Wake Forest Demon Deacons versus Texas Longhorns CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 15, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the ACC conference will face the Texas Longhorns from the Big 12 conference in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night. Tip off time at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans Louisiana is scheduled for 9:45PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

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The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and it was the Texas Longhorns opening up as a 2 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 147.

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The early money in this NCAA Tournament game came on the side of the favorite, as the Texas Longhorns are currently a 4-½ point betting favorite. The total has seen no early movement as the total is currently lined at 147 for the bettors to play into.

Money line gamblers can play the favored Texas Longhorns at –200 with the underdog Wake Forest Demon Deacons bringing back +170 to pull off the upset with without the need for taking the points.

These college basketball teams have not met since 2004.

We will look how each team performed against NCAA Tournament teams this season.

The Texas Longhorns finished regular season play with a 24-9 regular season record and 9-7 in conference play. The team is 5-7 straight up versus NCAA Tournament teams. They average 71.6 points per game while allowing their opponent just 71.5 points. The Longhorns hit on only 43.7% of their shots while allowing only 41.3% shooting from the field against NCAA Tournament teams. They are a poor free throw shooting team hitting on only 65.3% of their shots in those 12 contests.

Wake Forest finished regular season play with a 19-10 regular season record and 9-7 in ACC conference play. The team faced 10 NCAA Tournament teams and finished 6-4 straight up. The team averages 77.3 points per game while allowing 75.9 to those opponents. The Demon Deacons shot better against tournament teams than Texas as they hit on 45.1% of their shots. The team converted on 31.2% of their three point shots in those 10 games. On the free throw line when facing NCAA Tournament teams the Demon Deacons converted on 70.9% from the charity stripe.

Wake Forests enters the NCAA Tournament lacking momentum. The team has dropped 5 of their past 6 games to close the season. They dropped a bad 83-62 decision to the Miami Florida Hurricanes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Texas in the Big 12 conference tournament opened up with a win against the Iowa St Cyclones 82-75 but dropped an 86-67 decision to the Baylor Bears in the quarterfinal round.

Trend: Texas Longhorns are 0-5 ATS in their past 5 games.

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