Jayhawks Hold Slim 1-Game Lead in Big XII
The fans at Allen Fieldhouse will see the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Kansas Jayhawks on Monday night in a key late-season Big XII matchup. The game will be televised by ESPN and it will tip-off a few minutes after 9 pm EST. Oddsmakers opened the Jayhawks as -2.5-point favorites versus the Mountaineers, while the game’s total opened at 158.5. Kansas won its last outing, a 80-79 result against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on February 11. They failed to cover in that game as a -4.5-point favorite. With Jayhaw star Frank Mason battling illness, freshman guard Josh Jackson took over for the Jayhawks. He become the go-to man with Mason first struggling and then sidelined. Jackson scored a career-best 31 points at Texas Tech. He also added 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double in five games. In their last action, West Virginia was a 85-66 winner at home against the Kansas State Wildcats. They covered the -7.5-point spread as favorites. For the season, the Mountaineers’ scorers are well-balanced. Junior guard Jevon Carter paces West Virginia with an 11.8 average. Four other players average at least 9.5 points. West Virginia trails first-place Kansas by two games. So a sweep of the season series looks almost necessary to have any regular season title hopes the Mountaineers.Betting Odds Trends
| West Virginia Mountaineers | ||
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| West Virginia is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games | ||
| West Virginia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games | ||
| The total has gone OVER in 9 of West Virginia’s last 12 games | ||
| West Virginia is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road | ||
| The total has gone OVER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 5 games on the road | ||
| West Virginia is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Kansas | ||
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 6 games when playing Kansas | ||
| West Virginia is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas | ||
| West Virginia is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas | ||
| The total has gone OVER in 4 of West Virginia’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas | ||
Kansas Jayhawks |
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| Kansas is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games | ||
| Kansas is 22-2 SU in its last 24 games | ||
| The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Kansas’s last 10 games | ||
| Kansas is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home | ||
| Kansas is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games at home | ||
| Kansas is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing West Virginia | ||
| The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas’s last 6 games when playing West Virginia | ||
| Kansas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against West Virginia | ||
| Kansas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against West Virginia | ||
| The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas’s last 5 games when playing at home against West Virginia | ||