Analytics have Texas in store for another close game against Kansas

Texas is in store for another wildly competitive game.

The Texas Longhorns continue their Big 12 gauntlet on the road against Kansas this week. If you’re expecting Texas to finally break through for a decisive win, this might not be the week.

One advanced stats comparison has Texas projected to score an average of 29.0 points to Kansas’ 28.21 average. The projections give the Longhorns a 52.29 percent chance to win, but for the team in Austin games rarely go as planned.

There’s a wide array of data points for Texas heading into Saturday’s game. The first half of the season, Steve Sarkisian’s team was one of the best performers nearly every week. Quinn Ewers’ unpredictability of late makes it difficult to know what to expect from Sarkisian’s squad.

We can glean a few things from the data, although it looks to favor the Jayhawks in more than a few areas.

Let’s examine a few of the key takeaways from the above projection.

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Kansas vs Texas prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Monday, February 7


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Date: Monday, February 7
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Kansas (19-3), Texas (17-6)
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Why Kansas Will Win

Texas just isn’t into that scoring thing.

It wins games on defense, forcing turnovers, and more defense. Kansas has to be ready to deal with a low scoring fight, but it’s the No. 1 offensive team in the Big 12. If it can get out to any sort of a hot start, Texas will have to quickly come out of its comfort zone.

How do you beat Kansas? You have to be lights out from the field.

Kentucky was able to rebound everything and did a whole lot of things right in its win, but what do the three teams that came up with wins have in common? They all made more than 50% of their shots from the field.

Texas has yet to hit the 50% mark in Big 12 play this season.

However …

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Why Texas Will Win

Texas knows how to play defense.

It might not be an up-and-down team by design, but all it needs to do is make the shots it gets on the move, hit around 35% from three, and rely on that D to clamp down and make Kansas stall.

No one has yet to score more than 66 points on Texas in Frank Erwin.

Make Kansas earn every outside shot and don’t get rattled if there’s a mini-run of a few transition points here and there. Again, as long as this doesn’t get  into a track meet, everything should be okay.

Texas is 14-1 at home and that one loss to Kansas State was when the offense couldn’t do a thing from the outside.

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What’s Going To Happen

The Texas loss at Texas Tech for a whole lot of attention because of Chris Beard and the atmosphere and the excitement, but this team has quietly been solid over the last few weeks.

Don’t blow off the stifling defensive performance against Iowa State, the tough win over Tennessee, and the blowout at TCU. This team knows how to play tough, tight games in the 50s, but Kansas will have too much pop – and be too good on the free-throw line – late to get out alive in a fun, intense battle.

Kansas vs Texas Prediction, Lines

Kansas 66, Texas 62
Line: Kansas -1, o/u: 135
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

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Date: Tuesday, February 23
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
Network: ESPN

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Why Kansas Will Win

There’s the Kansas we all know and love.

Oh sure, it was fun trashing Iowa State and Kansas State, but getting by Texas Tech to make it five straight wins and six of the last seven at least gave the appearance that everything is back on track.

Okay, so the shooting isn’t there and it’s going to take a win over a team like Texas to really make it seem like the Jayhawks are on the verge of becoming a real threat to do anything meaningful, but at least the momentum is there.

It’s still the best rebounding team in the Big 12, the offense is moving the ball around incredible well, and …

Why Texas Will Win

Kansas can’t shoot all that well, at least from the outside.

It hasn’t been able to crack 35% from three in eight of its last nine games and it’s not good enough from inside the arc to make up for it. Texas might be struggling with five losses in the last eight games, but at least it’s shooting well.

Defense has been the issue, but if the Jayhawks go cold and/or can’t get on the move there’s going be a problem. Yes, Kansas leads the Big 12 in rebounding, but Texas leads in defensive boards and …

What’s Going To Happen

Oh was it ugly the first time around.

Texas held Kansas to 3-of-23 from three in an 84-59 win back in early January, and not it’s at home. This won’t be that, but when the Jayhawks bomb, the blow up massive.

This isn’t a good road team – at least against the better Big 12 teams – and it just doesn’t shoot well enough.

Kansas vs Texas Prediction, Line

Texas 75, Kansas 70
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5

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