{"id":22050,"date":"2012-03-08T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22050"},"modified":"2012-03-08T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:32:58","slug":"kansas-jayhawks-vs-texas-am-aggies-in-big-12-quarterfinalsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/kansas-jayhawks-vs-texas-am-aggies-in-big-12-quarterfinalsa-22050\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Jayhawks Vs Texas A&M Aggies in Big 12 Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

2012 Big 12 Tournament – Quarterfinals
\n#9 Texas A&M Aggies vs #1 Kansas Jayhawks
\nSprint Center – Kansas City, Missouri
\nThursday, March 8, 2012, 3:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN2
\nOpening Line: Kansas -14
\nCurrent Line: Kansas -14
\nOpening Total: 122 1\/2
\nCurrent Total: 122 1\/2
\nOpening Money Line: Kansas -1300 \/ Texas A&M +850
\nCurrent Money Line: Kansas -1300 \/ Texas A&M +850<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kansas takes on Texas A&M in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament Thursday in Kansas City. The Jayhawks are in line to be a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament if the win the Big 12 tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 15-17 Texas A&M Aggies beat Oklahoma 62-53 in the first round of the Big 12 tournament Wednesday night. The reward for the Aggies is a date with\u00a0 top seed Kansas in the quarters. The Jayhawks are 26-5 and ranked #3 in the country. Kansas won the Big 12 title outright with a 16-2 record and could be in line for a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament next week. It was the 8th straight\u00a0 conference title for the Jayhawks. Texas A&M finished 9th in the Big 12 with a 4-14 record. Before the Oklahoma win, Texas A&M had lost 5 in a row and 9 of the last 10 games. Kansas has won 8 games in a row, including 73-63 at home against Texas to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n

Kansas has dominated the series against Texas A&M with a 19-1 record. The Jayhawks have won 8 in a row against the Aggies. Kansas swept the season series winning 64-54 January 23 in Lawrence, and 66-58 in College Station February 22. The next loss for Texas A&M will mark the end of their time in the Big 12 as they are moving to the SEC next season.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M is coached by Billy Kennedy. The Aggies have wins over St. John’s, Texas Tech twice, and Oklahoma St. Texas A&M has losses to Mississippi St, Florida, and Rice. The Aggies split with Oklahoma and Oklahoma St, but were swept by every other team in the Big 12 except Texas Tech.<\/p>\n

Kansas is coached by Bill Self. The Jayhawks have losses to Kentucky, Duke, Davidson, Iowa St, and Missouri. Kansas has non-conference wins over Georgetown, UCLA, South Florida, Long Beach St, Ohio St, and USC. The Jayhawks swept every team in the Big 12 except Missouri and Iowa St.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M is being outscored 61-60.8 this season. The Aggies are shooting 43.3% from the field, and 33.3% from 3 point range. TAMU makes 65.4% of their free throws. The Aggies average 34.1 rebounds a game and has a rebounding margin of +1.7. Texas A&M averages 11.8 assists, 13.5 turnovers, 5.6 steals, and 2.3 blocks a game. Aggie opponents are shooting 40.4% from the field and 30.5% from 3 point range. The Aggies are ranked in the top 40 nationally in scoring defense, opponent’s field goal percentage, and opponent’s 3 point percentage. A&M forces 12.1 turn0vers a game.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M guard Elston Turner averages 13.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1 steal a game. He makes 39.8% of his three point shots. Khris Middleton averages 12.4 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.1 assists a game.\u00a0 David Loubeau averages 10.8 points, and 4.5 rebounds a game. Ray Turner averages 9.2 points, and 5.5 rebound a game to lead the team.\u00a0 Dash Harris averages 4.3 assists to lead the team and 1.5 steals a game to lead the team. Keith Davis averages 0.6 blocks a game to lead the team. Forward Kourtney Roberson is day to day with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Kansas is outscoring opponents 75-61 this season. The Jayhawks are shooting 48.4% from the field, including 35.4% from the three point line. Kansas is #14 nationally in field goal percentage. Kansas makes 69.4% of their free throws. Kansas averages 37.1 rebounds a game and has a rebounding margin of +6.3. The Jayhawks average 15.6 assists, 13.4 turnovers, 7.4 steals, and 5.7 blocks a game. Kansas opponents are shooting 38.2% from the field including 34.5% from 3 point range. Kansas is #7 nationally in opponent’s field goal percentage. The Jayhawks force 14.3 turnovers a game.<\/p>\n

Kansas Forward Thomas Robinson averages 18 points, 11.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, along with 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks a game. He leads the Jayhawks in scoring and rebounding. Robinson is second in the country in rebounding and is a Naismith Award finalist. Tyshawn Taylor averages 17.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 4.9 assists to lead the team, and 1.2 steals a game. He is shooting 43.1% from 3 point range.\u00a0Jeff Withey averages 9.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.2 blocks a game to lead the team. Elijah Johnson averages 8.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals a game to lead the team.\u00a0 Travis Releford averages 8.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.2 steals a game.\u00a0 Guard Ben McLemore and forward Jamari Taylor are both ineligible this season.<\/p>\n

Kansas is 15-14-1 ATS and the total is 10-18-2 this season. Texas A&M is 14-11 ATS this season and the total is 9-15-1 this season. Texas A&M has covered 4 of the last 5 against Kansas, and the under is 4-1-1 in the last six. Texas A&M is 10-4 ATS overall, and in Big 12 games, 1-4 in Thursday games, and 1-5 in neutral site. The Jayhawks are 5-1 against teams with losing records, 9-3 after failing to cover, 3-7-1 after a straight up win, 1-4 in neutral site games, and 4-18 in Thursday games.<\/p>\n

Though Kansas is obviously the better team here, A&M has played them close recently. I think Kansas will win but the Aggies could hang with the Jayhawks and give the a scare. Honestly, Texas A&M has nothing to lose, as only a miracle run to win the Big 12 tournament will extend their season.<\/p>\n

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2012 Big 12 Tournament – Quarterfinals #9 Texas A&M Aggies vs #1 Kansas Jayhawks Sprint Center – Kansas City, Missouri Thursday, March 8, 2012, 3:00 pm Eastern, TV: ESPN2 Opening Line: Kansas -14 Current Line: Kansas -14 Opening Total: 122 1\/2 Current Total: 122 1\/2 Opening Money Line: Kansas -1300 \/ Texas A&M +850 Current […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":19183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[738,6522,1367,9528,3887,3631,6030,2024,34,30,1145],"class_list":["post-22050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-big-12","tag-big-12-quarterfinals","tag-championship-week","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-basketball-betting","tag-college-basketball-handicapping","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-espn2","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22050","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=22050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22104,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22050\/revisions\/22104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}