Texas vs Texas Tech College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 3/11/21

The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Texas Longhorns meet Thursday in the college basketball Big 12 Quarterfinal at the T-Mobile Center.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are averaging 73.3 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 63.3 points on 40.8 percent shooting. Mac McClung is averaging 16.1 points and 2.3 assists while Terrence Shannon Jr. is averaging 12.5 points and 4.1 rebounds. Kyler Edwards is the third double-digit scorer and Kevin McCullar is grabbing 6.2 rebounds. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are shooting 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 71.4 percent from the free throw line. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are allowing 34.6 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 32.6 rebounds per game.

The Texas Longhorns look for a win after winning six of their last eight games. The Texas Longhorns are averaging 74.9 points on 45.3 percent shooting and allowing 68.2 points on 40.9 percent shooting. Andrew Jones is averaging 14.9 points and 4.8 rebounds while Courtney Ramsey is averaging 13.6 points and 3.3 rebounds. Matt Coleman III is the third double-digit scorer and Greg Brown is grabbing 6.7 rebounds. The Texas Longhorns are shooting 35.3 percent from beyond the arc and 70.1 percent from the free throw line. The Texas Longhorns are allowing 32.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 35.9 rebounds per game.

The Red Raiders are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games and 6-15 ATS in their last 21 games overall. The Longhorns are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Thursday games and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The under is 5-0 in Red Raiders last 5 Thursday games. The over is 13-4 in Longhorns last 17 overall. The underdog is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders haven’t had a ton of success covering numbers this season, but they won both meetings against Texas and are winning their last five games by an average of 7.2 points while shooting 48.6 percent from the field. The Texas Longhorns are a well coached team that wins by an average of 3.7 points in the underdog role, but they have had issues playing up to their competition at times. We’re not being asked to lay much. Give me Texas Tech.