The No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks (26-6, 14-4 Big 12) are favored by 8.5 points when they square off the No. 5 seed TCU Horned Frogs (20-11, 8-10 Big 12) in the Big 12 Tournament Friday at T-Mobile Center, starting at 7:00 PM. A guaranteed spot in the NCAA Tournament bracket is on the line as these teams look to claim the Big 12 championship.
Rankings courtesy of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.
Kansas is 14-17-0 against the spread this season compared to TCU’s 19-10-1 ATS record. The Jayhawks have a 16-13-2 record hitting the over, while games involving the Horned Frogs have a record of 15-15-0 when it comes to hitting the over. The teams average 147.1 points per game, 8.1 more points than this matchup’s total. Kansas is 5-5-0 against the spread and 8-2 overall over its last 10 games, while TCU has gone 7-3-0 against the spread and 4-6 overall.
Ahead of watching this Big 12 matchup, here’s what you need to know about Friday’s college hoops action.
TCU at Kansas odds, spread and lines
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- Spread: Kansas -8.5
- Total: 139
- Moneyline: Kansas -394, TCU +304
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TCU at Kansas odds, spread, & more
Prediction
Kansas 74, TCU 66
Moneyline
- The Jayhawks are 25-5 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 83.3% of those games).
- Kansas has a 16-1 record (winning 94.1% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -394 or shorter.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Jayhawks’ implied win probability is 79.8%.
- This season, the Horned Frogs have been the underdog 16 times and won eight, or 50%, of those games.
- TCU has not won as an underdog of +304 or more on the moneyline this season in five such games.
- The implied probability of a win by the Horned Frogs based on the moneyline is 24.8%.
Against the spread
- The 78.8 points per game the Jayhawks record are 14.1 more points than the Horned Frogs allow (64.7).
- Kansas has a 13-14 record against the spread and a 24-4 record overall when scoring more than 64.7 points.
- TCU has an 18-8-1 record against the spread and a 19-9 record overall when giving up fewer than 78.8 points.
- The Horned Frogs score only 0.1 fewer points per game (68.3) than the Jayhawks allow their opponents to score (68.4).
- TCU has put together a 10-3 ATS record and a 13-1 overall record in games it scores more than 68.4 points.
- Kansas is 11-6 against the spread and 17-0 overall when it allows fewer than 68.3 points.
- The Jayhawks have totaled 333 more points than their opponents this season (10.4 per game on average), and the Horned Frogs have scored 112 more points than their opponents (3.6 per game).
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Over/Under
- The Jayhawks have an average implied point total equal to their implied total in Friday’s game (74).
- So far this season, Kansas has put up more than 74 points 18 times.
- The average implied point total on the season for the Horned Frogs (70.7) is 5.7 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (65).
- This year, TCU has put up more than 65 points 19 times.
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