College Basketball Betting: Houston vs. UTEP Predictions: January 14th 2009

Houston vs. UTEP  January 14th, 2009 9:05PM Visit  Touthouse.com  for more  college basketball betting  predictions Under Tom Penders, the Houston Cougars are all about running and gunning, pushing the pace and scoring at will against poor defensive foes. But the Cougars have a very, very sharp home/road dichotomy when it comes to shooting the basketball, not atypical for a team that lost four of their five starters from last year’s 24-win team, relying heavily on youth here in 2009. The numbers don’t lie. Houston has played three previous road games, against Middle Tennessee, Toledo, and Mississippi State. They struggled offensively in all three ballgames, scoring 10 points per game less than their season average while shooting a woeful 37 percent from the floor in those contests. That’s very bad news against a UTEP squad that has been stellar on the defensive end of the court, both from inside and outside the arc.  ... (link)