The top-seeded Houston Cougars (27-6, 15-3 AAC) are 13.5-point favorites in the AAC Tournament against the No. 5 seed Tulane Green Wave (14-14, 10-8 AAC) on Saturday at Dickies Arena. The contest tips at 3:00 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.
Houston has gone 21-12-0 against the spread, while Tulane’s ATS record this season is 18-10-0. A total of 14 out of the Cougars’ 34 games this season have gone over the point total, and 16 of the Green Wave’s 28 games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 146.8 points per game, 12.8 more points than this matchup’s total. Over the past 10 contests, Houston is 7-3-0 against the spread and 7-3 overall while Tulane has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 5-5 overall.
Ahead of this AAC game, get ready with everything you need to know before Saturday’s college hoops contest.
Tulane at Houston odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Houston -13.5
- Total: 134
- Moneyline: Houston -1200, Tulane +750
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Tulane at Houston odds, spread, & more
Moneyline
- The Cougars have won 28 of the 32 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (87.5%).
- Houston has played 11 times as a moneyline favorite with odds of -1200 or shorter, and earned a victory each game.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Cougars have an implied win probability of 92.3%.
- The Green Wave have entered the game as underdogs 16 times this season and won five, or 31.2%, of those games.
- This season, Tulane has been at least a +750 underdog on the moneyline two times, losing each of those contests.
- The implied probability of a win by the Green Wave based on the moneyline is 11.8%.
Against the spread
- The Cougars record only 2.2 more points per game (73.4) than the Green Wave give up (71.2).
- Houston is 14-6 against the spread and 18-2 overall when scoring more than 71.2 points.
- Tulane has a 13-3 record against the spread and a 10-6 record overall when giving up fewer than 73.4 points.
- The Green Wave put up 16.3 more points per game (73.4) than the Cougars give up to opponents (57.1).
- Tulane is 16-10 against the spread and 13-13 overall when it scores more than 57.1 points.
- Houston has an ATS record of 18-8 and a 24-3 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 73.4 points.
- The Cougars have totaled 536 more points than their opponents this season (16.3 per game on average), and the Green Wave have scored 61 more points than their opponents (2.2 per game).
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Over/Under
- The average implied total for the Cougars this season is 73.5 points, which equals their implied total in Saturday’s game.
- So far this season, Houston has put up more than 74 points in 19 games.
- The 72.8-point average implied total on the season for the Green Wave is 12.8 more points than the team’s 60-point implied total in this matchup.
- On the season, Tulane has scored more than 60 points in a game 27 times.
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