Pick Against the Spread, Houston vs. Texas Estimation, and the Most Up-To-Date Odds
The Texas Longhorns have won three straight matches against ranked teams. Tonight, they play the #4 Houston Cougars, who will be another tough test.
This season in the Big 12, nothing has been easy, and tonight should show that even more. Now you know that we’re keeping a watch on Max Abmas, a sharpshooter from Texas.
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As was already said, this will be a difficult contest for Texas. However, Longhorn fans may find comfort in the fact the Cougars let a lot of three-point shots go through.
As long as he can get going from three-point range, the Longhorns will have their biggest win of the season so far.
We’re not going to sweat out a pick for the Houston vs. Texas spread, though. Instead, we’re going to make another prediction about Houston vs. Texas. The Cougars let a lot of deep shots go, but they do a good job of blocking them.
There’s no doubt that the Cougars’ defense has the best in the country. Their defense lets up only 51.9 points per game, which is almost six points more than the next-best team.
They’ve shown that with other top teams as well, too, by holding Dayon, Texas Tech, and Iowa State to 57 points or less.
All three of those teams were ranked when they played Texas, and that doesn’t even count how good Texas is in the paint.
Houston’s offensive rebounding is a big part of why they are such a good team, but it also means that they miss more shots instead of they would like.
The Longhorns’ Dylan Disu or Dillon Mitchell will be able to control the boards, which is going to be a key part of the game for an overall Texas win and no points in the end.
These Longhorns will also know that Houston hopes to slow down the game, so they will try to cut down on the shot clock as well.
Monday night in Big 12 play, the fourth-ranked Harris Cougars will go to Moody Coliseum to play the Texas Longhorns.
It begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. On Big Monday, Houston’s top-ranked defense goes on the road to play Texas.
The Cougars (18-2, 5-2 Big 12) have won four straight games after beating the Kansas State Wildcats 74–52 at home on Saturday. The Longhorns lost 84–72 to the BYU Huskies on the road on Saturday (14–6, 3–4).
The Longhorns haven’t been very good in Big 12 games. A home upset can help ease worries about this team going into March, but it will be hard to beat Kelvin Sampson’s team, which is thought to be one of the best in the country.
Can the Cougars win on the road and cover? Here’s how I think this Big 12 Monday game will go: New users of FanDuel: If you sign up below, you’ll get $200 in bonus bets when you win your first $5 bet. Start down below.
The Cougars just beat Kansas State badly at home on Saturday, while Texas is trying to get back from Provo, Utah, where they were dominated on the road.
The best defense for the country is way ahead of Texas, so they will have their work cut out for them. Houston is giving up an effective percentage of field goals of 41% and turning the ball over 26% of the time.
This Houston team doesn’t let other teams score. In twenty contests this season, they have only given up over 65 points four times.
I don’t think Texas will be able to get much going offensively on Monday against this defense. On the other hand, I think Houston will be able to beat the Longhorns by dominating the offensive glass.
Houston is the fifth-best team in the country at offensive rebounding, grabbing almost 40% of its missed shots. Texas is in the bottom half of the entire nation when it comes to defensive rebounding.
Texas’ offense has been good from beyond the perimeter in league play, making 39% of its 3-point attempts.
They will be able to do that against Houston, whose defense doesn’t give up much inside, but I don’t trust Texas’s ball handling to get clean chances against Houston.
ShotQuality shows that the Cougars are letting up the eighth-fewest catch-and-shoot 3-point shots. Texas is scoring the 10th most points per possession with these shots.