Tulane Green Wave vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane Prediction, 3/1/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tulane Green Wave vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025

Location: Reynolds Center in Amherst, MA

TV: ESPN+

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (11-17) are hosting the Tulane Green Wave (16-12) at Reynolds Center on Saturday.

The Tulane Green Wave faced Charlotte and walked away with a win by a score of 78-64 in their last contest. In reference to personal fouls, the Green Wave walked away with 16 and Charlotte had 15 personal fouls. They also knocked down 7 of their 29 shots from 3-point range. Charlotte went 78.9% at the free throw line by converting 15 of their 19 attempts. Additionally, Charlotte collected 31 boards (11 offensive, 20 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Charlotte totaled 14 dimes and had 5 steals for this contest. In relation to defense, Tulane allowed the other team to go 36.8% from the field on 21 out of 57 shooting. They also distributed 18 dimes for the contest while forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and getting 7 steals. With respect to grabbing boards, they compiled 27 with 3 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Green Wave knocked down 13 of 17 attempts for a rate of 76.5%. Tulane finished the contest with a 58.3% FG percentage (28 of 48) and knocked down 9 out of their 20 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Kaleb Banks is someone who was a contributor in this contest. He ended up with 24 points on 9 of 11 shooting. He was on the court for 38 mins played and also collected 7 rebounds. He finished the contest at 81.8% from the field and also recorded 2 assists.

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Tulane will enter this contest with a mark of 16-12 this year. They currently have an average of 74.5 points per game (165th in college hoops) while hitting 44.8% from the field. The Green Wave are shooting 33.6% on 3-pointers (217 of 645) and 76.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Tulane is collecting 35.2 rebounds per contest and has earned 410 assists on the campaign, which ranks 132nd in the nation in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession via turnover 10.9 times per game and as a team they commit 17.3 fouls per contest.

When they are on defense, the Green Wave have forced 12.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 16.8 personal fouls. They are ranked 234th in the country in giving up assists to the opposition with 389 surrendered this year. The Green Wave defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 40.1% (657 of 1,637) and they surrender 35.9 rebounds per contest as a unit. They give up 30.9% from beyond the arc while they are 91st in college in PPG allowed (69.0).

When they last stepped on the court, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane took a defeat with a final score of 71-50 when they played Rice. The Golden Hurricane collected 24 defensive boards and 4 offensive boards totaling 28 for this game. They coughed up the ball 7 times, while recording 3 steals in this game. Rice was called for 11 fouls for the matchup which took the Golden Hurricane to the charity stripe for 9 attempts. They were able to bury 3 of the free throws for a rate of 33.3%. When it comes to 3-point shots, Tulsa made 7 of their 23 attempts (30.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Golden Hurricane ended up going 20 for 54 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 37.0%. The Golden Hurricane permitted Rice to make 26 out of their 58 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 44.8% for this game. They wrapped up this game 33.3% from beyond the arc by shooting 7 of 21 and walked away from this one shooting 12 out of 21 at the charity stripe (57.1%). When discussing cleaning the glass, Tulsa permitted Rice to get 41 in all (12 on the offensive side).

Keaston Willis ended up being a factor for the Golden Hurricane for the contest. He earned 14 points in his 36 minutes on the court and had 1 assist in this contest. He knocked down 5 out of 10 in the game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and tallied 1 rebound.

Tulsa has a record of 11-17 on the season. When it comes to offense, the Golden Hurricane are shooting 42.9% from the floor, which has them ranked 287th in college. Tulsa has totaled 1,991 points this season (71.1 per game) and they pull down 36.6 boards per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 13.7 times per contest (186th in the nation) and they cough up possession 11.7 times per contest. The Golden Hurricane are responsible for committing 15.3 personal fouls per contest and they go 65.6% from the free throw line.

The Golden Hurricane on the defensive side of the court are 233rd in D-1 in points per game surrendered with 73.5. They are forcing 10.3 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.1% from the field (207th in Division 1). The Tulsa defense concedes 34.0% on shots from 3-point land (200 of 588) and opponents are connecting on 68.5% of their foul shots. They allow 12.6 dimes and 37.1 boards per contest, which ranks 139th and 319th in college hoops.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tulane

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