Colorado Buffaloes vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction, 3/5/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Buffaloes vs Texas Tech Red Raiders

Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Location: United Supermarkets Arena in Louisville, KY

TV: ESPN+

The Colorado Buffaloes (11-18) are on their way to United Supermarkets Arena on Wednesday where they will go up against the Texas Tech Red Raiders (22-7).

The Colorado Buffaloes took the court against Kansas State and ended up losing by a score of 65-56 in their last contest. Colorado walked away from the contest with a 39.3% field goal percentage (22 of 56) and made 4 out of their 23 shots from downtown. From the free throw line, the Buffaloes made 8 of 14 attempts for a rate of 57.1%. When discussing rebounding, they collected 33 with 5 of them being offensive. They also recorded 16 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 8 steals. In the matter of defending, Colorado allowed the other team to shoot 34.4% from the field on 21 of 61 shooting. Kansas State distributed 13 dimes and had 8 steals in the matchup. Moreover, Kansas State totaled 29 rebounds (6 offensive, 23 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Kansas State finished 84.2% from the free throw line by converting 16 of 19 shots. They converted 7 of their 21 tries from beyond the arc. When talking about fouls, the Buffaloes ended up finishing with 15 and Kansas State totaled 13 fouls.

RJ Smith is a guy who was a major factor for the game. He ended up going 62.5% from the floor and also earned 1 assist. He played for 28 minutes played and totaled 3 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 11 points on 5 of 8 shooting.

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Colorado enters this game with a win-loss mark of 11-18 for the year. They average 69.7 pts per contest (289th in college) while hitting 44.5% from the field. The Buffaloes are hitting 32.1% on shots from beyond the arc (192 of 599) and 75.0% from the free throw line. As a team, Colorado is grabbing 35.1 boards per game and has 418 dimes this season, which is 164th in Division 1 in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 14.8 times per game and as a team are committing 16.7 fouls on a nightly basis.

On the defensive end, the Buffaloes are able to force 11.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.5 personal fouls. They are surrendering 33.5% from 3-point land while they are 176th in college in PPG allowed (71.7). The Buffaloes are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 43.1% (724 of 1,679) and they concede 33.0 rebounds per contest as a unit. They rank 141st in college in giving up assists to their opponents with 378 relinquished so far this season.

The last time they took the court, the Texas Tech Red Raiders took home the win by a final score of 78-73 against Kansas. The Red Raiders were able to snag 21 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards totaling 26 in this matchup. They coughed it up 8 times, while recording 5 steals for the contest. Kansas was called for 10 personal fouls for the contest which took the Red Raiders to the charity stripe for a total of 8 tries. They were able to make 7 of those for a clip of 87.5%. Pertaining to shots from beyond the perimeter, Texas Tech converted 15 out of 43 attempts (34.9%). Overall, the Red Raiders went 28 for 62 from the floor which had them shooting 45.2%. The Red Raiders allowed Kansas to convert 29 out of 60 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.3% in the matchup. They went 22.2% from 3-point land by going 4 out of 18 and finished the contest at 11 out of 16 from the free throw line (68.8%). With respect to how they cleaned up the glass, Texas Tech allowed Kansas to pull down 37 in all (11 on the offensive side).

JT Toppin ended up being a major contributor for the Red Raiders in this matchup. He earned 21 points in his 22 mins on the court and had 1 assist for the game. He made 9 of 15 in this game for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and added 5 rebounds.

Texas Tech has a mark of 22-7 for the season. The Red Raiders are committing 15.6 fouls every game and they shoot 77.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 16.7 times per contest (26th in Division 1) and they are losing possession via turnover 10.6 times per contest. Texas Tech has totaled 2,338 pts on the campaign (80.6 per contest) and they collect 36.7 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offense, the Red Raiders are hitting on 47.5% from the floor, which ranks 49th in Division 1.

The Texas Tech defense surrenders 32.1% from downtown (185 of 576) and their opponents are converting on 68.7% of their foul shots. They relinquish 11.1 assists and 31.9 total rebounds per game, which is 33rd and 48th in D-1. The Red Raiders defensively are ranked 46th in the nation in points per game surrendered with 66.8. They are able to force 12.3 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 42.0% from the field (86th in Division 1).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Colorado

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