CBB Sides – College Basketball Predictions
double-dime bet 792 TCU -1.0 (-110) vs 791 Rice
Results: W, $200
Analysis: This is just a bad spot for Rice. A couple of road games over the New Year’s holiday and a humiliation by Texas, but most importantly they have to be looking to Saturday at home against Marshall. What I really dislike about Rice is their SOS, which is basically playing a bunch of really bad teams, and then getting beat soundly by anyone decent. I will chalk up their win over A & M as “one of those things” and just cannot see them winning this game on the road. They’re not a good shooting team and play a much slower pace than what TCU is going to want to do, and TCU has the experience edge, as well as a deeper bench, and they get to the line fairly regularly. TCU has Senior leadership with Hank Thorns at PG, while Rice has four Freshman playing significant minutes. No choice, especially given that it would be way too easy to take Rice! Oh, and TCU looks ahead to Texas Pan Am, so, away we go.
Pick Made: Jan 4 2012 7:02AM PST
