NCAA Basketball Betting – Longhorns vs Wildcats
The Longhorns who have won three of their last five will travel to Manhattan on Wednesday to take on a Kansas State Wildcats’ team that has now lost three of its last four, dropping seven spots out of this week’s AP Top 25 poll.
Date/Time: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Venue: Fred Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kansas
Broadcast: ESPN2
Spread: OFF
Over/Under: OFF
Texas currently sits in fourth place in the Big 12 standings and is 2-2 in conference play after falling off the pace against No. 9 Missouri, who used a fast start to push past the Horns’ 84-73 on Saturday.
The Longhorns shot 9-of-16 from 3-point range but could do nothing to stop Missouri on the opposite end.
J`Covan Brown led the way in scoring for the Longhorns with a big 34 points in 38 minutes, including 18 from three-point range. Myck Kabongo added a game-high 10 assists. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
As for the Wildcats, they fell to 1-3 in Big 12 play for the second straight season, and have now lost two in a row, including an upset by the Sooners, 82-73, in Big 12 action their last time out.
The then No.18 Wildcats were expected to win this one, but Oklahoma, which lost its first three conference games by a combined 56 points, had no trouble with the Wildcats. The Sooners took a 38-29 lead at halftime and maintained a double-digit lead throughout the majority of the second half.
The Cats’ leading scorer, Rodney McGruder, had a team-high 19 points and 10 rebounds while Nino Williams and Jeremy Jones finished with 12, and Will Spradling added 11.
Jamar Samuels, K-State’s big senior forward, finished with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
This will be one of the best matchups this week as both teams are evenly matched and looking to tie up sole possession of fourth place in the conference with a big win.
Free Pick: Texas —Texas are normally weak playing on the road (1-3), and even though KSU is 7-1 at the Fred, their play as of late has me going with the Longhorns in this one.
