00:00Six o'clock Eastern, number five Houston, number two Arizona. Arizona coming in at 31-2 and has a narrow
00:08two-and-a-half point favorite in this one. Low total in the Big 12 tourney final, 137-and-a
00:14-half. Houston put on a nice show yesterday against Kansas, as we were talking about before. What are your expectations
00:20here for this one?
00:22My best bet is coming from this game, so I'll kind of save that for it. Actually, I'll bring it
00:27up right now. It's under 138-and-a-half. You put it in a preview, I'll talk about it. Listen,
00:33Arizona is a team that is very comfortable being a chameleon, right, Adam?
00:39Like, if you want to play fast, play fast. You want to play slow, play slow. Tommy Lloyd's team is
00:43able to do both. But this is Houston, and there is no team, in my opinion, that does a better
00:50job of literally turning a game on its head than them and their defensive effort.
00:56And yes, I am ultimately ticked off of what I saw out of yesterday, out of Kansas. But holding a
01:06team to 47 points or 45 points is holding a team to 45 points. So when you look at this
01:12matchup, to me, you know, the lower saw, who had 26 points, that is not happening versus Houston. It just
01:19doesn't.
01:20They guard your yard. They protect the ball. And they have a closer in Kingston-Flemings, I think, can get
01:26the job done. This is going to be an interesting case here. Because if Houston wins, and wins convincingly, could
01:34they find themselves jumping UConn, maybe being the top two seed? So that's something that's of note. So they're playing
01:42for something. I like Houston plus the points, even on the money line. I think they find a way to
01:46steal it. I think their defense will travel.
01:49Key guy to watch out for, like I always say all year, Joseph Tugler, defending our preseason, big 12 defensive
01:58player of the year, is so important to them. Because with him and Chris Senac, he gets into a lot
02:04of foul trouble. If he stays out of foul trouble, he's a huge difference maker. I think he stays out
02:10of foul trouble. Under 138 and a half, Houston cover and win outright.
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