Many eyes in the college basketball world will be on Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Saturday as host TCU looks to handle the New Mexico Lobos in NCAAB action.

TCU will face the 22-5 Lobos, who own a 18-6 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Horned Frogs are 12-10 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Lobos are 11-12-1 favoring the OVER.



View New Mexico vs TCU Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
The Lobos are listed as 9.5-point favorites at many online sportsbooks.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Horned Frogs sit at No. 266 in the current college hoops power poll here at Odds Shark, while the Lobos sit at No. 10 on the same chart. The computers running our scores simulations have concluded that the Lobos will win this game 83-69.



How They Match Up:
Rating these schools in several key categories is important for handicappers and TCU has the nation's No. 96-rated offensive output, at 71.3 PPG. The visiting Lobos defense ranks No. 9 allowing on average 57.7 PPG. The Horned Frogs FG% has averaged 43.6% so far, less than the Lobos marksmen have achieved on the year, 46.1% per game.

Defensively, New Mexico features the nation's No. 26-rated defense on the road, allowing 62.4 points per game. TCU, meanwhile, comes in at No. 112 nationally in scoring at home.

New Mexico lost its last outing, a 71-63 result against Colorado State on February 21. They failed to cover in that game as a 5.5-point favorite. The Lobos endured a 71-63 loss at the hands of the Rams on Tuesday, despite a 16-point effort from Kendall Williams at Moby Arena.

In their last action, TCU was a 65-62 Sportsbook on the road against Air Force. They covered the 2-point spread as underdogs. TCU earned a 65-62 victory over Air Force on Wednesday, getting 16 points from J.R. Cadot at Clune Arena.


New Mexico Lobos Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 8-2
Before playing Air Force are 8-2
After playing Colorado State are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

TCU Horned Frogs Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
Before playing Wyoming are 3-7
After playing Air Force are 3-7
After a win are 4-6

A few Lobos at Horned Frogs trends to consider:
New Mexico is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Mexico's last 7 games when playing on the road against TCU
TCU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of TCU's last 14 games when playing New Mexico
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of TCU's last 7 games when playing at home against New Mexico
The total has gone OVER in 4 of TCU's last 6 games


Next up:
New Mexico home to Air Force, Wednesday, February 29
TCU at Wyoming, Tuesday, February 28