Tennessee and Texas, two ranked teams, do battle in Austin Saturday night as part of the Big 12 vs. SEC Challenge. This is Rick Barnes’ return to Austin, where he coached for 17 seasons. I anticipate this being a higher-scoring affair than expected.

The Volunteers have won their last three games, but still in my mind is the memory of them giving up 107 points to Kentucky not that long ago. I suppose you could try and call that an aberration, but the fact is three of the last four times the Vols have gone on the road, they’ve allowed 70 or more points.

They also just gave up 71 to Florida Wednesday night.

Texas tends not to give up many points, but they also rarely face a team that is as good offensively as Tennessee is. Consider that, against Florida, the Vols put up 78 points and that was despite having a five minute stretch where they didn’t even attempt a single shot!

The Longhorns were very dominant in their last game, rolling TCU in what was a 23-point win. I just think that both teams are capable of scoring 65 points tonight. That would mean the Over hits.