The 3rd ranked Kansas Jayhawks host the 13th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers in a Big 12 game that will take place at the Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas at 9 PM ET. The betting line for this Big 12 match opened with thwe Jayhawks as a -3 point favorite, but the line has been bet up currently sitting at -5. The total for this game is listed on the odds board at 158.5.
West Virginia is coming off an 85-66 win over Kansas State in their last game where they covered the spread as an 8.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 151, which was over the closing line of 143.5. The Mountaineers have covered the spread in three of their last four games, including their last two, and previous to the Kansas State game the total had gone under in two straight games. West Virginia has won their last two games and five of their last six.
Kansas is coming off an 80-79 win over Texas Tech in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 4.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 159, which was over the closing line of 143. The Jayhawks have failed to cover the spread in three of their last four games and in two of their last three games the total has gone over. Kansas has won two games in a row and four of their last five.
Offensively, West Virginia is putting up 86 points per game, which ranks 10th in the nation, on a 47.5% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Mountaineers are allowing 65.8 points per game on a 42.3% FG average.
Kansas is putting up 83.5 points per game, which ranks 18th in the nation, on a 49.5% FG average, which ranks 8th in the nation. On defense the Jayhawks are allowing 72.1 points per game on a 41.8% FG average.
These teams met on January 24th at West Virginia where the Mountaineers beat the Jayhawks 85-69.
West Virginia Mountaineers at Kansas Jayhawks Betting Trends
- West Virginia is 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 games.
- The Mountaineers are 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 road games against Kansas.
- The game total has gone under in 4 of West Virginia’s last games against Kansas.
- Kansas is 1-5-1 against the spread in their last 7 games.
- The Jayhawks are 14-1 straight up in their last 15 games at home.
Public Money Consensus
In this NCAAB matchup between West Virginia and Kansas have the public leaning to the home Jayhawks minus the 4.5 points with 65%. The over/under bettors believe this game is going to go over the posted total line of 158.5 with over 55%.
