{"id":21650,"date":"2012-02-13T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21650"},"modified":"2012-02-12T19:15:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T00:15:22","slug":"jayhawks-vs-wildcats-big-12-conference-rivals-face-off-in-sunflower-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/jayhawks-vs-wildcats-big-12-conference-rivals-face-off-in-sunflower-showdown-21650\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayhawks vs. Wildcats: Big 12 Conference Rivals in the Sunflower Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas Jayhawks at Kansas State Wildcats
\nMonday, 2\/13\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 137
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 137
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas State Wildcats have won 11 consecutive home games in the month of February<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas takes a two-game winning streak to the Sunflower Showdown against the Kansas State Wildcats inside Bramlage Coliseum.\u00a0 The Jayhawks scored a resounding 67-49 win over the Wildcats in this first meeting this year as 10-point home favorites, while going \u201cunder\u201d the posted total of 139.5.\u00a0 \u201cIt will be a juiced atmosphere, and it\u2019s probably the hardest game to play in, but the most fun game at the same time,\u201d commented Jayhawks head coach Bill Self.\u00a0 Kansas is 4-2 ATS on the road this season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 7-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks have tallied an incredible 21-2 record inside Monday night\u2019s venue, but were handed an 84-68 loss in their last trip as six-point road favorites on Feb. 14, 2011.\u00a0 Kansas is averaging 75.2 points per game and allowing just 61.2, ranking second in the Big 12 in outscoring opponents by 14 points per game.\u00a0 Junior forward Thomas Robinson is the leader offensively, averaging 18.1 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, as he\u2019s the only player in the conference averaging a double-double.<\/p>\n

Kansas State is scheduled to play three consecutive games against top-10 opponents, including back-to-back on the road against Baylor and Missouri.\u00a0 The Wildcats will look to bounce back after suffering a 75-64 loss to the Texas Longhorns as four-point road underdogs on Saturday.\u00a0 The program has definitely be on the losing end of this particular series, dropping 35 of 38 meetings during the Big 12 era.\u00a0 Kansas State is 3-5 ATS at home this season and the \u201cunder\u201d is 5-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats have been very good during the month of February under the direction of head coach Frank Martin, posting a 25-9 mark, including a 16-2 record at home.\u00a0 Kansas State has won 11 consecutive games at home in the month dating back to the 2008-09 season.\u00a0 Junior guard Rodney McGruder leads the starting unit in averaging 14.6 points per game, while the team has been incredibly balanced offensively, with seven players averaging six or more points on the year.\u00a0 Getting to the free throw line is key for this program due to nearly 25 percent of its points coming from the charity strip.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to the home team being 6-0 ATS in the last six meetings, while the Jayhawks are 0-4-1 ATS following a straight-up win.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kansas Jayhawks at Kansas State Wildcats Monday, 2\/13\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 137 Current Total:\u00a0 137 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas takes a two-game winning streak to the Sunflower Showdown against the Kansas State Wildcats inside Bramlage Coliseum.\u00a0 The Jayhawks scored a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":19181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[3267,6324,34,2807,6296,3357,5740],"class_list":["post-21650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bramlage-coliseum","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-rodney-mcgruder","tag-sunflower-showdown","tag-thomas-robinson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21650","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21650"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21652,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21650\/revisions\/21652"}],"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=21650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}