Missouri Tigers at Texas Longhorns 2011 NCAA Basketball Preview, Odds, and Predictions: Guard Marcus Denmon will lead No. 11 Missouri Tigers on the road to Frank Erwin Center to take on Big 12 rival guard-forward Jordon Hamilton and his orange hot Texas Longhorn at 9:00 PM ET on ESPNU. The Tigers enter the game on a 2 game winning streak at 17-3, 3-2 4th in the Big 12 while the Longhorns have won 5 consecutive games and come in at 17-3, 5-0 1st in the Conference. A win would equal Texas’s best conference start in 10 years and the Longhorns are on a roll snapping Kansas’s 69 game home win streak then ending Oklahoma State’s 13 game run to start conference play undefeated. “Whoever we play, we always feel we have a pretty deep team and try to use that to our advantage,” guard Kim English said. “If they stuck around with us early, their confidence would only get bigger. … So we definitely made a concerted effort to make stops early.” “We know we have a lot of stuff to work on, but in terms of (breaking Kansas’ home-court) record and what it means to Texas history, it’s impressive. But we have to keep working. It’s old news now.” — Texas F Tristan Thompson. The odds makers at JustBET have the Texas Longhorns a -7 point favorite at home against the Missouri Tigers.
The Longhorns are coming off a victory 61-46 at the Oklahoma State Cowboys moving them to an excellent 12-2 ATS for the season. Forward Tristan Thompson led the Horns with 14 points 3 rebounds and an assist while guard-forward Jordan Hamilton chipped in 12 points 11 boards and 3 assists well below his 19+ point average. Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Missouri. Vegas odds makers have the Texas Longhorns +1800 to win the 2011 NCAA Championship.
The Missouri Tigers are coming off a victory 87-54 at home against Iowa State to move to 7-6 ATS for the season. Guard Michael Dixon led all 5 starters that scored in double figures with 15 points 8 rebounds and 2 assists. Missouri is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Missouri’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas. . Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 145 1/2 points combined of the Missouri Tigers and Texas Longhorns.
I predict a Texas victory at home!
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