Big 12 Tournament Picks: Will under cash when Texas plays Texas Tech? 3/8/17

Texas vs. Texas Tech Prediction

Will the under cash tonight when Texas plays Texas Tech in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament at 9:00PM ET?

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Red Raiders are 4.5-point favorites versus the Longhorns in tonight's matchup. As of this writing, Texas Tech is receiving a ton of backing from public bettors according to our College Basketball Public Betting page.

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The Longhorns enter the tournament on a seven-game losing streak and have also dropped three consecutive games against the spread. On the year, Texas finished with a 10-21 record and didn't win a road game in 11 tries. The Horns also finished 14-15 against the spread, including a 2-7-1 ATS mark over their last 10 games.

The Red Raiders lost their final regular season game and have dropped seven of their last 10. That said, they did go 6-4 against the spread over that 10-game stretch and were 14-13 at the betting window on the season. They finished the regular season with an 18-13 SU record.

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OUR PREDICTION: The under cashed in five of the last six meetings between these two teams and is a perfect 4-0 in the Red Raiders' last four neutral site games. The under is also 5-1 in the Longhorns' last six games (all conference), is 5-1 in their last six games when they're an underdog, and has hit in 10 of their last 14 games played at a neutral site. The under is 7-1 in Texas' last eight games coming off a loss as well.

 

BIG 12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PREDICTION: TEXAS/TEXAS TECH UNDER 131