Big XII Basketball Play of the Day: Big XII Championship Game

Two big time programs meeting today in the Big XII Championship game.

Kansas and Texas.

The top-seeded Jayhawks will try for their fifth tournament title in six years - and eighth in the league's 14-year history.  The game is also being played in the Jayhawk's backyard, otherwise known as Kansas City.

Texas should put up a good fight, but only for a half.  Kansas wants to lock up that number one seed.  KU is favored by 4 and I see them covering that. 

Take Kansas, but look for some points to be scored this afternoon in Kansas City.

Big XII Basketball Play of the Day for 2/19/11: Texas

The Texas Longhorns put their undefeated Big XII record on the line today as they travel to Lincoln and take on Nebraska.

A very touch Texas team is favored by 6.5 on the road in a dangerous place.   Nebraska has been known to sneak up on highly ranked teams at home before.

Last year Texas blew out the Cornhuskers by 40.  This year again, all the trends seem to be pointing to Texas.  The Longhorns are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 road games, that's strong.  They also are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a road favorite, that is an even stronger trend.

Looks like Texas should be a safe play today, and I see them pulling away in the second half. 

Take Texas and give the 6.5.  This game tips off at 1:30 pm Eastern.

1/29/11 Big XII Basketball Play of the Day

The Texas Longhorns

Many a college basketball expert missed the boat that week when a determined Texas Longhorn basketball team went into Allen Fieldhouse and took down the undefeated Jayhawks.

I'm not going to sleep on Texas this week.  They play a ranked Missouri team at home, but to say a few trends are going Texas' way is an understatement.

Look at this :

Longhorns are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a favorite.

Longhorns are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a S.U. win.

Longhorns are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a ATS win.

Longhorns are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games overall.

Longhorns are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 vs. Big 12.

Longhorns are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600

Let's just take Texas and give the 7 to Missouri.  And while we are at it, the total is sitting at 145.5.  Let's get crazy and take the OVER.

This game can be found on ESPNU tonight at 8 eastern time.

10/23/10 College Football Play of the Week

The Texas Longhorns

As an Iowa State grad, I hate to make this pick, but it makes sense.  Texas has been a bit erratic this season, but this is a game they can dominate.  Iowa State is is a funk, they were blown out by Utah two weeks ago and were drilled by Oklahoma 52-0 last week.

Texas is giving the Cyclones 21, and it is not enough.  Take the Longhorns in this one.

A bonus pick has to be LSU.

They are getting 5.5 at Auburn.  With LSU anything can and usually will happen.  They might be able to beat Auburn outright. If nothing else, if you put some $ on LSU it will be fun to watch. 

Update on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 6:39PM by Rick C.Limpert

Glad I was wrong.  Iowa State wins 28-21.  Great win!