Texas at Kansas 3/5/22 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 03/04/2022 at 9:57 PM ET
The Texas Longhorns will travel to Lawrence, KS Saturday afternoon for a Big 12 conference matchup against the Kansas Jayhawks. Texas comes into Saturday ranked number 21 in the nation after a seven point last to Baylor ended a two game win streak. Offensively Texas struggled to shoot the ball making only 40% of their shots and 17.4% from beyond the arc to score only 61 points in 40 minutes.
Marcus Carr and Christian Bishop led the way for the Texas offense scoring 13 points apiece. Timmy Allen added ten points and Jase Febres chipped in seven points to lead the way in 21 minutes off the bench.
The Kansas Jayhawks will play their second consecutive home game Saturday as the number 6 ranked team in the nation. Kansas beat TCU on Thursday 72-68 after shooting 43.6% from the floor. Potential national player of the year Ochai Agbaji carried the Kansas offense with 22 points in the game.
Offensively this season Kansas has averaged 78.9 points per game on 48.6% shooting as a team. Ochai Agbaji leads the Kansas offense as one of three players averaging double figures scoring 20.2 points per game on 48.7% from the floor. Christian Braun chips in 15 points and Jalen Wilson adds 10.6 points in a team leading 7.1 rebounds.
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These are two of the top teams in the conference as each is still playing for seeding going into the conference tournament. Kansas should do enough on their home floor as they still have a realistic shot to win at least part of the conference title this season. Look for Texas to use the better defense and a long frontline to keep themselves in the game period Kansas should do enough down the stretch to get the win but Texas will cover the big number. Final Score Prediction, Kansas wins but Texas covers 76-72.