Houston vs Temple Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Houston vs Temple preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Sunday, February 5

Houston vs Temple prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Sunday, February 5


Houston vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Sunday, February 5
Game Time: 6:00 ET
Venue: Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, PA
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Houston (21-2), Temple (14-9)
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Why Houston Will Win

You don’t think Houston will be a wee bit focused for this?

Temple came into the Cougars’ house a few weeks ago and left with a 56-55 win. UH couldn’t hit from the outside and it couldn’t stop fouling – and the Owls couldn’t stop making their free throws.

Keeping them off the line is a must – Temple is among the best free throw shooting teams in America – and getting on the move is even more important.

Houston should be able to force a ton of turnovers, it’s not going to have to worry about the Owl D creating a slew of big defensive plays, and get moving, get moving, get moving.

One good scoring burst should to it, but …

Why Temple Will Win

Again, Tempe has to make this a free throw contest.

It’s not going to be able to match the Cougars if this gets into any sort of a shootout, and it can’t get behind for too long – the firepower isn’t there.

But it has to grind this down to a stop, accept that it’ll be a low scoring game if things go right, and get to the line.

Houston hit just 11-of-21 free throws in the loss, Temple made 20-of-22. That has to repeat itself, but …

What’s Going To Happen

It’s not happening.

Houston will get out to a quick start, Temple will have to start throwing up threes to try getting back into this, and that will be a problem.

The Owls are playing great lately, but Houston hasn’t lost away from home and cranks up its defensive intensity, especially against the three.

It’ll be payback time for a few weeks ago.

Houston vs Temple Prediction, Line

Houston 74, Temple 62
Line: Houston -11, o/u: 131.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Must See Ranking: 3
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Houston vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Thursday, March 3
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Fertitta Center, Houston, TX
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Houston (24-4), Temple (16-10)
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Why Temple Will Win

The Owls are making a late run with a desperate hope of getting on the bubble – they need this.

They’ve won three of their last four games because of their solid defense that’s allowing under 40% from the field. They’re great at guarding the three, rebounds aren’t a problem, and no on win the AAC takes more free throws.

Houston might have won the first meeting, but the offense struggled in the 66-61 fight. Temple allowed just 4-of-22 from three and stayed in the game late, but …

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Why Houston Will Win

Temple can’t shoot. Actually, Temple can shoot, but it doesn’t make enough baskets.

It’s a brutal struggle for the Owls to get to 70 points with the inability to do much from three. Throw in the problems on the free throw line – they take them, but they don’t make them – and it shouldn’t take much of a scoring push to get by.

The Cougars are on a nice five game winning streak with the defense ramping up the intensity over the last three games, so …

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What’s Going To Happen

Expect the Cougars to lock this down fast.

Temple’s defense is just good enough to keep this from getting out of hand, but Houston can win the AAC regular season title outright and can take the Memphis game off.

Threes have been a problem for Houston, but it’ll get to the line plenty of times and keep pulling away from the free throw line.

Houston vs Temple Prediction, Lines

Houston 77, Temple 62
Line: Houston -16, o/u: 131.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5

Must See Rating: 2

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Houston vs Temple How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 13
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Houston (8-1), Temple (3-6)
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Why Houston Will Win

Temple has been flat-out awful.

The offense hasn’t hit 300 yards in any of its last four games, the defense has fallen off a cliff, and it’s having a hard time cranking things up down the field or controlling games.

Meanwhile, Houston is just quietly rolling along.

The AAC might be all Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Cincinnati right now, but the Cougar defense is playing better, the pass rush is among the best in the country, and the offense is coming off of one of its best performances of the season in a 54-42 win over USF.

So what’s the problem?

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Why Temple Will Win

The Houston offensive line isn’t doing a great job of controlling defensive fronts that can get into the backfield.

Temple might not have much of a pass rush, but it’s not bad at getting behind the line. There’s a big problem against the run, but this might be the week the D gets a bit of a break against a Cougar ground game that sputtered a bit before going off on USF.

The Owls have to rise up and get the passing attack going. It had a few nice moments early in the year, and it’s going to have to push for well over 240 yards to pull this off.

They’re 3-0 when they get to 250 passing yards, 0-6 when they don’t.

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What’s Going To Happen

Houston is playing too well.

It might not be perfect, and it could use better all-around play from the offensive front, but the world is going to start suggesting that the American Athletic Conference Championship could be a whole lot of fun.

The College Football Playoff-ranked Cougars are going to keep moving up.

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Houston vs Temple Prediction, Lines

Houston 45, Temple 17
Line: Houston -25, o/u: 54
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 2

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