Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Texas Longhorns: Don Best Big 12 Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/11/2021

The No. 6 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders (17-9) are favored by 1.5 points in the Big 12 Tournament against the No. 3 seed Texas Longhorns (17-7) on Thursday at Sprint Center, beginning at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN2. The winner takes another step toward an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for Texas Tech and Texas

Texas Tech Leaders

• The Red Raiders scoring leader is Mac McClung, who averages 16.1 points per game.
• Marcus Santos-Silva paces Texas Tech with 6.3 rebounds a game and Kyler Edwards leads the squad with 2.7 assists per matchup.
• Edwards averages 1.9 threes per game to pace the Red Raiders.
• Kevin McCullar leads the team with 1.6 steals per game. Santos-Silva collects 1.2 blocks a contest to pace Texas Tech.

Texas Leaders

• Andrew Jones owns the Longhorns top spot in scoring with 14.9 points per game and also tacks on 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest.
• The Texas leaders in rebounds and assists are Jericho Sims (6.6 rebounds per game) and Matt Coleman III (4.2 assists per game).
• Courtney Ramey leads the Longhorns in shooting from beyond the arc, averaging 2.0 made threes per game.
• Coleman is the steals leader for Texas with 1.3 steals per game and Greg Brown III leads the squad in blocks with 1.1 per game.

Texas Tech vs Texas: Last 6 Meetings

The Red Raiders are 5-1 against the Longhorns in the last six meetings between the two teams. The Red Raiders have a 3-1 record against the spread in those contests with the Longhorns.

Points Insights

• The 73.3 points per game the Red Raiders average are 5.1 more points than the Longhorns allow (68.2).
• Texas Tech has a 14-5 record overall and a 13-0-1 record against the spread when scoring more than 68.2 points.
• When Texas gives up more than 73.3 points, it is 1-6-1 against the spread and 3-5 overall.
• The Longhorns score an average of 74.9 points per game, 11.6 more points than the 63.3 the Red Raiders give up.
• In games it puts up more than 63.3 points, Texas is 13-0-1 against the spread and 17-6 overall.
• Texas Tech's record is 0-4-1 against the spread and 1-4 overall when it gives up more than 74.9 points.
• The Red Raiders have put up a total of 261 more points than their opponents this year (an average of 10 per game), and the Longhorns have out-scored opponents by 161 points on the season (6.7 more per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Red Raiders and the Longhorns rebound at around the same clip, with the teams averaging and 34.7 and 37.9 boards per game, respectively.
• Texas is 9-6-1 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. Texas Tech is 3-5 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Red Raiders and the Longhorns are evenly matched on the offensive boards this season, with the teams averaging 11.3 and 10.4 offensive rebounds per game, respectively.
• The Red Raiders are 10-5 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. The Longhorns are 8-3 when they trail in offensive rebounding.
• Both teams tend to win the rebounding battle. Texas Tech records an average rebounding margin of +3.0 rebounds per game. Texas averages a margin of +4.5 rebounds.