The TCU Horned Frogs (12-10 overall, 5-8 Big 12) tangle with the Texas Tech Red Raiders (15-8, 7-7) in a Tuesday evening (7 p.m. ET) contest at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Below, we analyze the TCU-Texas Tech odds and lines, with NCAA college basketball picks and predictions.
Texas Tech is No. 18 in the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
TCU at Texas Tech: Odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: TCU +600 (bet $100 to win $600) | Texas Tech -900 (bet $900 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: TCU +12.5 (-115) | Texas Tech -12.5 (-105)
- Over/Under: 131.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
TCU at Texas Tech: Three things to know
- Texas Christian defeated Iowa State, 76-72, Saturday to bring an end to a three-game skid. The Horned Frogs were 8-for-19 (42.1%) from distance and 18-for-18 from the foul line in their win over the Cyclones. TCU was also a plus-4 on the boards and a plus-3 in the turnover exchange. The latter was unusual for a TCU team which has now had few turnovers than its opponent just twice since the first of the year.
- The Red Raiders are coming off a 68-59 win over Texas Saturday. The win over the Longhorns — TTU’s second this season — put an end to a three-game losing streak. In allowing just 59 points against UT, Texas Tech lowered its season points-per-game-allowed average to 63.2. That mark ranks 26th in the nation.
- One key in this one figures to be TCU’s performance at the free-throw line. The Frogs get to the line at a high rate; TTU sends foes to the line at high rate. But TCU hasn’t always cashed in at an acceptable level: the Horned Frogs are shooting 67.5% on their uncontested 15-footers. That ranks 275th in the nation. But TCU went 18-for-18 in its last game and is shooting a plenty-good 77.9% over its last seven games.
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TCU at Texas Tech: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Texas Tech 73, TCU 61
Money line (ML)
PASS, with the thought that true odds are bracketed by the current prices.
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Against the spread (ATS)
PASS: no lean either way in any 10-to-13-point range.
Over/Under (O/U)
Both teams have played to an Over in five of their last six games against winning teams. And that’s the play here. Both play at a slow tempo, hence the low total. But peg this combined score as reaching 134-plus.
TAKE THE OVER 131.5 (-110).
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