TUESDAY PLAY - TEXAS/ARKANSAS

[vanbasten]

same game was played almost a year to date, @ arkansas on national tv.

texas at that time was a 4.5 point fav. and came into that game ranked #7 in the country with a 11-2 record. arkansas had an 11-1 record. the razorbacks held texas to 34% from the floor with just 1-14(7%) shooting from beyond the arc, beating texas 67-61. texas came into that game shooting 45% from the floor and 36% from 3 point range.

now the 13-0 longhorns are a 14 point favorite against a 7-7 razorbacks team. texas has been destroying their competition in lined games, going 8-1 ats with quality wins and covers over pitt (won by 18), usc(won by 19), unc(won by 13) and mich st(won by 11).

arkansas schedule has not been near as competitive, their toughest competition ytd have been games against lousiville (a 30 point loss), oklahoma (a 20 point loss), baylor (a 23 point loss) and their last game out they played uab tough losing by 1.

I believe the longhorns got caught looking ahead to this game, as their last game out was a scare in a NL game vs texas a&m cc. the longhorns won 76-70.

if their shooting is on, i think texas runs away with this game second half. i have revenge on my side as well.

TEXAS- 14 2*

good luck to all.


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[Destructor D]

Tough to not like Texas considering Arkansas has been slaughtered by Baylor and Oklahoma already. However, this game is a true home game unlike the other games you mentioned and they almost beat a solid UAB club over the weekend at home.

I'm slightly leaning towards grabbing the 14.

 

[vanbasten]

Tough to not like Texas considering Arkansas has been slaughtered by Baylor and Oklahoma already. However, this game is a true home game unlike the other games you mentioned and they almost beat a solid UAB club over the weekend at home.

I'm slightly leaning towards grabbing the 14.

DD,

at first glance i liked ark as well. but after looking into everything, i came up with my play. i saw ark played hard against uab, coming from behind to end up losing by one, but uab has a history of road struggles. i copied their schedule from last year below.

looking forward to the game regardless. good luck with whatever you decide to play.

11 of uab's 12 losses last year were on the road.

Date Opponent* Result Record
Nov. 15, 2008 at Troy W 87-66 1-0
Nov. 17, 2008 at Santa Clara1 W 64-61 2-0
Nov. 18, 2008 at Arizona2 W 72-71 3-0
Nov. 22, 2008 at Old Dominion W 77-62 4-0
Nov. 26, 2008 at Oklahoma3 L 77-67 4-1
Nov. 28, 2008 at Boston College4 L 83-77 4-2
Dec. 3, 2008 South Florida W 78-77 5-2
Dec. 6, 2008 at Cincinnati L 87-80 5-3
Dec. 17, 2008 Jacksonville St. W 75-48 6-3
Dec. 20, 2008 Troy W 73-68 7-3
Dec. 22, 2008 Florida Atlantic W 76-43 8-3
Dec. 27, 2008 at Louisville L 82-62 8-4
Dec. 30, 2008 at Butler L 72-68 8-5
Jan. 3, 2009 Savannah St W 63-37 9-5
Jan. 10, 2009 at Houston L 75-56 9-6 (0-1)
Jan. 13, 2009 UCF W 60-52 10-6 (1-1)
Jan. 17, 2009 at Memphis L 81-68 10-7 (1-2)
Jan. 19, 2009 Louisiana-Laf. W 97-62 11-7
Jan. 21, 2009 Texas-El Paso W 78-73 12-7 (2-2)
Jan. 24, 2009 Rice W 78-40 13-7 (3-2)
Jan. 28, 2009 at Tulsa L 75-74 13-8 (3-3)
Jan. 31, 2009 at Marshall W 75-73 14-8 (4-3)
Feb. 4, 2009 Tulane W 81-61 15-8 (5-3)
Feb. 7, 2009 at Southern Miss. W 66-49 16-8 (6-3)
Feb. 14, 2009 SMU W 78-75 17-8 (7-3)
Feb. 18, 2009 at Tulane W 76-70 18-8 (8-3)
Feb. 21, 2009 Southern Miss. W 86-56 19-8 (9-3)
Feb. 26, 2009 Memphis L 71-60 19-9 (9-4)
Feb. 28, 2009 at East Carolina W 82-62 20-9 (10-4)
Mar. 4, 2009 at Texas-El Paso L 70-52 20-10 (10-5)
Mar. 7, 2009 Marshall W 70-52 21-10 (11-5)
Mar. 12, 2009 Southern Miss.5 W 74-73 22-10 (12-5)
Mar. 13, 2009 at Tulsa6 L 70-67 22-11 (12-6)
Mar. 17, 2009 at Notre Dame7 L 70-64 22-12