The No. 4 seed Texas Longhorns (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) are 4.5-point favorites in the Big 12 Tournament against the No. 5 seed TCU Horned Frogs (19-11, 8-10 Big 12) on Thursday at T-Mobile Center. The matchup starts at 12:30 PM, with both teams hoping to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Texas has a 12-18-0 record against the spread this season compared to TCU, who is 18-10-1 ATS. The Longhorns have a 14-16-0 record going over the point total, while games involving the Horned Frogs have a record of 15-14-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The teams score an average of 137 points per game, 11 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the last 10 contests, Texas has a 3-7-0 record against the spread while going 5-5 overall. TCU has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 4-6 overall in its last 10 matches.
Here’s everything you need to prepare for Thursday’s Big 12 college basketball game.
TCU at Texas odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Texas -4.5
- Total: 126
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TCU at Texas odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Texas 68, TCU 63
Against the spread
- The 68.6 points per game the Longhorns put up are just 3.8 more points than the Horned Frogs allow (64.8).
- Texas is 11-7 against the spread and 15-3 overall when scoring more than 64.8 points.
- When TCU allows fewer than 68.6 points, it is 13-4-1 against the spread and 17-2 overall.
- The Horned Frogs’ 68.4 points per game are 8.9 more points than the 59.5 the Longhorns give up to opponents.
- When it scores more than 59.5 points, TCU is 15-7-1 against the spread and 17-8 overall.
- Texas has an ATS record of 10-12 and an 18-5 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 68.4 points.
- The Longhorns have out-scored their opponents by a total of 284 points this season (9.1 points per game on average), and the Horned Frogs have put up 107 more points than their opponents on the year (3.6 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Longhorns this season is 71.7 points, 6.7 more points than their implied total of 65 points in Thursday’s game.
- This season, Texas has put up more than 65 points in 18 games.
- The 70.8-point average implied total on the season for the Horned Frogs is 9.8 more points than the team’s 61-point implied total in this matchup.
- So far this season, TCU has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (61) 23 times.
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How to watch Texas vs. TCU
- Game Day: Thursday, March 10, 2022
- Game Time: 12:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
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