Kansas vs BYU Odds, Predictions & Player Props (Feb 18)
By Sascha Paruk in College Basketball
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- The #23 Kansas Jayhawks visit the BYU Cougars in Provo on Tuesday night
- Kansas has lost three straight road games while BYU is 12-2 straight-up at home this season
- See the Kansas vs BYU odds, predictions, and player props for the Big 12 basketball game on Feb. 18
Tied for fifth in the hyper-competitive Big 12 standings, the Kansas Jayhawks (17-8, 8-6 Big 12, 3-6 away, 11-14 ATS) and BYU Cougars (17-8, 8-6 Big 12, 12-2 home, 14-11 ATS) square off at 7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET on Tuesday night at the Marriott Center in Provo, UT. ESPN will have the broadcast. Home-court advantage has the Cougars situated as field-goal favorites.
Kansas vs BYU Odds
Editor’s note: as of 7:53 pm ET, the spread was sitting at BYU -2.0 while the moneyline was Kansas +115/BYU -135. The game total had moved to 147.5. The remainder of the article is presented as is from the original publication time.
The Cougars are three-point home chalk in Tuesday’s college basketball odds and are priced at -150 on the moneyline to improve to 13-2 straight-up in Provo. The Jayhawks are +126 road underdogs while the game total is sitting at 148.5.
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Tuesday ends a mountainous two-game road trip for the Jayhawks, who lost 74-67 at Utah on Saturday. That marked Kansas’ third straight loss in true road games, which stands in stark contrast to their three-game home win streak.
Zeke Mayo had a team-high 15 points in the loss. The Jayhawks lost the rebounding battle 46-36 thanks to a 16-6 disadvantage on the offensive glass.
BYU suffered just its second home loss of the season to Arizona on Feb. 4 (85-74) and followed up with an ugly 84-66 setback at Cincinnati on Feb. 8. But Kevin Young’s team bounced back with a quality 73-69 win at West Virginia, long one of the Big 12’s toughest road trips, and a thorough 80-65 thrashing of K-State at home on Saturday.
Richie Saunders had a team-high 17 points in the win while Dallin Hall added 16 off the bench, his highest output of the season.
KU vs BYU Player Props
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Kansas center, and erstwhile contender in the Wooden Award odds, Hunter Dickinson (16.4 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 2.2 APG) has the co-highest point total of the night at 16.5, tied with BYU forward Richie Saunders (15.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.4 APG). Dickinson also has the highest rebound total of the night at 7.5, which is two full boards lower than his season average. BYU’s leading rebounder, 6’8 junior center Keba Keita (6.4 PPG, 7.6 RPG) isn’t on the board.
Kansas vs BYU Picks & Predictions
Kansas has been a disaster away from home almost all season. They ‘re just 3-6 straight-up and haven’t beaten a top-50 KenPom team in a true road game. They have had four such chances and lost all four games by at least nine points: 76-63 at Creighton (#31), 76-67 at Missouri (#15), 74-57 at Iowa State (#8), and 81-70 at Baylor (#29)
The Cougars haven’t been perfect at the Marriott Center (12-2 SU) but both losses came against teams that rate higher than Kansas: #12 Arizona (85-74) and #7 Texas Tech (72-67). BYU’s 9-5 ATS record at home is a good indication of well they’ve played in front of their own fans. Kansas’ 3-6 ATS record on the road matches their ugly SU record.
Kansas vs BYU Picks: BYU -3.0 (-110)
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
