{"id":174251,"date":"2026-02-21T12:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174251\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:38:06","slug":"arizona-vs-houston-prediction-odds-line-time-2026-college-basketball-picks-from-proven-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/174251\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona vs. Houston prediction, odds, line, time: 2026 college basketball picks from proven model"},"content":{"rendered":"

First place is on the line in the Big 12 when the fourth-ranked Arizona Wildcats<\/a> battle the second-ranked Houston Cougars<\/a> in a key matchup on Saturday afternoon. Arizona is coming off a 75-68 win over BYU on Wednesday, while Houston dropped a 70-67 decision at Iowa State on Monday. The Wildcats (24-2, 11-2 Big 12), who are 7-2 against ranked opponents this season, are 6-1 on the road in 2025-26. The Cougars (23-3, 11-2 Big 12), who are 4-3 against ranked foes, are 13-0 on their home court. Koa Peat<\/a> (lower leg) is out for Arizona, while Houston will be without Kordel Jefferson (knee).<\/p>\n

Tipoff from Fertitta Center in Houston is set for 3 p.m. ET. Houston leads the all-time series 8-6, including wins in each of the last three games. Houston is a 5.5-point favorite in the latest Arizona vs. Houston odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over\/under for total points scored is 141.5. Before making any Arizona vs. Houston picks,\u00a0check out the men’s college basketball predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every college basketball game 10,000 times and it entered Week 16 on a sizzling 11-1 run on its top-rated over\/under\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0picks<\/a>\u00a0dating back to last season, and is on a 13-7 run on top-rated CBB side picks. Anyone following its\u00a0college basketball<\/a>\u00a0betting<\/a>\u00a0advice at\u00a0sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0betting apps<\/a>\u00a0could have seen strong returns.<\/p>\n

Now, the model has simulated Arizona vs. Houston<\/a>\u00a010,000 times and just revealed its coveted men’s college basketball picks and betting predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks<\/a>. Here are several men’s college basketball odds<\/a> and men’s college basketball betting lines for Houston vs. Arizona:<\/p>\n

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Houston -5.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n

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141.5 points<\/p>\n

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Houston -247, Arizona +199<\/p>\n

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See picks at SportsLine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Top Arizona vs. Houston predictions<\/p>\n

SportsLine’s model is going Over on the total (141.5 points). The Over has hit in two of their last five head-to-head matchups. Arizona is 4-6 against the spread in its last 10 games. Houston, meanwhile, is 6-4 ATS in its last 10.<\/p>\n

The model projects the Wildcats to have three players score 11.4 points or more, including Brayden Burries<\/a>‘ projected 13.4 points. The Cougars are projected to have three players score 13.5 or more points, led by Emanuel Sharp<\/a>, who is projected to score 18.3 points. The Over clears in nearly 70% of simulations.<\/p>\n

How to make Houston vs. Arizona picks<\/p>\n

The model also says one side of the spread hits well over 60% of the time.\u00a0You can only see that pick at SportsLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So who wins Arizona vs. Houston, and which side of the spread hits well over 60% of the time?\u00a0Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Arizona vs. Houston spread to back, all from the advanced model that has simulated this game 10,000 times<\/a>, and find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First place is on the line in the Big 12 when the fourth-ranked Arizona Wildcats battle the second-ranked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[70422,70424,70423,2698,2692,21951,21952,56,2742,58,57],"class_list":["post-174251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-arizona-houston-odds","tag-arizona-houston-picks","tag-arizona-houston-prediction","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-college-basketball-picks","tag-houston","tag-houston-cougars","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174251","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=174251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}