The No. 7 Pitt Panthers (10-1) travel to Oklahoma City to take on the No. 15 Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-1) in the All-College Classic tonight in the Ford Center with tip-off at 7 p.m. EST. The game will be televised by ESPN2.
The team that loses tonight’s game is guaranteed a two game losing streak since both lost their first game of the season in their last outing. Pitt lost at Wisconsin on Saturday and Oklahoma State lost to Tennessee in Nashville on Monday. Prior to the losses for Pit and OSU, the schools had gone undefeated since the start of the season, 10 straight for Pitt and 11 straight wins for the Cowboys.
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Oklahoma State has been given a slight edge by odds makers installing the Cowboys a minus 2-point favorite with a total of 142. After covering the first four games ATS this season, the Panthers have gone 0-4 ATS since playing at Auburn on the road on Dec. 3. Pitt has struggled on the road this season losing at Wisconsin SU 75-89 and failing to cover the +4 1/2 –points as a road underdog. On Dec. 9 the Panthers escaped with their lives pulling out a 70-67 win at Buffalo but coming up short ATS (-12 ½).
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The Cowboys have been solid ATS covering 6-of-7 this season. OSU found a way to cover for its backers in the SU loss to Tennessee going down by one and cashing as a +4-point road underdog.
The Cowboys have not established much of a trend for totals bettors covering three for the OVER and two for the UNDER and have pushed twice. The Panthers have shown a consistency to cash for the OVER going past the number line in 6-of-8 games, the UNDER only cashing once with one push.
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The public loves the OVER 142 with 86% of the money thinking the game will not hold 142 points while 60% like the Cowboys -2 in the side bet.
