Texas vs Tennessee Prediction 1/11/25 College Basketball Picks Today

The Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas Longhorns meet Saturday 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 Tennessee Prediction.

Tennessee Recap

The Tennessee Volunteers come into this game looking to bounce back from a 73-43 loss at the hands of Florida last time out to fall to 14-1 on the year. After this game, Tennessee will head home for a matchup with the Georgia Bulldogs.

Volunteers Looking To Bounce Back Off Of First Loss

Chaz Lanier leads the Vols in scoring with 19.6 PPG while Igor Milicic Jr. has 10.7 PPG with a team-high 8.8 RPG to lead the Vols on the glass. Zakai Zeigler has 11.6 PPG with 3.6 RPG and a team-high 7.5 APG to lead the Vols in the assist department up to this point in the year. Jordan Gainey has 11.1 PPG to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Tennessee up to this point in the year. As a team, Tennessee is averaging 77.3 PPG on 46.4% shooting from the field, 34% from three and 74.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Tennessee Volunteers will win

• Tennessee has won each of its last 14 games against non-AP-ranked opponents.
• Texas has lost each of its last eight games against AP-ranked opponents.

Texas Recap

The Texas Longhorns come into this game looking to bounce back from an 87-82 loss to Auburn last time out to fall to 11-4 on the year. After this game, Texas will head on the road to take on the Oklahoma Sooners.

Longhorns Drop Back-To-Back Games

Tre Johnson leads the Longhorns in scoring with 18.4 PPG along with 2.7 RPG and 2.3 APG while Arthur Kaluma has 15.1 PPG with a team-high 8.3 RPG to lead the Longhorns in rebounding and Jordan Pope has 12.1 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Texas so far this season. Tramon Mark has 8.8 PPG with 3.9 RPG and Kadin Shedrick has 8.5 PPG with 5.9 RPG as well this year. Julian Larry is also contributing 6 PPG with a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Longhorns in the assist department up to this point in the year. As a team, Texas is averaging 82.7 PPG on 50.3% shooting from the field, 40.2% from three and 73.7% from the foul line this season.

Why the Texas Longhorns will win

• The home team has won each of Tennessee’s last five games.
• Tennessee has lost three of its last four games against the Southeastern Conference.

Total Points Facts

• Each of Texas’ last seven day games against AP-ranked opponents have produced a total of 141+ points.
• Each of Tennessee’s last four day games have produced a total of 130 or fewer points.

Texas vs Tennessee Prediction

I’m on Tennessee here. I get the allure of a home underdog like the Longhorns, but the problem with Texas is that they haven’t played a tough strength of schedule and it’s shown in some recent results. I think the game against Auburn was more about Auburn taking their foot off of the gas in the second half and that game was not as close as the final score would indicate. I think the Vols come in and respond outside of a humiliating loss considering the scale at which they were beat by and the fact that it was a matchup against Florida that had a lot of eyes on it. I’ll side with Tennessee in this one.