Tennessee vs Texas Picks and Prediction – 1/11/2025
Tennessee vs Texas Prediction
The Tennessee Volunteers will be on the road Saturday with a game in Austin against the Texas Longhorns. Tennessee is the number one ranked team in the nation with fourteen wins through 15 games played following a terrible 30 point road loss against Florida in their last outing. Offensively the Volunteers are dominating opponents this season averaging 77.3 points on 46.4% shooting from the floor but scored only 43 points last time out. Defensively Tennessee has been elite this season holding components to 57.1 points per game overall but gave up 73 in their loss to Florida. Stay in the action with our College Basketball Picks.
Chaz Lanier leads Tennessee this season averaging 19.6 points per game. Zakai Ziegler second roster averaging 11.6 points and leads the way she got 7.5 assists. Jordan Gainey chips in 11.1 points and Igor Milicic Jr. chips in 10.7 points to go along with a team high 8.8 rebounds per game this season.
The Texas Longhorn stay home Saturday with eleven wins through 15 games played on a 2 game skid following a 5 point home loss against Auburn. Offensively Texas is one of the better teams in the country averaging nearly 83 points or 50.3% shooting from the floor. Defensively Texas has held their own allowing 64.9 points per game overall this season but gave up 87 in their loss to Auburn last time out.
Tre Johnson Leeds Texas this season averaging 18.4 points per game. Big man Arthur Kaluma averages 15.1 points and boasts a team high 8.3 rebounds per game. Jordan Pope is third on the team averaging 12.1 points per game as the only other player on the roster in double digits. Julian Larry averages 6 points and leads Texas dishing out 4.1 assists per game this season.
Tennessee vs Texas Pick Analysis
Tennessee is the better team in this matchup and will be eager to get back to their winning ways on Saturday. Look for the Volunteers to control the game on both sides of the ball as they overwhelm a good Texas team. Take Tennessee to get back on track as they pick up the win and cover on the road Saturday evening. Final Score Prediction, Tennessee Volunteers win and cover 79-65.
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