{"id":8404,"date":"2009-02-16T16:45:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:44:01","slug":"longhorns-aggies-free-pick-160209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-basketball\/longhorns-aggies-free-pick-160209\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAB Betting: Texas vs. Texas A&#038;M (Feb. 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lone Star State Showdown &#8211; Texas at Texas A&amp;M<\/h2>\n<p>The Texas Longhorns (17-7 SU, 9-12 ATS, 10-11 O\/U) outscored Colorado 13-4 in overtime to walk away with an 85-76 victory on Saturday. Texas failed to cover the spread in the BetUS Sportsbook as an 11-point spread while the combined score sailed OVER the posted O\/U total of 127 points.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Senior point guard A.J. Abrams led Texas with a team-high 29 points while junior forward Damion James added 21 points.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/sports-betting\/ncaa-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6-7 senior forward Josh Carter scored a game-high 20 points in Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s (17-8 SU, 10-7 ATS, 6-11 O\/U) 72-68 loss to Baylor on Saturday night. The Bears failed to cover the 5.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted O\/U total of 143 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns have won two consecutive games while the Aggies have dropped three straight in the BetUS Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>Texas is just 1-4 against the spread in its last five while Texas A&amp;M is a polar opposite 4-1 ATS in its last five.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at tonight\u2019s key trends, followed by my in-depth analysis and NCAAB Free Pick.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games when playing Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nTexas is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games<br \/>\nTexas is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Texas A&amp;M<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas&#8217;s last 6 games<br \/>\nTexas A&amp;M is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas<br \/>\nTexas A&amp;M is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home<br \/>\nTexas A&amp;M is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Texas<br \/>\nThe total has gone UNDER in 6 of Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s last 8 games<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas -2 -110<br \/>\nTexas A&amp;M +2 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 131\u00bd -110<br \/>\nUnder 131\u00bd -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: This pick doesn\u2019t require much guesswork NCAA basketball betting fanatics despite the fact that the Texas Longhorns are playing on the road in this contest. The Aggies are mired in a horrific funk at the moment having dropped six of its last eight games overall and should fall to the more cohesive Texas Longhorns in this contest.<\/p>\n<h3>NCAAB Free Picks: Texas -2 Points\/ Under 131\u00bd Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for March Madness with our 2009 NCAAB daily gambling matchup previews, picks, and predictions. The Texas Longhorns play the Texas A&#038;M Aggies today, we preview and pick this game&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[2891,1979,3938,4816,4207,4632,4633,4693,3182,10503,4208,4209,5173,947,1447,2888,10505,5165,10504,5210],"class_list":["post-8404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-aggies","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-lines","tag-college-basketball-picks","tag-college-basketball-predictions","tag-longhorns","tag-longhorns-vs-aggies","tag-ncaa-basketball-betting","tag-ncaa-basketball-odds","tag-ncaab-betting","tag-online-sportsbook","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-am-betting","tag-texas-betting","tag-texas-longhorns-vs-texas-am-aggies","tag-texas-vs-texas-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103681,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8404\/revisions\/103681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}