College Basketball on Wednesday and we will see the Texas Longhorns travel to Manhattan, Kansas to take on the Kansas State Wildcats. The game is scheduled for an 8:00 pm (Eastern) start time and will be televised on ESPN 2. Currently the odds for the game have Kansas State favored by 9 points while the total sits at 122.5. Check out Sportsbook Spy to see who the Public is taking on all of today's games.
Analysis: Texas has limped its way to a 9-10 overall record, and the team is coming off its first conference win of the season after taking out visiting Texas Tech last Saturday, 73-57. The win put the brakes on a five-game slide for the Longhorns, whose only win of note came in mid-December against North Carolina. Texas has yet to win a true road game this year (0-4), and has won just once outside of Austin all told when you factor in its 1-4 mark in neutral-site affairs. Much of Texas' issues this season can be attributed to the fact that three true freshmen and two sophomores make up the staring five on most nights, and the team boasts only two double-digit scorers in McClellan (14.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg) and Lewis (11.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg). Javan Felix average nearly six assist per outing, while Jonathan Holmes serves as the team's leading rebounder with 7.1 rpg. Texas averages just 64.4 ppg, but is one of the top defensive clubs in the Big 12, ranking first in 3-point FG percentage defense (.251), while coming in second in both FG percentage defense (.353) and rebounding (39.0 rpg).
Kansas State had been cruising right along, staking claim to a 15-2 record heading into last week's showdown with No. 3 Kansas. Unfortunately, the Wildcats suffered a 59-55 loss to their intrastate rivals, and then were stunned this past Saturday at Iowa State, dropping a 73-67 to the upstart Cyclones. At 4-2, K-State is in a three-way tie for third place in the Big 12 along with Iowa State and Oklahoma. The Wildcats are an impressive 11-1 at home this season. Kansas State is also one of the best defensive teams in the conference, ranking first in both scoring defense (58.2 ppg) and turnover margin (+2.3), and second in 3-point FG percentage defense (.293). None of those impressive figures carried any weight in the recent loss to Iowa State however, as the Cyclones drained 11-of-22 3-point attempts, 48.1 percent of their total shots, and committed only 10 turnovers. Will Spradling scored 15 points, Rodney McGruder had 13 and Shane Southwell chipped in 11 for KSU, which averages 68.4 ppg while allowing just 58.2 ppg for the season. McGruder (15.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg) is the only player netting double digits in the scoring column, but five others average between 5.7 and 9.4 ppg.
Free Pick: Gonna be brief with this one. I like the Over. I feel that a desperate Texas squad will start to push tempo and they need to up their scoring if they hope for a post season invite. They have the athletes to do so and I expect it to start tonight. Look for 128+ being scored in this one.
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College Basketball Free Picks: Texas at Kansas State Betting
What college basketball bettors need to know about Texas Longhorns at Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday (1/30/13) - a free pick from Pregame.com's Bryan Leonard, with Vegas Runner and host Steve Fezzik.