
Kansas vs Iowa State Prediction 2/3/25 College Basketball Picks Today
Iowa State (17-4) vs. Kansas (15-6)
February 3, 2025 9:00 pm EDT
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The Iowa State Cyclones and the Kansas Jayhawks meet Monday in college basketball action from Allen Fieldhouse. Here’s a Kansas vs Iowa State prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Kansas vs Iowa State pick.
Iowa State Cyclones Betting Preview
The Cyclones have been one of the more consistent teams in the country so far this year, with relatively few losses piling up in the record column. Iowa State opened with wins over Mississippi Valley State, Kansas City, and IUPUI, then took their first defeat of the season courtesy of Auburn. Wins versus Dayton, Colorado, Marquette, Jackson State, Iowa, Omaha, Morgan State, Colorado, Baylor, Utah, Texas Tech, and Kansas came in the next month and a half, though. Over the next four games Iowa State hit a shaky 2-2 run with losses to West Virginia and Arizona sandwiched around wins versus UCF and Arizona State. The result through the first 20 games of the season was a 17-3 overall record for Iowa State.
In their Saturday showdown with Kansas State, the Cyclones got off to a 37-35 deficit in the first half. Iowa State slumped even further from there in a rough showing 43-26 and lost 80-61 in something of a shocker outcome. Leading the team in scoring was Tamin Lipsey with 20 points, three assists, and one rebound. Curtis Jones added 14 points with six rebounds, and Joshua Jefferson had 13 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 27 minutes.
Kansas Jayhawks Betting Preview
Over on the Kansas side, they’ve had a couple of spotty runs in the books so far this year, but overall they’re doing quite well record-wise also. The Jayhawks beat Howard, North Carolina, Michigan State, Oakland, UNC Wilmington, Duke, and Furman out of the gate, then fell to Creighton and Missouri in successive games. A 5-2 run came next with losses to West Virginia and Iowa State amid wins over NC State, Brown, UCF, Arizona State and Cincinnati came next, then a 3-1 stretch over the next four. The lone loss in that time was versus Houston. Otherwise, it was wins over Kansas State, TCU, and UCF for a 15-5 overall run through 20 games.
Matched up against Baylor on Saturday, the Jayhawks were looking good initially on a 40-21 advantage by the break. Kansas was blitzed 60-30 in the second half however, and ended up taking a road loss 81-70 in the end. Hunter Dickinson led the team on his 20 points with five rebounds and one steal. Dajuan Harris put up 12 points with eight assists, two steals, and two rebounds, while Rylan Griffen chipped in with 11 points, two rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes of work off the bench.
Why the Kansas Jayhawks will win
- Kansas has won 65 of its last 67 night games at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Iowa State has lost each of its last six games at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Kansas has won the first half in each of its last six night games at Allen Fieldhouse against Top 10 AP-ranked opponents.
Why the Iowa State Cyclones will win
- Iowa State has won nine of its last 10 night games.
- Kansas has lost three of its last four games against Top 10 AP-ranked opponents.
- Iowa State has won the first half in seven of its last eight night games against the Big 12 Conference.
Kansas vs Iowa State Prediction
I’ll lean toward Kansas. With both teams recording losses on Saturday however, some of the luster has worn off this matchup. On Saturday the Jayhawks had Baylor dead to rights by the second half but eventually got outplayed. Kansas was outmuscled on the boards 40-27 and coughed up 14 turnovers for 24 Bears points. Iowa State had turnover troubles in their loss as well (18 for 18 K-State points) and lost the rebounding battle 39-29. Both teams could use a bounce-back showing on Monday.
The last time these teams met up was back on January 15 in a 74-57 home victory for Iowa State. Both teams shot exactly 40.7 percent from the field (24-of-59), however, the Cyclones did better from the 3-point range (61.5 percent on 8-of-13) and the line (18-of-25 for 72 percent). Iowa State’s 43-33 rebounding edge helped quite a bit as well. It was a sloppy game overall, with Kansas contributing 17 of the 30 total turnovers for 23 Cyclones points. If Kansas can get their act together and control the mistakes in this home rematch, I think the Jayhawks can eke into a cover. Should be an interesting matchup.