and 7.8 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Golden Hurricane are 3-4 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Green Wave are 3-7 when they trail in offensive rebounding.
• Rebounding has been a sore spot for both teams this year. Tulsa records an average rebounding margin of -1.8 rebounds per game, and Tulane averages a margin of -5.4 rebounds.