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Tennessee vs. Houston: Tip time, TV info, betting odds for Elite Eight game
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Tennessee (30-7) will face Houston (33-4) in a battle between the Midwest Region’s top 2 seeds at the Elite Eight on Sunday. That game will tip off at 2:20 p.m. ET on CBS.
Rick Barnes’s group will be seeking the first-ever Final Four appearance in Tennessee basketball history. Standing in the way will be Houston, a team that made the Final Four back in 2021 and has been a mainstay in the later rounds of the NCAA Tournament for years under Kelvin Sampson.
At bet365, Houston opened as a 3.5-point favorite over Tennessee. The point total opened at 121.5 but has moved up to 124 at the time of publication. A money line bet on Tennessee to win carries +145 odds.
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The Vols smacked Kentucky on Friday night, 78-65, to stay alive in the NCAA Tournament. Point guard Zakai Zeigler was outstanding throughout the performance, posting 18 points and 10 assists with just 2 turnovers in 35 minutes. After losing both regular-season games against Kentucky, Tennessee held the Wildcats to a season-low-tying 65 points.
Tennessee is giving up just 61.7 points per game so far in the NCAA Tournament.
Houston has been just as stingy. The Cougars beat Purdue, 62-60, on a game-winning layup from Milos Uzan with 1 second to play. Houston’s opponents have averaged just 58.7 points per game so far in the tournament.
Neither team has been particularly strong against the spread this season — Tennessee is 19-17-1 ATS while Houston is 19-16-2 — but betting the under has been a safe bet all throughout the year. The point total has gone under the projected number in 21 games for each team. Three of Tennessee’s last 4 games have gone under while 7 of Houston’s last 10 have been under the projected total.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
