Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas Odds & Picks: Who's the C-USA Top Dog?

Jan 29, 2022

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Multiple Sportsbooks have officially launched in Louisiana and are now taking online wagers. With the NFL season winding down, and the Pelicans being a disappointment, it's looking like college hoops season has arrived. So let’s check out a game between two of Conference USA's (C-USA) best teams, North Texas and Louisiana Tech.

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Current Trends (Last 10 Games)

	Record	Pts	PA
North Texas	9-1	66.6	56.8
Louisiana Tech	8-2	76.4	63.1

North Texas (14-4) and Louisiana Tech (16-4) are piling up wins this season but in contrasting style. North Texas has the nation's second-best scoring defense allowing just 56.2 points per game and has held every opponent to at least seven points below their season average. Conversely, Louisiana Tech is lighting teams up, scoring 78.8 points per and has posted 74+ points in 16 of their 20 games so far. They’re both 7-1 in conference play sharing a loss against the University of Alabama at Birmingham and are tied with the Blazers atop the C-USA standings. Will North Texas defense keep their mean streak alive and win on the road, or will Louisiana Tech scorch the nets and stay atop the standings? Let’s see how these teams matchup up and where the money should be flowing.

Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas Betting Odds

	North Texas	Louisiana Tech
Spread	+2.5	-2.5
Moneyline	+120	-140
Over/Under	127 (-110)

*Lines accurate at time of publication.

Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas Best Bet

Louisiana Tech -2.5 (-110) vs North Texas

North Texas is hot right now riding a six-game win streak with the last three coming in a dominant fashion keeping their opponents to 56 points or less. Their elite defense has led them to an undefeated road record of 4-0 and 3-0 in conference play while holding each team to 65 points or less. That has carried their otherwise underwhelming and inconsistent offense (topped 70 points just four times all year).

This is a very dangerous blueprint against the Bulldogs, who are scoring 76 per game in conference and have a decent defense themselves, which is giving up an average of only 63.6 points against C-USA opponents. Three of Louisiana Tech’s four losses came against teams who scored at least 83 points against them, which spells bad news for North Texas, as all four of their losses came in games where they allowed at least 69 points to the opposition.

North Texas is an impressive 4-0 ATS as underdogs winning three of those games outright this year while Louisiana Tech has covered in three of their five conference home games. Ultimately, the Mean Green need this game to go as planned and even then, would still need to somehow score over their average to stay atop the standings. The Bulldogs have won 14 of their 16 games by three or more points and scored 70+ in 15 of them. With North Texas losing all four games when allowing at least 69 points, I’m grabbing Louisiana Tech -2.5.

Risk: 2.2 units on Draftkings to win 2 units.