We're a 5.5 underdog in Vegas, but they put the over/under at 123.5, which means they think Texas Tech will beat us despite their problems in lower-scoring games.

Also, for those having trouble imagining what their players are like, here's a highlight clip of their win over Auburn:

http://www.texastech.com/collegesportsl ... dia=477991

You can see that Odiase is a handful at 270 pounds. The winning bucket was scored by their leading scorer, Devantaugh Williams.

I'm not surprised there isn't a lot of interest from their part. Texas isn't exactly basketball country. Now football on the other hand...

Funny. This is our third game against a Texas team so far this year, with the possibility of a fourth tomorrow. In scouting all these teams for the previews, I get the feeling like their rosters are a football coach's idea of what a basketball team should look like. There are a lot of big guys on these teams who don't really have a fundamental understanding of how to use their size in a basketball context. Texas Tech is probably the best of the lot in terms of avoiding that, but their big guys are mostly very young and inexperienced. All but one of Tech's eight players over 6'4" is a freshman, sophomore or a juco transfer. Maybe that's why they have real problems with athletic guards and wing forwards who are too big for their guards to defend and too quick/athletic for their big guys to keep up with. A team like VCU, or to a lesser extent UNI and Illinois State, would carve these guys up.

I'm here. Will try to check in here or on Twitter as service inside the arena allows.

I heard Streak might be coming, but I haven't seen anyone yet.

Go Ramblers!

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Update 1: I'm taking the over. Ramblers win 71-64.

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You mean you're going to sit through Southern Utah vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Abilene Christian vs. South Carolina State before our game? That's dedication. Hopefully, SUU and Abilene Christian will pick up some Ws to make our wins over them a little more attractive. Both UAPB and South Carolina State beat our potential next opponent, Houston.

By here, I meant Vegas. Heading over to the Orleans in a couple hours.

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OH OH !! CBSSPORTS now has us as 7 point dogs !! Must be that Milton is not ready !! Well, we will have to work that much harder. Turk and KiKi and the rest of our three point bombers will have to load up and fire away !!! If they hit--we wi9n !! I still like my score of 71-65 !! Huntee says 72-65 !!

GO RAMBLERS !!

I'm thinking ahunte has some inside information.

Care to place a bet for me?

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bet the middle third on the roulette table