#716 ASA FREE PLAY ON Providence +3 over Texas Tech, Wednesday at 8:30 PM ET - Texas Tech is overvalued right now. They are 6-0 but have played one of the weakest schedules in the country. 3 of the teams they’ve faced are ranked below 300 and the best team they have played is Prairie View A&M who is ranked 239th in the nation and currently has a record of 0-8 vs tough competition. On top of that they haven’t even left the state of Texas yet this season. They’ve played 5 home games and a neutral site game vs Incarnate Word in South Padre Texas. They have not done enough to date to be favored by more than a possession on the road vs a solid Providence team. The Friars have already played 3 teams ranked inside the top 70 and won 2 of those game vs Wisconsin & Northwestern. Their only loss thus far was @ Virginia. Providence is a veteran team with all upperclassmen in the starting line up and their numbers have been solid vs a very good schedule. They get to the FT line a lot (23% of their points come from the line – 24th most nationally) and they make almost 74% from the stripe. Tech has fouled a lot this season but they’ve gotten a bit lucky as their opponents are hitting only 59% from the line on the season vs the Red Raiders. That won’t happen here. We can’t even use Tech’s numbers to handicap this game because of the terrible schedule they’ve played everything is over inflated. Over the last 2 seasons Tech is 8-11 SU on the road and half of their wins (4) have come by 5 points or less. Providence has won 26 of their last 32 home games.