BYU Cougars versus Kansas St Wildcats CBS TV NCAA Tournament College Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on March 19, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The BYU Cougars from the Mountain West conference will face the high-powered Kansas St Wildcats in a second round NCAA Tournament college basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans Louisiana is scheduled for 8:10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

The LVSC college basketball odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and it was the Big 12 conference Kansas St Wildcats opening up as 4 ½ point betting favorite with the over under coming in at 154.

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The NCAA Tournament bettors have come in with their early money on the side of the underdog BYU Cougars, as the Kansas St Wildcats are currently a 4-point betting favorite. Totals bettors will find the early movement towards the over, as the total is lined at 155 for the betting public to wager into.

Money line gamblers looking to back the favored Kansas St Wildcats will find –180 odds with the underdog BYU Cougars returning +160 odds to pull off the upset win without the point spread a factor in the wager.

These teams last faced off in November of 2004.

BYU survived an opening round game against the Florida Gators with a 99-92 double overtime victory as a 5-point favorite. The Cougars had a good shooting game converting on 49% of their shots and 43% from beyond the arc. They shot their average from the free throw line hitting a good 78% from the charity stripe. Defensively the Cougars held the Gators to just 43% shooting. An area of concern for the Cougars is their play in the middle. The Cougars big men played soft against Florida as the Gators out rebounded BYU by a 38-29 margin and contributed to the team being carried into overtime by the underdog Gators. BYU leading scorer Jimmer Fredette led the Cougars with 37 points on 13 of 26 from the field. But it was sophomore Michael Loyd Jr. off the bench with 26 points that sparked the Cougars from deficits during the game. The Cougars average 83.4 points a game and are the second highest scoring team in college basketball. They lead all schools in free throw percentage as the Cougars hit on 78.6% from the charity stripe.

Kansas St opened up play in the NCAA Tournament with a comfortable 82-62 win against the North Texas Mean Green from the Sun Belt conference as 15-½ point betting favorites. The Wildcats jumped out early to a 41-25 halftime lead and never looked back. The team was hot from the field in victory hitting on 50% of their shots and 38% from three. Defensively Kansas St was good limiting the Mean Green to just 30% shooting from the field. Four Wildcats were in double figures and guard Denis Clemente who poured in 17 shots and six assists led them to the easy win.

Trend: BYU is 5-2 to the over in their past 7 games

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