Tony George's Free Pick
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma, Take Texas A&M Aggies

Texas AM +9.5
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Tough spot for Oklahoma, who is now living up to preseason hype, after getting upended by Missouri and Nebraska in conference play, but they are off a HUGE and emotional win against Texas on Saturday at home. The fire it up against Texas AM, who is a solid club catching OU in a serious letdown spot tonight, laying a huge number against a team they seem to struggle with a 1 point and 4 point win in the last 2 meetings for the Sooners.

These two battled 2 weeks ago to a 45-44 game, with OU coming out on top in College Station in that one. The Aggies play good defense, and so does OU, which leads to a lower scoring game, and if that is the case, laying double digits in this spot is too many.


Matt Fargo's Free Pick
Nevada - Las Vegas vs. Texas Christian, Take Nevada - Las Vegas Rebels

After a very slow start, the Rebels ended December with a bang and carried that momentum into January as they have now won nine of their last 12 games and are only a game and a half behind San Diego St. for first place in the MWC. UNLV is 2-1 on the road during that span with the two wins coming by an average of 11.5 ppg. The defense has been the story of late as the Rebels have allowed 59 or fewer points in four straight games, an average of 56 ppg.

TCU is a bad team plain and simple. The Horned Frogs managed a win over a struggling Colorado St. team and then followed that up by blowing a 17-point lead at BYU and then losing at Utah by 35 points. Of their 16 losses on the season, half have been by double digits while the average point differential in those losses is -12.6 ppg. TCU is a respectable 5-6 on its home floor but four of those wins came against teams ranked 262nd, 160th, 308th and 291st.

The turnaround of the UNLV defense will cause fits for the Horned Frogs who struggle on offense enough as it is. They are averaging 62.6 ppg on the season on 35.7 shooting from the floor and while those numbers usually spike for home games, that isn’t the case for TCU. It is averaging only four more ppg while the shooting percentage is just 0.5 percent higher at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The Horned Frogs are shooting only 30.6 percent from behind the arc at home as well.

Overall, the Rebels have advantages in almost every major category including a huge 0.324 edge in assist/turnover ratio. The Rebels are not intimidated by playing on the road especially in conference action. UNLV was one of only two MWC teams last year to have a winning record in conference road games. UNLV had won five straight MWC road games dating back to last season before losing at San Diego State on January 14th. It adds to it on Wednesday with an easy win. Play UNLV Runnin’ Rebels One Unit


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