Texas vs Tennessee March Madness Betting Lines

#7 Texas Longhorns Vs #2 Tennessee Volunteers – 2024 March Madness Betting Lines and Predictions

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March Madness has begun, and we are already seeing the upsets happen, with the biggest of Round 1 probably being Oakland taking out Kentucky. The first round continues on Friday, where we will probably see some more bracket busters coming our way. We are moving beyond that round, though, and starting out look at Round 2. The second round bracket is already beginning to take shape, and we have what looks to be a very good matchup between Texas and Tennessee, which is a meeting that we saw earlier in the season.

Why bet on the Texas Longhorns

The Texas Longhorns finished in the middle of the pack in the Big 12 in the regular season and then went crashing out of the conference tournament to Kansas State. It was certainly not the best preparation for March Madness, but they opened the tournament up with a 56-44 win over the Colorado State Rams, easily covering the 3-point spread. They controlled the game from start to finish and played some stifling defense, which they are going to need to do again on Saturday if they are to stay with the Volunteers and make a game of this one. The Longhorns have split their last 4 meetings with Tennessee, but they lost 82-71 in their most recent meeting, which came earlier this season. Overall, Texas is 25-10 SU in their last 35 games, with the OVER hitting in 22 of those games. They are 19-16 ATS during that same stretch.

Previous Result: Texas 56-44 Colorado St. | Find all Texas betting odds to Win
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Why bet on the Tennessee Volunteers

It was something of a strange end to the regular season for the Tennessee Volunteers. They lost their final game of the season against Kentucky, but they had wrapped up the regular season conference crown by that point. They then went into the SEC Tournament and lost at the first time of asking, which meant that they came into March Madness on a 2-game losing skid. They needed a strong showing in Round 1 to snap out of that funk and they certainly delivered the good, blowing out Saint Peter’s by a score of 83-49. They started that one as a 22-point favorite, so they covered in rather comfortable fashion. While the Vols hot the OVER in Round 1, that snapped a run of 4 straight games where they hit the UNDER. They are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games and covered the spread in their earlier meeting with the Longhorns this season.

Previous Result: Tennessee 83-49 Saint Peter’s | Find all Tennessee betting odds to Win
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