Best Bets For #4 Purdue Vs. #1 Houston Sweet 16

• Sportsbooks are favoring Houston over Purdue with an 8-point spread.
• Houston has won 11 of their last 15 games by 8+ points.

INDIANAPOLIS – The #1 Houston Cougars are being put to the test in the Sweet 16 against the #4 Purdue Boilermakers where they are going in as slightly heavy favorites to move on to the Elite 8.

As the lines currently sit at legal sports betting, Houston has an 8-point spread in their favor and have done well against this number in their more recent games as well.

#4 Purdue Vs. # 1 Houston

• Moneyline: Purdue (+300) vs. Houston (-400)
• Spread: Houston -8
• Total: 132.5

Back Houston Points Vs. Purdue In Sweet 16

Simply put, Houston should have no issues with the points here against Purdue. The Cougars are currently riding a 15-game winning streak where they’ve covered a -8-point spread in 11 of those games.

Purdue, on the other hand, has struggled over their last 11 games going 5-6 outright and against the spread. Within those 11 games, they’ve failed to cover in two of three of them where they were underdogs on the spread at college basketball online sportsbooks.

The main selling point to ride Houston on the spread is their defense and their point differential on the season. Houston has the number one defense in all of college basketball this season allowing just 58.4 ppg to opponents. That also comes with the fourth highest point differential as well at +16.

Over their last 15 games, they’ve allowed just two opponents to go for 65+ points while scoring 72+ points in nine of them which strengthens their case on the points as well.

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