
Texas vs Arkansas Prediction 2/5/25 College Basketball Picks Today
Arkansas (13-8) vs. Texas (15-7)
February 5, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Texas -7; Over/Under: 144
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The Arkansas Razorbacks and the Texas Longhorns meet Wednesday in college basketball action from the Moody Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Texas vs Arkansas Prediction.
Arkansas Recap
The Arkansas Razorbacks come into this game looking to build on their 89-79 win over Kentucky last time out to improve to 13-8 on the year. Arkansas will play Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M, Auburn, and Missouri next.
Razorbacks Looking For Consistency
Adou Thiero leads the Razorbacks in scoring and rebounding with 16.1 PPG and 6.2 RPG while Boogie Fland has 15.1 PPG with a team-high 5.7 APG to lead the Razorbacks in assists in addition to 3.4 RPG as well, but is expected to miss the remainder of the season because of injury. D.J. Wagner has 10.2 PPG with 3.2 RPG and 2.8 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Arkansas up to this point in the year. Johnell Davis has 8.9 PPG with 3.6 RPG and Zvonimir Ivisic has 7.4 PPG with 3.7 RPG as well. As a team, Arkansas is averaging 76.2 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 32.5% from three, and 72.6% from the foul line this season.
Why the Arkansas Razorbacks will win
- Arkansas has won 10 of its last 12 night games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
Texas Recap
The Texas Longhorns come into this game looking to build on their 89-58 win over LSU last time out to improve to 15-7 on the year. After this game, Texas will head on the road for a game against Vanderbilt.
Longhorns Win 4 Of Last 6 Games
Tre Johnson leads the Longhorns in scoring with 19 PPG along with 2.7 RPG and 2.3 APG while Arthur Kaluma has 13.6 PPG with a team-high 8 RPG to lead the Longhorns in rebounding and Jordan Pope has 11.6 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Texas so far this season. Tramon Mark has 9.6 PPG with 3.5 RPG and Kadin Shedrick has 8.4 PPG with 6.2 RPG as well this year. Julian Larry is also contributing 5 PPG with a team-high 3.8 APG to lead the Longhorns in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, Texas is averaging 78.9 PPG on 48.2% shooting from the field, 37.2% from three, and 75.4% from the foul line this season.
Why the Texas Longhorns will win
- Texas has won each of its last 13 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
- Arkansas has lost seven of its last nine games against the Southeastern Conference.
Texas vs Arkansas Prediction
I’m with Texas here. I just have to fade Arkansas after the emotional outright win over Kentucky in coach Cal’s return to Rupp and how good the Hogs looked in that game, but let’s also not forget how bad they’ve been on the road for much of the season prior to that win. The Hogs are not a team I feel can keep up sustained success and I don’t look for it to carry over here. I think Texas bags the win and cover at home in this one so give me the Longhorns.