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No. 23 Texas upset by Kansas State 66-55

Kansas State hands Texas their first home loss of the season.

Texas has fallen back to mediocrity after a home loss to unranked Kansas State. Perhaps they never left mediocrity at all.

Kansas State is leaving Austin with a victory that feels stolen from the Horns. Texas controlled most of the game but not being able to separate from the Wildcats proved costly. After taking a 65-60 lead with three minutes left in the game, Texas missed a couple of crucial free throws and failed to pick up some key stops.

Despite a 25-point performance, Marcus Carr missed what would have been a game-winning step-back jumper as time expired.

With the 66-65 win, Kansas State’s conference record moves to 2-4 and Texas falls to 3-3.

Texas head coach Chris Beard believes the team needs to stick to what they are doing and show patience despite the early struggles.

“Six games into this, we’re 3-3. We’ve just got to stay the course. It’s a disappointing locker room for a lot of reasons, but we’ve got to stay the course.”

The preseason No. 5 team in the country will likely be unranked in next week’s polls. Not a good start to the Beard era.

Texas vs. Kansas State: Who the experts are picking to win

Who do the experts think will come away with the win?

Texas (4-7) and Kansas State (7-4) are entering this regular-season finale on two very different trajectories.

The Longhorns have lost six straight games, their worst losing streak since 1956. The Wildcats are on a bit of a hot stretch, winners of four out of their last five.

While a bowl game is most likely off of the table for Texas, a win this week would get rid of the sour taste of a six-game losing streak entering the offseason.

Tipico Sportsbook has Texas as a 2.5-point favorite despite not having won a game since early Oct. A possible reason for this is Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson is questionable to play after suffering an injury last week against Baylor.

The Texas quarterback situation is also in question. Both Casey Thompson and Hudson Card left the West Virginia game nursing injuries. Steve Sarkisian believes Thompson should be ready to play but likely will not be 100%.

Who are the experts picking to win in this Big 12 matchup?

Texas vs Kansas State Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Texas Longhorns vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction and college basketball game preview.

Texas Longhorns vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction and college basketball game preview.

Texas vs Kansas State Broadcast

Date: Tuesday, February 9
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, KS
Network: ESPN+

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Texas (11-5) vs Kansas State (5-15) Game Preview

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Why Texas Will Win

Texas is struggling. Kansas State is really having issues.

The Wildcats are on a ten-game losing streak including an 82-67 loss in Austin to the Longhorns back in mid-January. Texas was hardly perfect, but it seemed to hit just about from the field – it nailed 53% of its shots – but that’s not all that far off from the norm for the Big 12’s worst defense.

Kansas State’s D is bad, the O is playing worse, and there’s no rebounding and a whole lot of mistakes. Other than that, everything is going great in Manhattan. But …

Why Kansas State Will Win

It’s not like Texas is turning out the lights on anyone lately … except for Kansas State.

That was the only win since January 9th, losing four of the last five games losing a few close games and getting rocked by Baylor. The Longhorns were miserable from the free throw line against the Bears, and they couldn’t seem to hit a three against Oklahoma State.

Kansas State needs a few breaks. Texas makes enough mistakes to let that happen, and the Wildcats have to take advantage of every one of them. They’re going to keep firing up the threes and they could keep the pressure on.

What’s Going To Happen

Kansa State is having way too many issues putting the biscuit in the basket.

It’s not getting totally annihilated at home – at least not always – having most of its problems on the road. It’ll slow things down enough to not let this get too out of hand, but Texas will be able to pull away in the second half by finally getting the shooting touch back.

Texas vs Kansas State Prediction, Line

Texas 74, Kansas State 63
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Texas -14.5, o/u: 134.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2

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1: Turkey sub in a hot tub

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Texas vs Kansas State Prediction, Game Preview

Texas Longhorns vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction and game preview.

Texas Longhorns vs Kansas State Wildcats prediction and game preview.

Texas vs Kansas State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, December 5
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS
Network: FOX

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Texas (5-3) vs Kansas State (4-5) Game Preview

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Why Texas Will Win

The Kansas State defense has gone bye-bye.

What’s been the huge problem over the four game losing streak? The run defense struggled, the pass defense struggled, and against Oklahoma State, the offense struggled.

For Kansas State to be Kansas State, it has to control the clock and own third downs, and it’s not doing that. The passing game has stalled and the offense hasn’t hit 400 yards in any of the last six games.

Everyone wants to rip on Texas and Tom Herman, but the team isn’t playing poorly. It’s been in fight after fight, and it could just as easily be playing this weekend to get into the Big 12 championship as it is to be an also-ran.

The passing game picked it up against Iowa State, but …

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Why Kansas State Will Win

Texas isn’t owning the clock like it should.

QB Sam Ehlinger should be a third down conversion machine, but he isn’t doing it enough – the offense should be a whole lot better at coming up with clutch drives.

For all of Kansas State’s issues, the offensive line isn’t doing a horrible job – the running game came up with well over 220 yards in two of the last three weeks –  the pass rush is good enough to bother Ehlinger, and if the passing game was ever going to work, this would be the week.

The Texas pass defense has collapsed, allowing way over 1,000 yards over the last three games, but …

– CFN Experts Picks: College

What’s Going To Happen

Kansas State can’t throw. It has to run to win, but the Texas defensive front has improved over the last month and should be able to hold this game in check.

Texas might not be perfect, and it has certainly been a disappointment overall, but it was on a three-game winning streak before failing to close out Iowa State last week. It’ll get the groove back in yet another close, interesting game that comes down to the wire.

No one plays up or down to the competition like Texas does. It’ll do it again.

Texas vs Kansas State Prediction, Line

Texas 27, Kansas State 23
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Texas -7, o/u: 51.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

Must See Rating: 3

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1: Hillbilly Elegy

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Texas DB Jalen Green issues statement on his targeting penalty during Kansas State game

Texas DB Jalen Green issues statement on his targeting penalty during Kansas State game

In the second half of the Longhorns’ matchup with Kansas State, Jalen Green was ejected for targeting, which kept him out the remainder of that game in addition to the first half of Texas’ upcoming matchup with Iowa State. Texas released this statement regarding the penalty on behalf of Green:

Here is the hit that got Green ejected:

This is an avoidable hit that is quite reckless, and Green deserved the ejection. The Longhorns need to tighten up and play more disciplined on defense to avoid hits like this. Texas is set to take on the Iowa State Cyclones this Saturday at 2:30 CT.