Jayhawks vs Bears NCAAB Handicapping Prediction
Kansas (18-5) is looking to avoid losing 2 straight for the first time since 2006 and for that to happen they will need to beat a Baylor (21-2) team that is 11-1 at home this season and has won 4 straight.
Venue/ Stadium: Ferrell Center, Waco, TX
Time/Date: 7 PM EST Wednesday, February 8, 2012
NCAA Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: OFF
Spread (ATS): Baylor -1.5
Over/Under: 143
No 10 Kansas Jayhawks vs. No. 9 No. 6 Baylor Bears Preview
NCAAB lines have Baylor as slight 1.4-point home favorites in this game with a total of 143.
In their last games Kansas lost to Missouri 74-71 while Baylor beat Oklahoma State 64-60.
This season Kansas is 11-10-1 ATS with an O/U record of 7-14-1 and Baylor is at 7-9 ATS with an O/U record of 9-7.
Kansas has lost 2 of their last 3 games, but they are still in the Big 12 race tied with Baylor only 1/2 game back of Missouri.
Baylor may have some payback in mind, as when they visited Kansas on January 16th the Jayhawks crushed the Bears 92-74. The Bears will have to play better D on the duo of Thomas Robinson (18 ppg 12 rpg) and Tyshawn Taylor (16.9 ppg), who combined for 55 points in the easy win over the Bears a few weeks back.
Baylor is led by 6’11” F/C Perry Jones III (14.8 ppg 7.9 rpg), who is averaging 19 ppg and 11 rpg in Baylor’s 4-game winning streak. He will need help on offense from G Pierre Jackson (12.7 ppg), who has averaged 15 ppg in his last 2 games. The Kansas D must contain the speedy 5’10” Jackson and not allow him to get in the lane and dish the rock out.[soliloquy id=”82219″]
Baylor has to forget about the game with Kansas in mid-January where the Jayhawks shot 57.4% from the floor and 54.5% from behind the 3-point line while the Bears shot 46% and only 30% from 3-point land.
In the earlier Kansas game the Bears got away from their game of getting the ball in the paint for easy buckets and setline for jumpers and they cannot do that in this HUGE conference game.
Kansas is 17-2 over Baylor in their 19 meetings.
In some betting trends for this Big 12 game Kansas is 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall, 2-6-2 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a winning home record, and they have an Under record of 8-0-1 in their last 9 road games.
Baylor is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall, and they have an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games following a S.U. win.
Jason’s Pick: Kansas has covered the spread in their last 5 games facing the Bears at Baylor and that trend will continue tonight. Robinson will not be contained and he will have a huge game carrying the Jayhawks to a win.
