DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>, with the total set at O\/U 144.5 points. Below is my full preview, prediction and pick for this SEC college basketball matchup.<\/p>\nTexas vs. Ole Miss prediction, preview<\/p>\n
The last couple of weeks have been a massive struggle for Ole Miss. The Rebels have lost four straight games coming into this matchup. That has dropped them from 3-2 in SEC play to 3-6 and firmly out of any NCAA Tournament contention. The Rebels are now 11-11 overall and risk letting this season get away from them entirely. It has been a tough run of three straight road games for Ole Miss, this game making it four straight on the road. The Rebels don\u2019t have a clear elite scorer, and it is evident in how much of an issue they\u2019ve had putting the ball in the basket as of late.<\/p>\n
Texas has been decent this season, but too inconsistent. The Longhorns have a lot of talent, but have had lapses, such as their loss to Mississippi State. Texas can still get into the NCAA Tournament field, but it needs to piece a few good wins together, starting with this matchup against Ole Miss. The Longhorns have won three of their past four, including a big win over Georgia. Junior guard Dailyn Swain has been playing great as of late, averaging 25 PPG over his last five games.<\/p>\n
Texas vs. Ole Miss pick<\/p>\n
My best bet for this game is for Texas to cover as 9.5-point favorites. The Longhorns are playing some of their best basketball of the season over the last couple of weeks. They need a strong run through February to prove they are worthy of playing in March. Conversely, Ole Miss is backsliding down the SEC standings. The Rebels are coming off an 18-point loss to Tennessee and could be in for another beatdown in Austin. Texas ranks ninth in the nation in offensive rating and has a star guard playing his best basketball of the season. The Longhorns should put up a big number that Ole Miss does not have the firepower to keep up with.<\/p>\n
Best Bet: Texas -9.5 (-105)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Krass provides his preview, prediction and pick for Saturday\u2019s college basketball game between Texas and Ole Miss.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16316,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-155301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-rail","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-texas-headlines","11":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}