Texas Longhorns vs Oklahoma Sooners Prediction, 1/23/2024 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Longhorns vs Oklahoma Sooners

Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Location: Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK

TV: ESPN+

The Oklahoma Sooners (15-3) will try to defeat the Texas Longhorns (13-5) at Lloyd Noble Center on Tuesday.

The Texas Longhorns stepped onto the hardwood against Baylor and walked away with a win by a score of 75-73 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Longhorns finished with 16 while Baylor recorded 15 fouls. They converted 11 out of their 22 attempts from distance. Baylor went 80.0% from the charity stripe by burying 16 of their 20 tries. Additionally, Baylor snagged 22 rebounds (6 offensive, 16 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Baylor totaled 13 dimes and had 3 steals in the game. Regarding defense, Texas let their opponent shoot 47.9% from the floor on 23 of 48 shooting. They also distributed 14 assists for this contest as well as forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and getting 3 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled 21 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Longhorns buried 12 of their 17 attempts for a percentage of 70.6%. Texas finished the game with a 51.9% FG percentage (27 out of 52) and made 9 of 19 3-pointers.

Tyrese Hunter is one player who was a major factor in this contest. He went 61.5% from the floor and also recorded 3 assists. He saw the court for 34 minutes played and pulled down 1 rebound. He scored 21 points on 8 out of 13 shooting.

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Texas comes into this one with a record of 13-5 for the season. They have an average of 77.2 points per game (108th in Division 1) while hitting 48.4% from the field. The Longhorns are shooting 37.5% on three-point attempts (138 of 368) and 73.5% from the charity stripe. As a team, Texas is pulling in 35.5 boards per game and is sitting with 283 dimes this season, which ranks 81st in D-1 in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 12.3 times per contest and as a unit are committing 16.9 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Longhorns are able to force 13.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 16.2 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 42nd in college hoops in allowing assists to the opposition with 201 conceded for the campaign. The Longhorns defense is allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 41.7% (429 of 1,028) and they relinquish 33.2 rebounds per contest as a group. They are relinquishing 34.6% on 3-point shots and they are 84th in college basketball in opponents points per game (67.4).

When they last stepped on the court, the Oklahoma Sooners went home victorious with a score of 77-63 when they faced West Virginia. In the matter of how they attacked the glass, Oklahoma permitted West Virginia to pull down 19 in total (3 on the offensive side). They shot 30.4% from 3-point land by going 7 of 23 and ended up shooting 14 of 20 from the free throw line (70.0%). The Sooners permitted West Virginia to bury 21 of 46 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 45.7% in the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Sooners went 25 out of 51 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 49.0%. In relation to shooting from distance, Oklahoma made 5 of 15 attempts (33.3%). They were able to make 22 of those for a clip of 73.3%. West Virginia was called for 19 fouls in this contest which got the Sooners to the charity stripe for 30 tries. They also turned it over 18 times, while recording 11 steals in the game. The Sooners were able to corral 23 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds for a total of 33 for the contest.

Jalon Moore ended up having an impact for the Sooners in the matchup. He scored 16 points in his 26 mins of playing time and had 2 assists for the contest. He made 7 of 11 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 63.6%, and had 5 rebounds.

Oklahoma has a record of 15-3 so far this year. The Sooners are responsible for committing 15.4 personal fouls per contest while shooting 76.3% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 14.3 times per game (124th in the country) and they lose possession via turnover 13.1 times per game. Oklahoma has tallied 1,427 points this year (79.3 per game) and they pull down 38.2 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Sooners are shooting 48.5% from the floor, which is ranked 29th in the nation.

The Oklahoma defense allows 27.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (105 of 379) and their opponents are converting on 74.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 10.7 assists and 30.6 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 39th and 17th in the country. The Sooners on the defensive end are ranked 38th in college basketball in points per game surrendered with 65.1. They are able to force 12.6 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 39.8% from the floor (32nd in college hoops).

Who will win tonight's NCAA basketball game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas

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