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Tulane's is a bad team, they have had the Easiest schedule in all of D1 basketball 12-6 . This team started off 12-3 last year and then lost 14 of their last 15. They're on track to do the same exact thing, and have lost the last 4 consecutive games and are 0-4 in conference.
To make matters worse, Kendall Timmons is out for the season after tearing his achilles. He led the team in points (13.6) and is 2nd in rebounds (5.2). He shot 47.4% on 3-pointers. Tulane's gonna miss him.
Utep though is bad on the road, sporting an 0-5 record....but those 5 losses come to #79 New Mexico State, #98 Oregon, #19 UNLV, #71 Marshall, and #119 Tulsa. So many good teams. And not one of them was a blow-out.
Best team Tulane has beaten is #145 Georgia Tech. UTEP is #129 right now.
Kenpom #s obviously take into account so many variables, and it's silly logic to expect teams to win based on their "Kenpom ranking". But we are just putting things into perspective: Tulane's whooped a bunch of bad teams, has not beaten one decent team, while UTEP has played a much harder schedule and shown they have the ability to keep it close with the top teams in the country. we don't believe an injured Tulane can beat UTEP, even at home.
NCAA Basketball Free Pick - Utep +2
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