Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs North Texas Mean Green Prediction, 2/19/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs North Texas Mean Green

Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Location: The Super Pit in Philadelphia, PA

TV: ESPN+

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (10-15) are en route to The Super Pit on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the North Texas Mean Green (18-6).

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane took the court against Temple and took home the win by a score of 80-74 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Golden Hurricane finished with 14 and Temple totaled 12 personal fouls. They also converted 5 out of their 17 tries from 3-point land. Temple went 79.2% when shooting free throws by converting 19 of 24 attempts. Additionally, Temple grabbed 32 rebounds (8 offensive, 24 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Temple earned 11 assists and had 6 steals in this matchup. When discussing the defense, Tulsa allowed their opponent to shoot 42.4% from the field on 25 out of 59 shooting. They also distributed 19 assists for this contest as well as creating 7 turnovers and getting 6 steals. Regarding pulling down rebounds, they compiled 31 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Golden Hurricane converted 10 of 17 shots for a rate of 58.8%. Tulsa finished with a 53.4% FG percentage (31 out of 58) and converted 8 of their 21 three-point shots.

Keaston Willis is a player who came through for this game. He finished the game at 53.8% from the floor but finished the game without an assist. He was on the court for 33 minutes played and also totaled 7 rebounds. He scored 19 points on 7 of 13 shooting.

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Tulsa heads into this one with a mark of 10-15 so far this year. They lose possession via turnover 11.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 15.3 fouls every game. As a unit, Tulsa is collecting 37.4 rebounds per game and has accumulated 348 dimes this year, which has them ranked 164th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. The Golden Hurricane are hitting 32.4% on 3-pointers (209 of 646) and 65.4% from the charity stripe. They average 72.7 pts per game (230th in college hoops) while hitting 43.0% from the field.

Defensively, the Golden Hurricane are able to force 10.5 turnovers per game while drawing 16.3 fouls. They relinquish 34.7% from 3-point land and they rank 249th in the country in points per game from their opponents (74.0). The Golden Hurricane defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 44.6% (680 of 1,525) and they surrender 36.8 rebounds per game as a team. They rank 185th in college hoops in giving up assists to the opposition with 326 surrendered on the campaign.

When they last played, the North Texas Mean Green got the victory with a final of 67-61 when they played Rice. Concerning rebounding, North Texas permitted Rice to snag 34 in all (12 offensive). They went 31.3% from 3-point land via 5 out of 16 and ended up shooting 12 out of 23 at the charity stripe (52.2%). The Mean Green permitted Rice to convert 22 out of 50 tries from the field which had them shooting 44.0% for this game. When this game wrapped up, the Mean Green finished the game shooting 24 for 55 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.6%. In terms of shots from downtown, North Texas made 9 of their 27 tries (33.3%). They were able to make 10 of them for a rate of 71.4%. Rice earned 12 personal fouls for this contest which got the Mean Green to the charity stripe for a total of 14 attempts. They also turned it over 3 times, while getting 8 steals in the game. The Mean Green were able to pull down 20 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 for this contest.

Atin Wright ended up having an impact for the Mean Green for the game. He recorded 20 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and totaled 1 assist in this game. He made 5 of 14 in this matchup giving him a rate of 35.7%, and earned 2 rebounds.

North Texas has a win-loss mark of 18-6 on the year. As an offensive team, the Mean Green are shooting 45.3% from the field, which is 159th in the country. North Texas has 1,644 points on the campaign (68.5 per contest) and they grab 33.2 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 10.4 times per game (358th in college) and they turn it over 10.6 times per contest. The Mean Green are committing 14.8 fouls per contest and they hit 76.7% from the free throw line.

The North Texas defense surrenders 31.3% on 3-point shots (142 of 454) and their opponents are connecting on 74.0% of their free throw attempts. They have conceded 9.5 dimes and 28.1 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks 6th and 2nd in the country. The Mean Green are ranked 3rd in college hoops in PPG given up with 59.5. They are forcing 12.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 41.5% from the floor (70th in college).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Tulsa

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