Where To Bet On The Houston Cougars In March Madness

• There are online Texas sportsbooks that offer odds on Houston for March Madness.
• Houston has +850 March Madness odds.

HOUSTON – The Houston Cougars are set to cap off another dominant season and go into March Madness potentially as a top-3 seed. Knowing this, there will be plenty of betting action to take on them, especially when it comes to betting in Houston and around Texas.

Houston has opened and remained one of the strongest favorites to win March Madness on Texas sports betting sites. They went into the season at +1400 odds and now sit at +850 going into tournament season.

What has carried them this season has been their defense. Houston has the number one ranked defense in the country allowing opponents to score just 58 ppg on the year to this point.

Getting even further into their defense, nine occasions this season, they’ve tortured their opponents and held them to under 50 points.

They’ve used their defense to their advantage against the spread with a 16-14 record in that department. They also lead the Big 12 in average winning margin at a +16.5 average against opponents.

Looking back at their history in March Madness, they’ve made the tournament in six of their last seven seasons and their last two have come as a #1 seed. However, they had little success as the highest seeded team having lose in the Sweet 16 in their last two years as well.

In fact, while they’ve had success making the tournament, they’ve had little success in it. Five of those six appearances have not gone past the Sweet 16.

Where To Bet On Houston In Texas

Houston is filled with plenty of legal online sports betting options to choose from. And yes, for those asking, this is the case even if Texas doesn’t have their own state regulated sports betting market.

Houston sports betting sites have any odds that a bettor could want when it comes to betting on the Houston Cougars. They’ll have every gameline, player props, and game props for each of their games throughout March Madness.

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