Rice vs. UTSA Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - March 8

In a matchup featuring one of the struggling squads in college basketball, the UTSA Roadrunners (5-24, 1-16 AAC) face the Rice Owls (12-18, 6-11 AAC) at Tudor Fieldhouse on March 8, 2026. The Roadrunners have lost four in a row and are 1-9 in their past 10 games. They enter this matchup as underdogs by 11.5 points. The matchup has an over/under of 150.5.

Their last time out, Rice lost 62-58 to North Texas on Wednesday. In Rice's loss, Jalen Smith led the way with a team-high 18 points (adding zero rebounds and zero assists). UTSA's last game on Sunday ended in an 84-67 loss to Wichita State. Baboucarr Njie recorded 21 points, seven rebounds and one assist for UTSA.

Rice vs. UTSA Odds and Game Time

• When: Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3 p.m. ET
• Where: Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas
• Spread favorite: Rice -11.5
• Moneyline favorite: Rice -699
• Moneyline underdog: UTSA +500
• Over/Under: 150.5 points

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• TV Channel: ESPN+
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Betting the Over/Under: Rice vs. UTSA

• Rice and its opponents have combined to outscore Sunday's total of 150.5 points 12 times this season.
• This season, 14 games UTSA has played finished with a combined score over 150.5 points.
• The over/under for the game of 150.5 is 7.4 points more than the combined points per game averages for the Owls (73.7 points per game) and the Roadrunners (69.4 points per game).
• This game's point total is 5.0 less than the 155.5 points these two teams combine to allow per game.
• Rice has seen a 148.4 average over/under in its games this season, 2.1 less than the over/under in this matchup.
• The over/under for this matchup is 0.3 points higher than the average over/under in UTSA's games this season of 150.2.

Betting the Spread: Rice vs. UTSA

• In Rice's 28 games this season, it has 16 wins against the spread.
• In UTSA's 27 games this year, it has nine wins against the spread.
• The Roadrunners have been underdogs by 11.5 points or more 13 times this season and are 5-8 ATS in those games.
• Rice is 5-8 overall, and 7-6 against the spread, at home.
• UTSA is 2-11 overall, and 3-10 against the spread, on the road.

Betting the Moneyline: Rice vs. UTSA

• This season, Rice has been moneyline favorites nine times and won four of those games.
• The Owls have not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -699.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Rice has a 87.5% chance to win.
• UTSA has won in three, or 12%, of the 25 contests it has been named as the moneyline underdog this year.
• This season, the Roadrunners have been victorious one time in 12 chances when named as an underdog of at least +500 or worse on the moneyline.
• UTSA has an implied victory probability of 16.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.