T.M. Selection: Memphis.

I like Memphis to cover the spread against Iowa State in this game on Friday. Memphis is ranked 9th in the country and they have won 5 games in a row to start the year. They had some impressive wins in their 1st few games with 3 wins by 15+ points but their previous 2 games have not been as big of wins as the 1st 3. Their last 2 wins each came by less than 12 points but their defense still looked really good in those as they did not give up 63+ points in either of those games. Their defense has looked good all year and they have let the opposing team score 65+ points in just 1 of their 5 games this year. Their offense hasn't looked as good in their previous 2 games after scoring 89+ points in each of their 1st 3 games but I think that their offense is going to play much better here and match the strength of their great defense. Iowa State has rattled off 5 wins in a row to start their year and they just won a big game against the ranked Xavier in their previous game. I think they are going to have a bit of a let down here going on the road again and playing a much tougher ranked team now. I think that Memphis will shut them down from scoring a lot with their great defense lately and I think that Memphis is going to come out firing on offense and pull away in this game. I like Memphis to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 85-65 Memphis.