{"id":33097,"date":"2014-02-18T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33097"},"modified":"2014-02-17T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T03:00:20","slug":"college-basketball-predictions-kansas-jayhawks-vs-texas-tech-red-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-predictions-kansas-jayhawks-vs-texas-tech-red-raiders-33097\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Predictions: Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
\nTuesday, 2\/17\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas Jayhawks are 25-4 SU all-time against the Texas Tech Red Raiders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas owns a one-game lead in the Big 12 Conference standings, as it hits the road after picking up a 95-65 blowout victory over the TCU Horned Frogs as 23-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for the eighth time in nine contests.\u00a0 The Jayhawks are averaging 80.2 points per game and have a +10.2 scoring margin, which is important to consider when making your college basketball predictions.\u00a0 The team has out-rebounded 21 of 25 opponents, including 10 of 12 in conference play.\u00a0 \u00a0 Kansas is 4-1 SU and 3-2 ATS as road favorites of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks boast an NCAA-best 50.4 field goal percentage, while three of five starters are averaging in double figures, with freshman guard Andrew Wiggins leading the way at 16.1 points a contest.\u00a0 Kansas is 25-4 SU against Texas Tech\u2014winning five straight and seven of the last eight meetings.\u00a0 The program has played the toughest schedule in the country thus far during the 2013-14 campaign\u2014facing six teams currently in the AP Top 25 poll.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech had its three-game winning streak snapped last Saturday, as it dropped a 70-64 decision to the Iowa State Cyclones as 11-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the betting total for a sixth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Red Raiders are looking to win three straight conference home games for the first time since 2010, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NCAA basketball odds page.\u00a0 The program is above .500 through 25 games for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.\u00a0 Texas Tech is 3-0 ATS as home underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Red Raiders have two probable starters averaging in double figures, with senior forward Jaye Crockett leading the way at 14.8 points a contest.\u00a0 He scored a career-high 23 points at Iowa State last time out.\u00a0 Texas Tech paces the Big 12 and ranks 24th nationally in shooting 74.7 percent from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Red Raiders due to the home team going 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.<\/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

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Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders Tuesday, 2\/17\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas owns a one-game lead in the Big 12 Conference standings, as it hits the road after picking up a 95-65 blowout victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[7769,3267,7366,34,440],"class_list":["post-33097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-big-12-conference","tag-jaye-crockett","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33097","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=33097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33098,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33097\/revisions\/33098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}