{"id":21146,"date":"2012-01-18T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21146"},"modified":"2012-01-18T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:10:41","slug":"big-12-betting-preview-texas-longhorns-at-kansas-st-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-12-betting-preview-texas-longhorns-at-kansas-st-wildcats-21146\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 Betting Preview: Texas Longhorns at Kansas St Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Longhorns at Kansas St Wildcats
\nFred Bramlage Coliseum – Manhattan, Kansas
\nWednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN2
\nOpening Line: Kansas St -5 1\/2
\nCurrent\u00a0 Line: Kansas St -5 1\/2
\nOpening Total: 137
\nCurrent Total: 136
\nOpening Money Line: Kansas St -240 \/ Texas +200
\nCurrent Money Line: Kansas St -230 \/ Texas +190<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas St Wildcats are 1-3 in the Big 12 and desperate for a win as they host the Texas Longhorns Wednesday night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 12-5 Texas Longhorns are 2-2 early in the Big 12 schedule. They travel to the 12-4 Kansas St Wildcats who have gotten off to a slow 1-3 start in conference play. Both teams are behind pacesetters Kansas, Missouri, and Baylor so far. Kansas St leads the series 12-9 against Texas including 6-3 in Manhattan. The Wildcats won last year in Austin 75-70 in the only meeting between the schools.<\/p>\n

Texas is coached by Rick Barnes. The Longhorns have wins over Boston Univ., Rhode Island, Sam Houston St, North Texas, UCLA, Temple, Rice, Oklahoma St, and Texas A&M. The Longhorns have losses to Oregon St and NC State in a tournament in New Jersey, and at North Carolina, Iowa St, and Missouri 84-73 last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kansas St is coached by Frank Martin. The Wildcats have wins over George Washington, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Southern Illinois, UTEP, and Long Beach St. The latter 3 games were in a tournament in Hawaii. K-State also has a conference win over Missouri. The Wildcats have losses to West Virginia, Kansas, Baylor, and at Oklahoma 82-73 last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Texas is outscoring opponents 76-64 this season. The Longhorns are shooting 45% from the field, and 33.8% from 3 point range. Texas makes 71.5% of their free throws. The Longhorns average 37.9 rebounds a game and have a rebounding margin of +4.3. Texas averages 13.3 assists, 13.1 turnovers, 4.1 blocks, and 7.2 steals a game. Texas opponents are shooting 38.7% from the field and 34.4% from 3 point range. The Longhorns force 14.6 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Texas guard J’Covan Brown averages 19.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.3 steals a game to tie for the team lead. Brown makes 39.4% from 3 point range. Sheldon McClellan averages 11.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals a game. Myck Kabongo averages 9.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists to lead the team, and 1.3 steals a game. Jonathan Holmes averages 8.8 points, and 5.5 rebounds a game. Julien Lewis averages 8.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.2 steals a game. Clint Chapman averages 5.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks a game to lead the Longhorns in both categories.<\/p>\n

Kansas St is outscoring opponents 75-64 this season. The Wildcats are shooting 44.6% from the field including 33.9% on 3 point shots. KSU makes 65.8% of their free throws. The Wildcats average 39.9 rebounds a game and have a rebounding margin of +6.1. K-State averages 15.3 assists and 15.1 turnovers, 6.1 steals and 5.1 blocks a game. Kansas St opponents are shooting 39.1% from the field, including 29.5% on three pointers. The Wildcats force 16.6 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

KSU\u00a0 Guard Rodney McGruder averages 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists a game and 1.3 steals a game. he leads the team in scoring and steals.\u00a0Will Spradling averages 11.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists a game to tie for the team lead, along with 1 steals a game.\u00a0He makes 40.9% of his three pointers. Forward Jamar Samuels averages 10.9 points, and 6.7 rebounds a game to lead the team,\u00a0 and 1.3 assists a game. \u00a0 Thomas Gipson averages 8.8 points, 6 rebounds a game to lead the team, and 1.2 assists a game.\u00a0 Jordan Henriquez averages 7.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks a game to lead the team.\u00a0 Forward James Watson is out indefinitely due to being ineligible.<\/p>\n

Kansas St is 6-6 against the spread and the total is 7-5 this season. Texas is 3-9 ATS and the total is 5-7 this season. Kansas St is 9-1-1 ATS against Texas recently, including 4-1-1 in Manhattan. The Longhorns are 5-1 ATS as a favorite of 6.5 points or less, including 4-1 on the road, 2-7 after failing to cover, 1-5 on the road, 0-4 against teams with winning records, and overall, 0-5 against Big 12 teams, and 0-5 in road games against teams with winning home records. The Wildcats are 5-1 ATS after a straight up loss, 17-8-2 as a favorite of 6.5 points or less, including 11-4-1 at home, 2-5 at home against teams with losing road records, 2-6 in Wednesday games, 1-4 as a home favorite, and 1-5 in Big 12 games.<\/p>\n

Kansas St is much better than their 1-3 conference mark would indicate. They have tough losses to Kansas and Baylor, who are both in the top 10 in the country, plus a win over #5 Missouri. The only inexcusable loss was at Oklahoma. However, it was costly, as it put the Wildcats in a hole. K-State can’t afford another conference loss. The Wildcats are much better at home and I like them to beat Texas and cover the number.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns at Kansas St Wildcats Fred Bramlage Coliseum – Manhattan, Kansas Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN2 Opening Line: Kansas St -5 1\/2 Current\u00a0 Line: Kansas St -5 1\/2 Opening Total: 137 Current Total: 136 Opening Money Line: Kansas St -240 \/ Texas +200 Current Money Line: Kansas St -230 \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":19181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[738,9528,3887,3631,6030,2024,4382,30,496],"class_list":["post-21146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-espn2","tag-kansas-st-wildcats","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-texas-longhorns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21199,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21146\/revisions\/21199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}