Kansas Jayhawks versus Texas Longhorns Pick Prediction NCAA College Basketball Odds Preview 2-16-2013

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Published On: 2013-02-16

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The 11-13 Texas Longhorns will travel in Big 12 conference action when they face the 20-4 Kansas Jayhawks in an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Kansas is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The college basketball odds from this game has the home team Kansas Jayhawks favored by -13 ½ points with an over under line of 132 points. There has been a 2 ½ point move on Texas and a 1 point move on the over as the game opened Kansas favored by -16 points with a total of 131 points.

Texas and Kansas went head to head on January 19th with Kansas posting the 64-59 road win as a -8 point betting favorite. The total came in at under 127 points.

The Longhorns has a true road record this season of 0-7 straight up. The team is 3-8 versus the Big 12 conference. On the road in conference the Longhorns has no wins with losses at Baylor, Iowa St, Oklahoma, Kansas St and West Virginia. They break a two game losing streak with an 89-86 home win in overtime to the Iowa St Cyclones as a -1 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 136 points. The Longhorns shot 50.8% from the floor along with 7 of 25 from three. They allowed just 35% shooting to the Cyclones and nearly give away the game with 18 turnovers. Connor Lammert had 14 points and six rebounds on 6 of 8 shooting. Despite their offensive woes the Longhorns give up just 36.1% shooting good for second in college basketball in defensive field goal percentage. They are the top three point defense in the nation by allowing 26.1% from beyond the arc.

Kansas has a home record this season of 12-1. The club is 8-3 playing against conference opponents. Against the Big 12 the Jayhawks has a lone loss to Oklahoma St with wins against Iowa ST, Baylor, Oklahoma and on Monday earn an 83-62 win against the Kansas St Wildcats as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 130 ½ points. The Jayhawks storm out to the 47-29 lead after one period. They shoot 48.3% from the floor and made 8 of 21 three pointers. Kansas crushes the Wildcats on the glass by a 39-20 margin. The team allowed Kansas St 40% shooting. Jeff Withey had 17 points and 10 rebounds on 5 of 10 shooting in the win. Kansas is the top defensive field goal team in college basketball by allowing 36.1% shooting to their opponents. They hit on 46.9% from the floor ranking 30th in the nation.

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