North Texas Mean Green vs UTSA Roadrunners Prediction, 2/7/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: North Texas Mean Green vs UTSA Roadrunners

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2026

Location: UTSA Convocation Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: ESPN+

UTSA Convocation Center is the location where the UTSA Roadrunners (4-18) will play the North Texas Mean Green (12-11) on Saturday.

The North Texas Mean Green faced Rice and took a loss by a final of 86-83 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Mean Green finished with 21 while Rice totaled 21 fouls. They also made 10 out of their 32 tries from beyond the arc. Rice shot 69.2% at the free throw line by making 18 of 26 attempts. Furthermore, Rice collected 52 boards (23 offensive, 29 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Rice earned 15 dimes and had 9 steals in this game. In the matter of the defense, North Texas allowed the other team to go 39.7% from the field on 29 out of 73 shooting. They also dished out 10 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 22 turnovers and having 17 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 36 with 14 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Mean Green buried 18 of their 27 shots for a rate of 66.7%. North Texas walked away from the contest with a 41.9% FG percentage (31 out of 74) and converted 3 out of their 18 three-point shots.

Cole Franklin is one player who was a contributor in this contest. He went 61.5% from the field and also distributed 3 dimes. He played 43 minutes played and also pulled down 6 rebounds. He ended up with 19 points on 8 out of 13 shooting.

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North Texas will take the court with a record of 12-11 so far this season. They average 70.2 points per outing (315th in college) while shooting 42.9% from the floor. The Mean Green are connecting on 30.7% on shots from distance (136 of 443) and 68.8% from the free throw line. As a unit, North Texas is collecting 34.1 boards per contest and has accumulated 291 assists so far this year, which is 271st in college hoops in terms of passing. They are turning it over 12.2 times per game and as a team they are committing 19.8 fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Mean Green are forcing 15.7 turnovers every game and they draw 17.6 fouls. They currently rank 22nd in college in allowing assists to the opposition with 244 surrendered so far this season. The Mean Green defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 41.7% (501 of 1,202) and they relinquish 35.3 boards per game as a unit. They are giving up 29.7% on 3-pointers and they are 26th in the country in points per game allowed (66.6).

When they last played, the UTSA Roadrunners took a defeat with a final score of 109-88 when they played South Florida. When discussing how they attacked the glass, UTSA permitted South Florida to collect 37 overall (17 offensive). They finished 35.5% from 3-point land by going 11 of 31 and ended up shooting 16 out of 23 from the free throw line (69.6%). The Roadrunners permitted South Florida to convert 41 of 74 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 55.4% for this game. When the game finished, the Roadrunners went 32 out of 57 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 56.1%. When discussing shooting from 3-point land, UTSA converted 12 of their 21 attempts (57.1%). They were able to bury 12 of those for a percentage of 66.7%. South Florida earned 17 personal fouls for this contest which got the Roadrunners to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They coughed up the ball 13 times, while recording 2 steals in this game. The Roadrunners pulled down 17 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 24 in this contest.

Brent Moss ended up being a factor for the Roadrunners for this contest. He recorded 32 points in his 38 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist in the matchup. He converted 10 of 16 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 62.5%, and accumulated 6 rebounds.

UTSA has a mark of 4-18 for the year. As an offensive unit, the Roadrunners are shooting 39.6% from the field, which ranks them 359th in D-1. UTSA has accounted for 1,521 points so far this year (69.1 per contest) and they grab 36.5 boards per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 10.9 times per contest (350th in the nation) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 12.6 times per game. The Roadrunners commit 17.5 personal fouls per contest and they go 68.9% from the charity stripe.

The Roadrunners defensively are ranked 327th in Division 1 in points per game surrendered with 80.4. They have forced 11.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.6% from the floor (225th in Division 1). The UTSA defense concedes 34.8% on 3-pointers (209 of 601) and their opponents are knocking down 69.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 15.8 assists and 41.2 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 322nd and 363rd in Division 1.

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take North Texas

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