Kansas vs Arizona 03/13/25 - NCAAB Picks & Predictions

The Kansas Jayhawks continue their trip in Kansas City Thursday with a quarterfinal match at the Big 12 championship tournament against Arizona. Kansas has 21 wins and 11 losses on the year writing a two game winning four overtime victory against UCF Wednesday night. The Jayhawks average 75.5 points on 47.4% shooting from the floor this season but have scored more than 80 points in each of the last two victories. Defensively Kansas has held their own this season allowing 7.9 push per game overall. Stay in the actual with our College Basketball Picks.

Offensively Kansas did the job Wednesday scoring 98 points including 15 overtime on 44.7% for the floor and knockdown 12 triples. Defensively Kansas had a ton of troubles giving up 94 points on 45.6% shooting for the floor, but the Jayhawks won the rebounding battle by nine and 414 turnovers in the win. Zeke Mayo led the way for the Kansas offense with 24 points on 11 shots.

The Wildcats come into the conference tournament Thursday night with 21 and 11 losses overall having lost three the last five following a 7 Point road loss through this Kansas team in their last outing. The Arizona offense averages 82 points on 47.1% shooting from the floor this season but scored only 76 points in their loss to Kansas last game. Defensively Arizona has been shaky giving up 72 points per game overall but allowed 83 in their last outing. Caleb Love leads the Arizona offense this season averaging 16.4 points per game. Jaden Bradley is second on the team averaging 11.9 point to go along with a team leading 3.8 assists per game. KJ Lewis averages 10.5 points and Toby Awaka averages 8.6 points to go along with the team high eight rebounds per game.

Kansas has had a disappointing year but this is the time of year the team starts to get it rolling. Look for the Kansas vets to lead the way Thursday night to a win. Take the Jayhawks in this game to do the work leading to the win and cover. Final Score Prediction, Kansas Jayhawks win and cover 76-72.