North Texas vs. UTEP Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/28/23

North Texas vs. UTEP Pick – Basketball Predictions & Odds 1/28/23 player photo
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The UTEP Miners and the North Texas Mean Green meet in college basketball action from the UNT Coliseum on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

North Texas is listed as an 8.5-point favorite with a ML price of -400. The total for this game is set at 114.5 points.

Injuries

Neither side has anyone listed on the injury report for this game, so barring any last-minute announcements, both sides will come into this game at full strength.

Matchup History

UTEP’s 70-68 win back on March 5th, 2022, snapped a five-game head-to-head win streak for North Texas in this matchup.

Trends

UTEP is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall and 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record while the under is 43-21 in their last 64 games following a loss. North Texas is 0-5 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall while the over is 6-2 in their last 8 games against a team with a winning record.

Pick

I’m leaning towards UTEP and the points here. North Texas has found themselves in some close games as of late, and I think Saturday will be no different as we saw the Mean Green beat UTSA with defense and a lot of times, North Texas will lean on their defense. When you have a defense as good as North Texas’, it’s not hard to see why, but it can still make it hard to cover these mid-sized numbers. UTEP already upended another solid C-USA defense in Charlotte earlier this season on the road and I think UTEP could be in line to do it again. The Miners have been on a nice cover run and I think they add one more here. Give me UTEP and the points.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick:UTEP +8.5