Tennessee vs. Oklahoma Betting Preview - February 8

The line on the Tennessee vs. Oklahoma game has dropped from -6 to -7.5 favoring the traveling Volunteers.

The Sooners have gone 10-2 in home games. Oklahoma averages 79.7 points and has outscored opponents by 8.0 points per game.

The Volunteers are 6-4 against SEC opponents. Tennessee is 1-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Oklahoma makes 48.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.9 percentage points higher than Tennessee has allowed to its opponents (36.4%). Tennessee has shot at a 44.6% clip from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points greater than the 43.2% shooting opponents of Oklahoma have averaged.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

Top performers include Brycen Goodine is shooting 46.0% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Sooners, while averaging 8.2 points. Jalon Moore is shooting 58.2% and averaging 18.6 points over the last 10 games.

Zakai Zeigler is averaging 12.7 points, 7.5 assists and two steals for the Volunteers. Chaz Lanier is averaging 14.8 points over the last 10 games.

Before You Bet

• While there was a heavy number of bets on Tennessee, the actual money wagering had leveled off to near balanced action by around 10 am Saturday morning.
• Oklahoma is arguably the SEC’s worst two-way rebounding team. At the same time, Tennessee has generated key second-chance offense behind Igor Milicic Jr. and Felix Okpara’s offensive rebounding prowess (13 second-chance points per game, 90th percentile, per CBB Analytics). (Action Network)
• Oklahoma is a dangerous spread pick-and-roll offense behind the uber-talented Jeremiah Fears (questionable, undisclosed), and the Sooners could beat the Volunteers’ aggressive on-ball pressure by spreading them out and scoring over the top. (Action Network)
• A number of the sharp and recreational books have brought this number down to the -5.

Our Pick

Oklahoma +5