College Basketball Picks: Texas Tech at Kansas

Monday, 03 March 2008

College Basketball Picks: Texas Tech at Kansas Kansas can move into first place in the Big 12 with a win over Texas Tech tonight. The Jayhawks got some help from the Red Raiders on Saturday as they beat Texas. "Everything was good today," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Texas getting beat didn't hurt our feelings much. Of course it tells us we need to be ready for Texas Tech." SBG Global reports that early NCAA Basketball betting has the public taking Kansas at Home.

College Basketball Betting Preview
Texas Tech (16-12) at Kansas (26-3)
Monday, 9:00 pm Eastern – ESPN

SBG Global Opening Line: Kansas - 20 , Total 143.5

Kansas beat Kansas State on Saturday 88-74 and now plays a Red Raider’s team they have dominated at home. The Jayhawks played well on Saturday in front of a very loud crowd. "We came out and executed our offense and got the crowd behind us," said Kansas guard Russell Robinson, "This was the best the crowd has been, and the best that we have been." Brandon Rush led the Jayhawks with a season-high 21 points.

SBG Global Current Line: Kansas - 19.5 , Total 147

Texas Tech surprised Texas on Saturday by outscoring the high powered Longhorns. "We wanted to push it on them, we weren't going to back down or try to slow it up," coach Pat Knight said, "I wasn't worried about making one, two, three passes; if you're open just shoot." Texas Tech junior guard Alan Voskuil had 18 points to lead the way. Things are not likely to go as well tonight. Texas Tech never wins in Lawrence and they usually get blown out. They are 0-9 there all-time and have lost their last five games at Kansas by an averaged of 28.8 points per game.

Here are the NCAA Basketball betting stats for Monday’s game. The Red Raiders are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games overall. The Red Raiders are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Monday games. The Red Raiders are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games as a road underdog. The Red Raiders are 0-5 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Kansas

The Jayhawks are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games as a home favorite. The Jayhawks are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The home team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings between the two teams and the favorite is 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings.

The Over is 5-0 in the Red Raiders last 5 games as an underdog. The Over is 4-0 in the Red Raiders last 4 overall. The Over is 4-0 in the Red Raiders last 4 road games. The Under is 13-4 in the Red Raiders last 17 Monday games.

The Over is 7-1 in the Jayhawks last 8 games as a home favorite. The Over is 5-2 in the Jayhawks last 7 Monday games. The Over is 11-5 in the Jayhawks last 16 overall.