Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/20/25

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Texas Tech Red Raiders will travel to Nassau, Bahamas for a non-conference showdown. This matchup is a part of the Baha Mar Championship tournament that includes these two teams as well as Purdue and Memphis. Purdue and Memphis will tip off the tournament at 6:00pm EST before these two teams battle it out at 8:30pm EST. The spread is current set at Texas Tech -8.5, but my best bet of the game is the under.

The total is currently 159 points, and I believe that is too high. The total is too high for my liking because I think Texas Tech will try to slow this game down. According to KenPom, their adjusted tempo is ranked just #306 nationally and they were unable to score more than 80 points in their last two games. In their only other game against a power conference opponent this season, Texas Tech shot just 27 percentage from three and shot just four free throws all game.

Texas Tech could struggle from beyond the arc again his one as Wake Forest’s defense has been great at guarding the three-point line. Wake Forest’s defense is ranked #12 nationally in three-point percentage, so I do not expect the Red Raiders to have much success from deep. Wake Forest is not a great three-point shooting team either, ranked just #183 in three-point percentage and #189 in effective field goal percentage. The Demon Deacons shot just 35 percentage from the field and 29 percentage from deep in their non-conference game against Michigan and could struggle shooting the ball again here. The under is the play here at 159.

*Under 159 available at time of publishing. Playable at 158*