Tulsa vs. North Texas Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Jan. 4

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (13-1, 1-0 AAC) visit the North Texas Mean Green (9-5, 0-1 AAC) at UNT Coliseum, tipping off at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 4, 2026. The Mean Green are 4.5-point underdogs in the game. The matchup's point total is set at 137.5.

Last time out, Tulsa won on Wednesday 97-48 against Rice. In the win, Jaylen Lawal paced Tulsa with 25 points. North Texas' most recent outing was a 57-48 loss to Memphis on Wednesday. North Texas got a team-leading 20 points from Je'Shawn Stevenson in the loss.

Tulsa vs. North Texas Odds and Game Time

• When: Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 4 p.m. ET
• Where: UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas
• Spread favorite: Tulsa -4.5
• Moneyline favorite: Tulsa -199
• Moneyline underdog: North Texas +164
• Over/Under: 137.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Tulsa vs. North Texas

• Tulsa and its opponents have combined to outscore Sunday's total (137.5 points) 10 times this season.
• This season, three of North Texas' games have finished with a combined score higher than 137.5 points.
• Together, the two teams combine for 159.7 points per game, 22.2 points more than the point total of 137.5 for this game.
• The 133.2 points per game these two teams allow to opponents on average this season are 4.3 fewer than the 137.5 total in this contest.
• Tulsa has seen a 160.0 average over/under in its games this season, 22.5 points more than the over/under in this contest.
• A difference of 4.6 points separates this contest's over/under (137.5 points) and the average over/under in North Texas' games (132.9) this season.

Betting the Spread: Tulsa vs. North Texas

• Tulsa has nine wins against the spread in 12 games this season.
• So far this season, the Golden Hurricane have been installed as favorites by a 4.5-point margin or more eight times and are 6-2 ATS in those contests.
• In North Texas' 12 games this season, it has seven wins against the spread.
• The Mean Green have covered the spread twice this year when underdogs by 4.5 points or more (in four chances).
• North Texas has covered the spread twice at home, and is 5-0 overall there, this season.
• North Texas has two wins ATS (2-3) as a 4.5-point underdog or greater at home.
• Tulsa is 2-1 overall, with just one win against the spread, away from home.
• Tulsa is winless ATS (0-1) as 4.5-point favorites or more on the road.

Betting the Moneyline: Tulsa vs. North Texas

• Tulsa has been the moneyline favorite in nine games this season and picked up the win in all of them.
• The Golden Hurricane have entered seven games this season favored by -199 or more, and won each of those games.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 66.6% chance of a victory for Tulsa.
• North Texas has won in two of the seven contests it has been named as the moneyline underdog this year.
• The Mean Green have yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +164 or worse on the moneyline this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that North Texas has a 37.9% chance of pulling out a win.