Tulane vs. Rice
Free Pick: Under 127.0 (-110 odds)
Wed February 3rd 2010 8:00p
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The Tulane Green Wave and Rice Owls have both been offensively challenged this season, and we look for both teams to continue to throw up bricks tonight.

Tulane is averaging just 62.9 points per game on 39.3 percent shooting overall, and they are coming off of a dismal 40-point effort at home vs. Southern Miss where they made a ridiculously low 11 field goals the entire game! They now go on the road where their shooting percentage dips to 38.5 percent this season, and to a site in Rice where these teams combined for just 120 points when they last met here last season.

Rice has only been slightly better this year, averaging 64.5 points on just 40.1 percent shooting. Sure, their year-to-date home numbers look a lot better, but a lot of that came vs. non-lined opponents such as North Carolina AT&T during the non-conference portion of their schedule. They have played four home games inside Conference USA, and the Owls are 1-3 in those games while failing to reach 50 points in any of the losses!

The Pomeroy Ratings also support an Under here, as Tulane is averaging just .947 points per possession, ranking 261 out of 347 Division I schools, and they rank a dreadful 311 in effective field goal percentage at 44.6 percent, a statistic no doubt hindered by their hideous 42.9 percent success rate on two-point shots. Meanwhile, Rice ranks 253 with an offensive PPP of .952, and they are right above Tulane in effective field goal percentage, ranking 310 at 44.7 percent.

We see no reason for either one of these clubs to suddenly rediscover an offense this evening.

CBB Free Pick: Tulane, Rice Under 127 (-110)

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