In the Big 12 – the Kansas State Wildcats are on the road at the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday. The Kansas State Wildcats are 17-12 on the season, and 10th in the Big 12 standings. The Wildcats are 3-7 in their last 10 games. Kansas State took a road loss at Cincinnati on Saturday.
For Kansas, they are looking to get back on track. The Jayhawks have dropped back to back games, and fallen to fifth in the Big 12 standings. The Jayhawks lost to Brigham Young and Baylor last week. The Jayhawks are also looking for revenge from a loss to the Wildcats back on February 5th. Kansas is 21-8 on the season.
The Jayhawks are big favorites here. Kansas is listed at -10.5.
Wildcats Tournament Hopes Looking Slim
Kansas State had won back to back games and was looking to stay hot, but could not find a road win at Cincinnati. The loss sent them to 17-12, and has put their tournament chances in serious doubt. The two wins for Kansas State came at home to Brigham Young and West Virginia.
The Wildcats in those wins scored 89 points per game. In the loss, they scored just 72. The Wildcats as a team are scoring 72.6 per game. Tylor Perry leads a trio of Wildcats scoring double digits per game. Perry is at 16 per game, while Cam Carter and Arthur Kaluma are at 15.1 and 14.6 respectively.
Kansas State will wrap up the regular season with another tough test on Saturday. The Wildcats are hosting Iowa State, before the Big 12 Tournament begins.
Jayhawks Looking to Snap Streak
The Kansas Jayhawks are 21-8, and many have called it the worst season for Bill Self in Lawrence. That is quite interesting, as they will easily be a NCAA Tournament team. In fact if the tournament started today, Kansas would likely be a 3 or 4 seed. The Jayhawks have dropped back to back games, and are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
Hunter Dickinson, in his first season since transferring from Michigan is second on the team with 18.3 points per game. He is also adding 10.7 rebounds per game as well. Kevin McCullar leads the Jayhawks in scoring, with 19.1, but has been banged up with a knee injury. K.J. Adams is third on the team with 12.1 per game.
Kansas will finish the regular season on the road at the top team in the country. The Jayhawks are at Houston on Saturday.
Jayhawks Beat Wildcats
Kansas is going to get back on track. It is one of the worst seasons for Bill Self as the head coach of the Jayhawks. Kansas may not garner a top four seed in the NCAA Tournament. But, they still have some talented and dangerous players in their lineup. The depth is not quite there, but their starting five is really good.
Kansas is going to win this game at home in their final game at Phog Allen. When we go to bet on this game, we are going to take the Kansas Jayhawks -10.5 over the Kansas State Wildcats.
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