Kansas State vs Kansas 1/22/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats meet in college basketball action from the Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.

The Kansas Jayhawks will look to build on their three-game win streak after a 67-64 win over Oklahoma last time out. Ochai Agbaji leads the Jayhawks in scoring with 19.9 PPG along with 4.8 RPG while Christian Braun has 15.6 PPG with 6.1 RPG to lead the Jayhawks on the glass and to make up the other half of the pair of double-digit scorers for Kansas so far this season. Remy Martin has 9.2 PPG with 2.9 APG while David McCormack has 8.6 PPG with a team-high 6.4 RPG to lead the Jayhawks in rebounds per game. Jalen Wilson has 6.3 RPG and Dajuan Harris Jr. has a team-high 3.9 APG to lead Kansas in assists. As a team, Kansas is averaging 81 PPG on 50% shooting from the field, 37.4% from three and 70.7% from the foul line while allowing 66.2 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field and 30.8% from three this season.

The Kansas State Wildcats will look to build on back-to-back wins after a 66-65 win over Texas last time out. Nijel Pack leads the Wildcats in scoring with 15.5 PPG while Markquis Nowell has 12 PPG and a team-high 5.3 APG as well this season. Mark Smith also has 11.3 PPG along with a team-high 8.3 RPG to lead the Wildcats on the glass and to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for Kansas State so far this season. As a team, Kansas State is averaging 68.2 PPG on 43% shooting from the field, 34.4% from three and 72% from the foul line while allowing 61.3 PPG on 39.4% shooting from the field and 26.4% from three this season.

Kansas is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following an ATS loss and 2-6-1 ATS in their last 9 road games against a team with a winning home record while the over is 11-4 in their last 15 road games. Kansas State is 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 home games and 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 Saturday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games against a team with a winning record.

I get the case to be made for either side in this matchup, as it’s a rivalry and truly anything can happen as I still remember the brawl that these two teams had a couple of seasons ago. With that said, this is historically has been a physical and low-scoring affair in the Big 12 and I don’t see this being any different. I think this total is just a bit too high, so give me the under.