Texas vs. New Orleans Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – December 19

Published 4:22 pm Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Thursday’s game that pits the Texas Longhorns (9-2) against the New Orleans Privateers (2-7) at Moody Center is expected to be a one-sided matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 86-62 in favor of Texas, who is heavily favored by our model. Tipoff is at 8:00 PM ET on December 19.

Based on our computer prediction, New Orleans projects to cover the 34.5-point spread in its matchup against Texas. The total has been set at 147.5, and the two teams are projected to exceed it.

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Texas vs. New Orleans Game Info & Odds

  • Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024
  • Time: 8:00 PM ET
  • TV: SEC Network+
  • Where: Austin, Texas
  • Venue: Moody Center
  • Line: Texas -34.5
  • Point total: 147.5

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Texas vs. New Orleans Score Prediction

  • Prediction:
    Texas 86, New Orleans 62

Spread & Total Prediction for Texas vs. New Orleans

  • Pick ATS: New Orleans (+34.5)
  • Pick OU: Over (147.5)

Texas is 6-5-0 against the spread this season compared to New Orleans’ 5-4-0 ATS record. A total of seven out of the Longhorns’ games this season have gone over the point total, and four of the Privateers’ games have gone over. The two teams score an average of 151 points per game, 3.5 more points than this matchup’s total.

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Texas Performance Insights

  • The Longhorns’ +232 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 21.1 points per game) is a result of scoring 83.9 points per game (37th in college basketball) while allowing 62.8 per outing (20th in college basketball).
  • The 33.4 rebounds per game Texas averages rank 167th in the country, and are 4.9 more than the 28.5 its opponents record per contest.
  • Texas makes 8.1 three-pointers per game (162nd in college basketball), 1.4 more than its opponents (6.7). It is shooting 40.1% from beyond the arc (13th in college basketball) while allowing opponents to shoot 32.9%.
  • The Longhorns average 109.6 points per 100 possessions on offense (sixth in college basketball), and give up 82.0 points per 100 possessions (28th in college basketball).
  • Texas has won the turnover battle on average this season, committing 8.9 per game (10th in college basketball play) while forcing 13.2 (112th in college basketball).

New Orleans Performance Insights

  • The Privateers put up 67.1 points per game (324th in college basketball) while giving up 83.2 per contest (357th in college basketball). They have a -145 scoring differential and have been outscored by 16.1 points per game.
  • New Orleans loses the rebound battle by 6.7 boards on average. It collects 31.4 rebounds per game, 268th in college basketball, while its opponents pull down 38.1.
  • New Orleans makes 3.2 fewer threes per game than the opposition, 6.4 (307th in college basketball) compared to its opponents’ 9.6.
  • New Orleans loses the turnover battle by 1.2 per game, committing 13.2 (298th in college basketball) while its opponents average 12.0.

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