South Florida Bulls vs Rice Owls Prediction, 2/25/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: USF Bulls vs Rice Owls

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Location: Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, TX

TV: ESPN+

The Rice Owls (11-16) will try to beat the USF Bulls (19-8) at Tudor Fieldhouse on Wednesday.

The USF Bulls stepped onto the hardwood against Memphis and walked away with a win by a score of 87-66 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Bulls ended up walking away with 18 and Memphis finished the game with 23 personal fouls. They made 9 of their 24 tries from three-point range. Memphis shot 75.0% from the charity stripe by knocking down 15 of 20 attempts. Additionally, Memphis collected 33 rebounds (15 offensive, 18 defensive), but didn't notch a rejection. Memphis distributed 14 assists and had 3 steals for the matchup. Regarding the defense, South Florida let their opponent shoot 32.8% from the field on 21 out of 64 shooting. They also dished out 15 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 6 steals. With respect to pulling down boards, they collected a total of 45 with 18 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Bulls converted 30 of their 35 attempts for a rate of 85.7%. South Florida walked away from the game with a 36.4% FG percentage (24 of 66) and buried 9 of 30 shots from 3-point land.

Wes Enis is one guy who was a factor in the game. He finished the game shooting 33.3% from the field and totaled 1 assist. He played for 36 minutes and collected 5 boards. He accounted for 20 points on 4 of 12 shooting.

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South Florida will enter this contest with a win-loss record of 19-8 for the year. They are averaging 88.7 pts per contest (11th in the country) while shooting 44.1% from the field. The Bulls are connecting on 33.2% from downtown (262 of 788) and 73.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, South Florida is pulling in 43.0 rebounds per game and has accumulated 462 assists on the year, which is 47th in the nation in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 11.5 times per contest and as a unit they are committing 19.9 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Bulls are able to force 14.0 turnovers per game while drawing 20.3 fouls. They are currently ranked 146th in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 361 surrendered this season. The Bulls are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 41.8% (710 of 1,697) and they surrender 38.0 rebounds per game as a group. They relinquish 35.2% from 3-point land and they are 293rd in college in PPG allowed (78.0).

For their last game, the Rice Owls took a loss by a final score of 81-75 against Tulane. The Owls snagged 21 defensive boards and 5 offensive boards for a total of 26 in this contest. They also coughed up the ball 11 times, while earning 3 steals for the contest. Tulane had 17 personal fouls in the game which got the Owls to the charity stripe for 20 attempts. They were able to make 16 of the free throws for a percentage of 80.0%. With regard to shots from downtown, Rice knocked down 11 of 27 attempts (40.7%). When the game finished, the Owls ended up going 24 out of 56 from the floor which had them at 42.9%. The Owls permitted Tulane to convert 23 of their 48 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.9% for this game. They went 41.4% from 3-point land by shooting 12 of 29 and finished the contest at 23 of 31 at the free throw line (74.2%). When talking about rebounding, Rice permitted Tulane to snag 31 in all (6 on the offensive glass).

Nick Anderson was important for the Owls for the contest. He knocked down 9 out of 13 for the game for a rate of 69.2%, and had 7 rebounds. He tallied 29 points in his 31 mins on the court, but went home with no dimes.

Rice has a record of 11-16 on the campaign. The Owls have committed 18.8 personal fouls every game and they hit 69.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 12.4 times per contest (299th in D-1) and they are turning it over 12.1 times per contest. Rice has tallied 2,017 points for the season (74.7 per contest) and they pull in 37.8 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Owls are hitting on 42.2% from the field, which ranks 322nd in college.

The Owls on the defensive side of the court are 223rd in college in PPG given up with 75.1. They are forcing 11.6 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 44.3% from the floor (188th in the nation). The Rice defense surrenders 34.1% on 3-point attempts (194 of 569) and opponents are making 73.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 12.3 dimes and 36.6 boards per contest, which is ranked 97th and 309th in college.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take South Florida

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