Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Kansas Jayhawks will hit the highway in Big 12 conference play when they tackle the Oklahoma St Cowboys in a college basketball game on Saturday afternoon. Tip off time at Oklahoma St is set for 4PM Eastern Time with national television coverage by CBS.
The LVSC college basketball odds makers opened the line with the road team Kansas Jayhawks opening up as a 5 point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 144.
The money has come in early from the bettors on the side of the road favorite, as the Kansas Jayhawks are currently a 6-point favorite. The total has seen early movement on the side of the over, as the total is lined at 145 for the bettors to play into.
Kansas Jayhawks money line supporters can lay –240 odds with the home underdog Oklahoma St Cowboys returning +200 to pull off the upset win without the need for getting the points on their side.
It will be the first meeting this regular season between these Big 12 conference teams. In their game last year it was the Kansas Jayhawks with the 78-67 home victory as a 10-½ point betting favorite. The Jayhawks held the Cowboys to just 35% shooting in their victory. Kansas also dominated the boards with a 46-33 edge over Oklahoma St.
Kansas sits at 27-1 on the season and is looking to keep their #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament in tact with 3 Big 12 conference games and the Big 12 tournament remaining. Their lone loss on the season came in a true road 76-68 defeat by the Tennessee Volunteers on January 10th. Since that defeat the Jayhawks have strung 13 straight victories. The team is coming off an 81-68 home victory over the Oklahoma Sooners on Monday night. They hit on over 51% of their shots in victory while limiting the Sooners to just 41% shooting. Freshman guard Xavier Henry is coming off a 23-point effort on 9 of 13 shooting in the teams win against Oklahoma.
Oklahoma St sits at 19-8 on the season with a Big 12 conference record of 7-6. The club is 13-1 straight up on their home court. Oklahoma St is no lock for an at large bid so they must continue to win as they play their final three Big 12 conference games. The team is coming off a 69-59 road loss at Texas as a 9 point underdog on Wednesday night. The Cowboys did not shoot the ball very well in defeat hitting on just 40% from the field. Leading scorer James Anderson was held to just 14 points on 5 of 13 shooting in the loss at Texas. He has been hot during his past three home games with 31 against Baylor, 31 against Oklahoma and 28 against Texas.
Trend: Kansas Jayhawks are 1-6 ATS in their past 7 games
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