The Texas Longhorns showed tremendous focus and resiliency for the regular season. Despite losing head coach Chris Beard before the heart of the Big 12 Conference schedule, the Longhorns were in the race to the end. Interim head coach Rodney Terry made the best possible case for earning the permanent tag. Terry went 15-6 overall and 11-5 in Conference games. In the country’s best conference, Texas scored name brand wins over the Baylor Bears, Kansas State Wildcats, and TCU Horned Frogs. Now, the Longhorns can pad their College Basketball lines resume and seeding status at the Big 12 Conference tournament.
Betting Texas Longhorns – 2023 Big 12 Conference Tournament
| Date and Time: | Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO |
| TV Coverage: | ESPN or ESPN+ |
| Texas Longhorns Big 12 Championship odds at SBG: | +380 |
Texas Longhorns Big 12 Tournament SBG Odds Overview
At the beginning of the week, Texas was among the top offshore betting favorites to win the Big 12 Conference tournament. The Longhorns will face the winner of Wednesday’s game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners. Tipoff time at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, is at 7 p.m. ET with television coverage on ESPN2 or ESPN+.
Texas Longhorns Team Overview
In Sum, the Texas Longhorns are 23-8 straight up, 14-17 against the spread, and 16-13 over/under the total. Texas has national metrics of 30th for scoring offense, 43rd for field goal percentage, 168th for 3-point field goal percentage, 56th for free throw percentage, and 196th for offensive rebounding. While on defense, Texas is 136th for scoring defense, 114th for field goal percentage permitted, 147th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 173rd for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Texas covered three of its previous four games. Three of those games went under the College basketball lines total. Marcus Carr leads the Longhorns with 16.2 points per game.
In the regular season finale, Texas scored a 75-59 win over the Kansas Jayhawks. The Longhorns finished just one game behind Kansas for the Big 12 Conference championship.
Kansas had already won the Big 12 championship by the time the Jayhawks made their last trip of the season down to Texas. Concurrently, the Longhorns sent them home with a message: The league tournament promises to be as rugged as the regular season. Additionally, Texas had the incentive to play their final home game on Senior Day. Sir’Jabari Rice scored 23 points for Texas. And a smothering defensive effort carried the Longhorns on Saturday. Hence, the win earned the Longhorns a second-place finish in the Big 12.
Texas entered the day in a three-way tie for second. However, the win and losses by Kansas State and Baylor left the Longhorns alone in the spot. A loss at TCU four days earlier denied Texas a chance to earn a share of the league title.
Interim coach Rodney Terry’s future with the program would probably always depend on the Longhorns’ postseason success. He might have eased that pressure had Texas won at least a share of the program’s first conference title in 15 years. But finishing second with an emphatic win over the league champ is better than many would have predicted. Especially when Texas fired coach Chris Beard in midseason.
Texas Conclusion
As mentioned earlier, Saturday was the senior-day sendoff for five Texas players. The Longhorns have one of the oldest lineups in college basketball. Marcus Carr is in his sixth season, and Timmy Allen, Christian Bishop, and Rice are fifth-year players. Dylan Disu completed his fourth season. In sum, they account for an average of 54 points and 19 rebounds per game. On the whole, it has been an inspiring season for the Texas Longhorns. Many gamblers wrote off Texas when coach Chris Beard was fired. Instead, Texas rallied to the cause of Rodney Terry. And the Longhorns are a team that nobody wants to face in March.