The Iowa State Cyclones face a tough task in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament as they face the Texas Longhorns at the Sprint Center.
The Longhorns are -500 moneyline, 9-point favorites and the over/under is 147 in March Madness Betting at betED.com.
Texas is a solid 7-2 straight up over the past nine meetings, but is just 2-6-1 against the point spread. Seven of the past eight have gone over the total.
Texas beat Iowa State 90-83 on Jan. 10, falling just shy of covering the total as a 7.5-point road favorite. The score went over the total of 154.
In Iowa State’s last game on Saturday, Scott Christopherson scored 18 points to pace a 85-82 overtime win over Kansas State. The Wildcats had been 15-point favorites and the score went over the total of 144.5.
Texas was taken down by Baylor 92-77 at Ferrell Center Saturday. Baylor covered as a 3-point home favorite while the final score played OVER the 145.5-point total.
Iowa State is 15-16 SU and 15-13 ATS and Texas is 23-8 SU and 11-16 ATS.
Iowa State is 6-3 ATS in its last nine games but just 2-8 SU in its last 10 games.
Texas is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games but 1-5 ATS in its last six games.
