The Seminoles hope to be lousy hosts on Thursday as the Massachusetts Minutemen pay a visit to Atlantis Resort on the college basketball betting menu.

This game is being played at a neutral-site court (Atlantis Resort).

Florida State battles the Minutemen, currently sitting with a 4-0 mark (3-0 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 0-2 for the Seminoles and 2-1 for the Minutemen.



View Massachusetts vs Florida State Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
If you're going with the Seminoles in this one, they're listed as 8.5-point favorites on the NCAAB betting menu for Monday's contest.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 48 (Seminoles) and the No. 51 (Minutemen) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 92-91 result in favor of the Minutemen has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and Florida State has the nation's No. 69-rated offensive output, at 77.8 PPG. The visiting Minutemen defense ranks No. 60 allowing on average 59.5 PPG. The Seminoles FG% has averaged 51.2% so far, more than the Minutemen marksmen have achieved on the year, 45.4% per game.

Defensively, Massachusetts features the nation's No. 42-rated defense on the road, allowing 46 points per game. Florida State, meanwhile, comes in at No. 133 nationally in scoring at home.

Massachusetts won its last outing, an 82-46 result against Boston College on November 21. They covered in that game as a 4.5-point favorite. The battle between the Minutemen and Eagles didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Boston College was handed an 82-46 defeat on Monday at Conte Forum.

Florida State was an 80-39 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against South Alabama. They covered the 20–point spread as favorites. The battle between the Seminoles and Jaguars didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as South Alabama was handed an 80-39 defeat on Sunday at Tucker Center.


Massachusetts Minutemen Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 6-4
After playing Boston College are 4-6
After a win are 6-4

Florida State Seminoles Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 7-3
Before playing Michigan State are 1-0
After playing South Alabama are 0-1
After a win are 6-4

A few Minutemen at Seminoles trends to consider:
Florida State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games


Next up:
Massachusetts home to Towson, Wednesday, November 30
Florida State at Michigan State, Wednesday, November 30