TCU Horned Frogs (21-11) vs. Houston Cougars (28-3)
March 14, 2024 3:00 pm EDT
The Line: Houston Cougars -8.5; Over/Under: +138.5
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The TCU Horned Frogs and the Houston Cougars meet Thursday in the college basketball Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals at the T-Mobile Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a TCU vs. Houston prediction.
TCU Team Preview
The TCU Horned Frogs punched their ticket to the quarterfinals thanks to a 77-70 win over Oklahoma last time out. Emanuel Miller leads the Horned Frogs in scoring and rebounding with 16 PPG and 5.8 RPG along with 2.7 APG and Jameer Nelson Jr. has 11.3 PPG with 3.3 APG. Micah Peavy has 11.1 PPG with 4.7 RPG and 2.7 APG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for TCU up to this point in the season. Avery Anderson III also has 8.3 PPG with a team-high 3.4 APG to lead the Horned Frogs in the assist department and JaKobe Coles has 9.8 PPG with 3.8 RPG so far this year. As a team, TCU is averaging 80.4 PPG on 47.4% shooting from the field, 36.4% from three and 73% from the foul line this season.
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Houston Team Preview
The Houston Cougars come into the conference tournament as the top seed, finishing the year 28-3 overall including a 15-3 mark in Big 12 conference play. LJ Cryer leads the Cougars in scoring with 15.8 PPG along with 1.9 APG while Emanuel Sharp has 12.4 PPG and 3.8 RPG and Jamal Shead has 13.2 PPG with a team-high 6.2 APG as well to lead the Cougars in assists and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Houston so far this season. J’Wan Roberts has a team-high 6.9 RPG up to this point in the year. As a team, Houston is averaging 74.1 PPG on 43.8% shooting from the field, 34.7% from three and 68.5% from the foul line this season.
TCU vs. Houston Prediction
I’m on Houston here. I know a win for TCU would go a long way towards TCU’s resume, but the Cougars are rested here and TCU just went through a tough game against Oklahoma just under 24 hours ago. The Cougars are even more physical and wear teams down at the best of times, so imagine what the Cougars will do against a team on no rest. I think TCU is just in a tough spot here, so give me the Cougars by double digits.
