Kansas Favored To Take Down Oklahoma State Yet Again

Kansas Is the Pick to Continue to Roll Against Oklahoma State

Kansas rebounded from a loss at UCF by winning rather comfortably against a ranked Oklahoma team. Now the Jayhawks are back on the road as the favorite according to the Kansas vs Oklahoma State odds.

Kansas has won five games in a row and 10 of the last 11 against Oklahoma State. However, the lone win by the Cowboys came at home in 2021. Three of the last four games between the teams landed under the total. Keep that in mind when making NCAA basketball score predictions.

Kansas is listed by the college basketball betting lines as a 6.5-point favorite against Oklahoma State. This is the 21st consecutive time that Kansas is favored against the Cowboys.

Nine of the top 10 scorers for the Jayhawks have played either 15 or 16 games this season. The lone exception is Michael Jankovich as he hasn’t played in the last three games.

Oklahoma State had all nine of its players who average at least 10 minutes per game available in the last game.

Kansas came into the season with the best odds of winning the national title. Those odds have moved from +1000 to +1800. Oklahoma State is well back at +16000 in the odds to win March Madness.

Kansas remained third in the Associated Press poll and dropped a spot to No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches poll.

Jayhawks Look To Find The Range

Kansas ranks in the top 10 nationally in assists per game and field-goal percentage. However, in the Pomperoy college basketball ratings, the Jayhawks are 40th in offensive efficiency so that provides a glimpse into the pace that this Kansas team plays at.

With Michigan transfer Hunter Dickinson the No. 2 scorer and top rebounder while freshmen Johnny Furphy and Elmarko Jackson are part of the rotation along with Towson transfer Nicolas Timberlake, there is still some growing left to be done with the Jayhawks. Keep that in mind when looking at the Kansas vs Oklahoma State odds.

The total has gone under in nine of the last 13 games for Kansas.

Cowboys Hoping To Corral Favored Jayhawks

There are easier things to put on a to-do list than trying to pick up the first conference win of the NCAAB season against Kansas.

After throwing a scare into visiting Baylor in the Big 12 opener, the Cowboys lost their last two games by 17 and 24 points to unranked teams.

A silver lining is that the two top scorers Javon Small and Bryce Thompson are much more productive at home and when playing on the road. That could factor into the Kansas vs Oklahoma State odds.

Thompson scored in double figures in just six of the 17 games against ranked teams a season ago. However, he did have 23 points and seven 3-pointers in the first meeting against Kansas last season and then added 17 points in the rematch.

Oklahoma State is 0-5-1 against the spread in the last six games.

Last Meeting

Kevin McCullar and K.J. Adams each had 15 points as Kansas erased an early five-point deficit to win 87-76 on the road as the 1.5-point favorite.

Oklahoma State had a chance to stun Kansas as a 10-point underdog earlier in the 2022-23 season only to have a shot blocked and then commit a game-deciding turnover in the closing seconds in a 69-67 win by visiting Kansas. That was among the college basketball scores that raised a few eyebrows in the previous season.

It was just the second time in the last eight meetings that Oklahoma State covered against the Jayhawks.

Kansas vs Oklahoma State Betting Preview

This is just the second true road game of the season for Kansas. The Kansas Jayhawks committed 18 turnovers and were outscored 14-6 at the foul line in a loss to UCF. Ball security and limiting the fouls will be points of emphasis as the Jayhawks are back on the road.

Kansas has covered in five of the eight games as a road favorite since the start of the 2022-23 season. Oklahoma State is 0-5 outright and against the spread as the home underdog during that same span.

This season, Kansas is 14-2 when listed as the favorite. Oklahoma State has lost all four games as the underdog.
Six of Oklahoma State’s home games landed over the total while Kansas hasn’t had a road total go over the total. Keep that in mind when it comes to the 138.5-point total.

The total has gone under in each of the last five road games for Kansas.

Oklahoma State has covered in just two of its last 11 Big 12 games. Don’t look for that trend to change when Kansas comes to town.

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