Fresh off a must-have win and cover against Oklahoma State on Big Monday, the unranked Kansas Jayhawks will travel to Ames in hopes of sweeping a two-game set against the Iowa State Cyclones after the teams just met in the Phog on Thursday night. It’s been a brutal campaign for the Clones who’ve managed just two wins through 14 played games and amassed a grand total of zero Big 12 wins through nine tries heading into the first game of this double-dip. ISU has however been competitive at online sportsbooks in recent weeks logging three straight covers in defeat against West Virginia, Oklahoma and TCU. If looking to take the points in the rematch on Saturday, Clones bettors would be best served if the team got its doors blown off in the series opener. Should that come to fruition, linemakers would have no choice but to inflate the number to beat with the betting public likely to expect the same type of result to play out.
Take this Big 12 matchup in live on ABC at 3 p.m. ET from James H. Hilton Coliseum on Saturday, February 13, 2021. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game slated to go for Saturday’s loaded college basketball card.
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Odds Analysis
Kansas has been pretty solid away from Lawrence to date in compiling a 5-2 SU record, but Bill Self’s kids only covered the closing college basketball odds in three of those contests. As down a season it’s been for the crimson and blue, the team has only been installed road chalk three times. They lost two of those matchups against both Oklahoma schools with the lone win and cover coming back on January 5 when it cruised to the comfy 93-64 win and cover as 6.5-point favorites. While KU has gone on to win three of the last four times it invaded the Hilton Coliseum, it only split against the spread laying an average of 2.5 to 7 points. Iowa State’s only two wins have come at home, but they came against Arkansas Pine Bluff and Jackson State. Versus Big 12 opposition, the Cyclones check in 0-5 SU and 2-3 ATS losing by an average of 14.4 points per game. That said, they did manage to cover double-digit spreads against Baylor and West Virginia.
Kansas Jayhawks
With only a handling of the wretched K-State Wildcats sandwiched in between beat downs at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers and Mountaineers, the Jayhawks went into Monday night’s revenge bout against OK-State badly in need of acquiring a dominant win; especially after falling out of the Top-25 rankings for the first time since 2009. While the game was closely contested over the game’s first 20 minutes with both squads buckling down at the defensive end of the court, it broke wide open in the second half. Kansas would log a season-high 50 points over the game’s final 20 to secure the 78-66 win and cover as 6.5-point favorites. Total bettors that hit the under suffered a gross defeat with the 91 second half points pushing the combined score over the closing 139-point O/U.
Iowa State Cyclones
Since getting skunked by Mississippi State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, the Cyclones have been playing a very competitive brand of ball. In the game immediately after, they battled back from a 42-31 halftime deficit to put a scare in the Mountaineers before ultimately succumbing by a 76-72 final count that saw them easily cover the 11.5-point closing pointspread. It followed that up with another commendable effort against Oklahoma. ISU led the Sooners 40-36 at the break in Norman, but failed to administer the knockout blow in the second half to fall 79-72 as whopping 14-point road dogs. It then had TCU on the ropes late in the game, but again failed to come through with the knockout punch to fall 79-76 as 4.5-point underdogs.
Kansas vs. Iowa State Prediction
It’s only a matter of time until this squad finds a way to put it all together and shock one of the big dogs. Why not against a much lesser version of a Kansas team that’s already shown a knack for losing games on the road as well as at home? The Pomeroy Ratings have Kansas forecasted to be decided double-digit favorites to win this game, and I will be more than happy to take each and every one of those points. Though I was bullish on KU’s prospect this past Monday and laid the points with Marcus Garrett and company, I’m just not a believer in this team and have voiced my opinion numerous times on social media about it over the course of the season. This seriously might just be the worst team Self has ever put together throughout his stay in Lawrence. I’ll double the position up should Kansas throttle Iowa State on Thursday night. Regardless, don’t be laying any chalk with the Jayhawks in a venue it’s notoriously struggled in even when it was a legit threat to cut down the nets.
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